This 3-week summer school program hosted by National Taiwan University and the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering is open to civil engineering graduate students and will take place from July 28th to August 15th, 2014. Students will learn about smart structures technology through coursework, lectures, labs, and site visits addressing hardware, software, data informatics, and applications. Laboratory and field experiences will provide practical, hands-on learning beyond the classroom. Students from various countries in Asia and elsewhere will participate in the culturally immersive program and gain global experience.