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• Dr. Sadhu is named as a 2024 Top Scholar by ScholarGPS with a worldwide rank of 25 in the category of Structural Health Monitoring!
• Dr. Sadhu's research on smart urban scanning as a Living Lab project has been highlighted in Western News and CTV news! This project was highlighted as a podcast in London Live, a local TV Channel, which can be found here (Part 1 and Part 2).
• Dr. Sadhu received the national honours from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), he was awarded the CSCE Whitman Wright Award for his research contributions to information technology in civil engineering.
• Dr. Sadhu received Engineering Awards of Recognition from Western Engineering!
• Joel Friesen Waldner, a Summer Research Intern in Dr. Sadhu's team, received the 2024 Western Libraries Undergraduate Research Award for his research on underwater drones.
• National Engineering Month (NEM) by the Province of Ontario has interviewed Dr. Sadhu to promote engineering excellence in smart cities!
• Dr. Sadhu's research in smart cities is highlighted by Western Engineering!
• Canada Masonry Design Centre has recently highlighted their collaboration with Dr. Sadhu's team and its impact to masonry industries.
• Dr. Sadhu received Otto Moensted Visiting Professorship from Denmark for his research collaboration with Aarhus University
• In CSCE National Tech Talk of the Fall term, Dr. Sadhu served as the Moderator for a session related to AI-based Structural Health Monitoring.
• During his Sabbatical leave in Fall 2023, Dr. Sadhu received Visiting Professor positions at the University of Perugia, Italy and the University of Grenoble Alpes, France.
• Dr. Sadhu received a Canada Research Chair (Tier-2) position specialized in Smart and Resilient Infrastructure 
• Dr. Sadhu has been selected as the Western Fellow and Project Lead by Western Academy for Advanced Research (WAFAR) for his research theme related to Smart Cities and Communities. The theme will officially start in Jan 2024, please stay tuned for more updates!
• Our research paper received Shastri Best Research Paper Award!
• Dr. Sadhu became the Director of the newly established Smart Cities and Communities (SCC) Laboratory at Western Engineering
• Dr. Sadhu's collaborative research proposal with IIT Kanpur, India has been approved by NSERC Alliance International program
• Dr. Sadhu is leading Smart Cities and Communities Laboratory at Western Engineering, which has been recently funded (worth $1M) through his Strategic Priority Fund grant application. Stay tuned for more updates of this unique laboratory!
• Dr. Sadhu's research has been highlighted in Western Engineering's "The Engineer's Impact"
• Neelands-Kalder has collaborated with Dr. Sadhu's team through a Mitacs Accelerate program.
• Dr. Sadhu has been selected as the winner of the Engineering Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research from Western Engineering in April 2022.
• Dr. Sadhu's NSERC Discovery Grant is renewed for a 5-years research program on indirect bridge health monitoring, which is also highlighted in Western News.
• Dr. Sadhu's Augmented Reality-based 5G-enabled structural inspection research is now funded by Bell Canada/Western 5G Initiatives. 
• Vebleo Fellowship is awarded to Dr. Sadhu.
• Dr. Sadhu has partnered with Lockheed Martin through Mitacs Accelerate program.
• Dr. Sadhu has received CFI-JELF to develop a next-generation bridge health monitoring laboratory, which will house a suite of cutting-edge high-speed cameras, ground robots, remote data acquisition systems, and actuators.
• Dr. Sadhu has received Ontario's prestigious research award "Early Researcher Award" and 5 years' research funding to develop cutting-edge technology for AI-assisted bridge inspection.
• Dr. Sadhu served as an invited speaker at PEO Engineering and Technology Conference, January 2021.
• Dr. Sadhu received an NSERC Alliance Grant in July 2020 by partnering with CMDC.
• Our research paper has been most cited in Wiley's International Journal of Structural Control and Health Monitoring!
• Dr. Sadhu has collaborated with Pembina Institute (BC) through Mitacs Accelerate program in 2020.
• Dr. Sadhu's research in City News!
• Dr. Sadhu has collaborated with Conservation Authority for monitoring of the dams through Mitacs Accelerate program in 2019-2020.
• Dr. Sadhu's research is funded by Mitacs Accelerate by partnering with CMDC in 2019-2020.
• Dr. Sadhu's research in Western News!
• Awarded Mourou/Strickland Mobility Funding for Researcher in 2019 and visited the University of Lyon in France for potential research collaboration and discussion.
• Received the “Outstanding Reviewer Award” from the international journal of Smart Materials and Structures.