On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the International Scientific Committee, we welcome you to the 10^th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (10^th  EWSHM). This Workshop represents a forum where experts from around the world discuss the latest advancements and breakthroughs in the field of SHM and more broadly in the fields of nondestructive evaluation, smart materials and intelligent systems. The Workshop fosters the discussion and identification of key and emerging challenges and opportunities in research, development, and field applications.

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 10^th EWSHM, originally scheduled for the first week of July 2020, is now scheduled to be held the first week of July 2022 in Palermo, capital of the beautiful Island of Sicily (Italy). With the adjustments created by the change of date, please note that:

• The Authors of the full papers submitted in response to the accepted abstracts of the 2020 event can download, free of charge until mid-February 2021, the electronic version of the two special collection Volumes at
  • https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-64594-6
  • https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-64908-1
• A new call for abstracts for the 2022 event will be released in mid/late 2021.
• The papers contained in the above Special Collections will NOTbe included in the 2022 program.

We want to take the opportunity to thank the support of exhibitors, sponsors, special session organizers, and prospective attendees who showed continued encouragement amid this World crisis. We appreciate your business and we hope to see you all in 2022.

If you have questions please do not hesitate to contacting us at contact@ewshm2020.com or the Workshop secretariat at giusy.ventura@collage-spa.it .

Sincerely,

 

Piervincenzo Rizzo, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh, USA pir3@pitt.edu

Alberto Milazzo, Ph.D.
University of Palermo, Italy alberto.milazzo@unipa.it