Monitoring Fatigue Cracks in Steel Bridges using Advanced Structural Health Monitoring Technologies By © 2018 Xiangxiong Kong M.Eng., China Academy of Building Research, 2009 B.Eng., Zhejiang University, 2006 Submitted to the graduate degree program in Civil Engineering and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Chair: Jian Li Caroline Bennett William Collins Simon Laflamme Matthew Fadden Huazhen Fang Date Defended: 18 July 2018