Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA) - NSF IUCRC

Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA) - NSF IUCRC is a National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center dedicated to providing a proven framework for transitioning industry-driven research into commercial applications. Located in Baton Rouge & Ruston, Louisiana, we specialize in helping companies monitor, forecast, and predict structural and mechanical failure in components and structures, both existing and produced via advanced manufacturing techniques. CISIA’s research focuses on addressing structural integrity problems in deteriorating civil infrastructures and aging mechanical components, as well as new structures and components produced via advanced manufacturing techniques. By integrating validated diagnostics, machine learning and data-driven decision making, multiscale materials testing/characterization, manufacturing process characterization and parameter optimization, and multiscale physics-based modeling/simulation, CISIA will be well-positioned to elucidate and translate the links between new materials, manufacturing processes, and their collective impact on reliability across all U.S. industrial sectors. We support infrastructure, oil and gas, aerospace, marine and maritime, construction, advanced manufacturing, chemical, petrochemical, and energy processing industries and their providers, helping them mitigate risk and improve safety and reliability.