Maximilian Garsch

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Maximilian Garsch is a researcher at the intersection of robotics, civil engineering, and disaster management, with a focused expertise in robotic bridge inspection for flood evacuation planning. His work addresses the critical need for rapid, low-cost structural assessment of transport infrastructure during flood disasters, where bridges become fragile chokepoints. Garsch’s major contribution lies in developing a novel procedure that uses marine robotic vehicles to perform on-site bridge statics analysis, enabling experts to remotely assess structural integrity. By leveraging low-cost sensors to measure a bridge’s eigenfrequencies, his approach determines whether a damaged construction can safely support rescue vehicles—a vital capability for strategic evacuation planning. His most-cited paper, “Robotic bridge inspection within strategic flood evacuation planning” (8 citations), and its follow-up on low-cost sensor integration (3 citations) demonstrate his pioneering role in merging field robotics with structural health monitoring. Garsch’s work has direct, life-saving implications for disaster response, offering a scalable, affordable alternative to proprietary inspection systems. His research is essential reading for engineers and roboticists developing resilient infrastructure solutions in an era of increasing flood risks.