After more than 30 years of research, invention, fieldwork and development, civil engineer Alan P. Jeary finally saw the hardware and software he developed commercialized in 2010. The dynamic modeling service, which can analyze the vibration dissipation in structures, is now available from STRAAM LLC, a structural risk assessment and management firm.
Jeary, the New York City-based company’s chief technology officer, uses devices with sensitive accelerometers developed for missile guidance systems to collect data on dynamic vibration response in structures. His sensor can be set down on an upper floor for a few hours and collect enough data to profile a building’s resonance signature over a range of frequencies.