Professor Liew is the Chair Professor of Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. Prior to this, Professor Liew was Head of the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Chair Professor of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, a tenured Professor at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and the Founding Director of Nanyang Center for Supercomputing and Visualization. Professor Liew is an elected Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea. He is a Fellow of the HKIE (Hong Kong), ASME (USA), IMechE (UK) and IES (Singapore); a Chartered Engineer registered under the Engineering Council of UK and a Registered Professional Engineer under the Hong Kong Engineers Registration Board. Over his academic career, he has published over 850 SCI journal articles. Professor Liew is listed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as a Highly Cited Researcher in engineering. His publications have been cited over 41,000 times since 1991 and his current h-index is 83 (ISI) or 101 (Google Scholar). To date, Professor Liew has attracted over US$50 million research and development funds from government funding agencies, industries and higher institutions. He has graduated over 70 PhD students and supervised over 70 Post-doc fellows. His students are well received by industries and many of them have become faculty members of universities worldwide.

With three doctorates in chemical engineering, mineral processing and business economics, Jannie van Deventer has knowledge and experience at the interface of technology, finance and business. Jannie is CEO of Zeobond in Melbourne, Australia, and is an honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne, where he was Dean of Engineering until 2007. Jannie van Deventer is one of the world's highest cited researchers in cement and concrete research, with a Scopus h-index of 82 and a Scopus citation count of more than 26,000. Also, he was recently ranked number 2 in the world in mining and metallurgy research by Stanford University. Jannie has received several awards for his research and has been listed three times as one of Australia's most influential engineers. Jannie is a frequent plenary and keynote speaker at research and industry conferences. He has served on several editorial boards and is an associate editor of Waste and Biomass Valorization. He has a track record of commercialising processing technology, including E-Crete ultra-low cements and concrete through Zeobond that he founded in 2006. He also developed and commercialised one of the first videographic systems for the monitoring of flotation froths in the mineral industry, as well as several inventions in the extraction of gold. Besides Zeobond, Jannie is currently involved with partners in the development and commercialisation of technology to recover precious metals from abnormal ores, as well as the conversion of a variety of waste sources to energy and liquid fuels.

Dr. Zhanping You earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Dr. You has completed research projects related to road materials, pavement engineering, and sustainable building materials. He has led research projects from engineering practice of roads to pavement science with funding from federal, state, and local agencies. Dr. You has received numerous recognitions. He was awarded U.S. Department of Transportations Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship in 2001. In both 2004 and 2005, he was awarded the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Faculty Fellowship. He earned the prestigious Michigan Tech Research Award in 2019 and University Distinguished Professorship. He was named as Fellow of ASCE in 2020, Fellow of ASCEs EMI in 2021 and Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials in 2020. Dr. You served as the Chair to ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institutes Pavements Committee and CIs Bituminous Materials Committee. He is also the guest editor for other journals outside of ASCE.

Eric Shen is the Director of Capital Projects in the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. He is responsible for planning and implementing a wide spectrum of capital projects throughout the San Gabriel Valley. He administers the on-going Alameda Corridor East (ACE) program related professional services and construction management. Eric is a registered Professional Engineer in Alabama and California (Civil), a Professional Transportation Planner (PTP), and a Certified Port Executive (CPE). Eric joined the Viterbi School of Engineering as an industry lecturer in 2008, after having had lectured at the School of Engineering in UC Irvine and UCLA for 10 years. Eric was appointed to Adjunct Associate Professor, Civil Engineering & Environmental Engineering Practice in 2017. He regularly teaches Traffic Engineering & Control (CE585) and Transportation Studio (PPD531) in the School of Sol Price Public Policy.

Prof. Slobodan P. Simonovic is universally acknowledged as one of the worlds leading authorities on the application of Systems Analysis to water and environmental management. He advanced the understanding of water and environmental systems, by providing decision-makers with tools to support their sustainable management. He provides unparalleled contributions to global and local management of water that have improved the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. His work has a significant impact on our understanding of system linkages between humans, and build and natural environments that lead to sustainable water resources management and resilience as a new development paradigm.

Prof. Hong-Nan Li is the Chair Professor of Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China. He is a member of the EU Academy of Sciences and a fellow of ASCE. He got the Ph. D., M. S. and B. S. in 1990, 1987 and 1982, respectively. He is a Cheung Kong Scholars Program engaged professor, serves as Vice Chairman of China Panel, International Association for Structural Control and Monitoring; and Vice Chairman of Advanced Materials and Structures, ASCE Aerospace Division; Chairman of Panel of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Also, he is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal, Structural Health Monitoring and Maintenance, Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering, and Editorial Board member of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Sensors and so on. His research interests are in Structural control and monitoring, disaster prevention and reduction, and Earthquake engineering. He got more than 50 research funds from governments and industrial companies and applied to more than 70 practical engineering projects with his new techniques and methods. He has gotten more than 70 patents, and published 7 books and more than 400 journal papers. He got 3 national awards of Science and Technology and 10 provincial awards. Also, he got the Outstanding Contribution Award from ASCE Aerospace Division in 2014. He is active in international cooperation with the United States, Japan, Australia, Korea et al.

Dr. Zongjin LI is Chair professor at University of Macau. He received his B.E. from Zhejiang University in 1982 and obtained both his M.S. and PhD from North Western University, Chicago, in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He is a fellow of American Concrete Institute, Chair of China Group of RILEM and Founding President of ACI China Chapter. As the chief scientist, he has led a China Key National Basic Research Project (973), Basic study on environmentally friendly contemporary concrete. He also founded the Gordon Research Conference, Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure Development in 2014. He has published 5 technical books, in which Advanced Concrete Technology published by John Wiley has been collected by many national libraries and major university libraries and used by many universities as text or reference books for civil engineering. He has also published more than 400 technical papers with a Google Scholar citation of 19649 and H-index of 76. He has also been awarded eight US and seven Chinese patents. Three of his patents have been developed into commercial products. He received the Arthur R. Anderson Medal from American Concrete Institute in 2017 and Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Award from British Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014.

Dr. Yeong-Bin Yang received his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1984. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a foreign member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and a member of the EU Academy of Sciences. Currently, he is Honorary Dean of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Professor of Chongqing University of Science and Technology, and Professor Emeritus of National Taiwan University (NTU). Also, he is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics (IJSSD), and Editorial Board member of Engineering Structures, Journal of Sound and Vibration, etc. Previously, he was President of National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (Yun Tech), Dean of College of Engineering, NTU, Chairman of Civil Engineering Department, NTU, President of Asian-Pacific Association of Computational Mechanics (APACOM), and Chairman of International Steering Committee of East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC). In addition, he was the founding president of the Association of Computational Mechanics Taiwan, and president of four societies in Taiwan: Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan, Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and Chinese Society of Structural Engineering. He has published over 270 refereed journal papers, focused on the following areas: structural nonlinear theory and analysis, vehicle-bridge interaction dynamics, train-induced wave propagation, and vehicle scanning method for bridges. In each area, he has published a monograph.

Dr. Wai Yuen Szeto is a Professor and an Associate Head at the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong, and the Deputy Director of the Institute of Transport Studies at that university. He is a Top 1 % Scholar 2015-2020 (according to Clarivate Analytics' Essential Science Indicators). His current h-index is 52 (Google scholar). He is an author of over 150 refereed journal papers, with two papers in Operations Research and 33 papers in Transportation Research Part B. His publications have been cited over 7795 times (Google scholar). The publications are related to shared mobility, dynamic traffic assignment, transport network design, public transport, network reliability, game theoretic approaches to transport and logistic problems, modeling land use, transport and environment interaction, and sustainable transport. He received the World Conference on Transport Research Prize (2001), the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies Outstanding Paper Award (2003), the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies Outstanding Dissertation Paper Award and the Gordon Newell Memorial Prize (2005), the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers (2008), the Best Paper Award of the 10th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (2018), and the Outstanding Paper Award of the 2018 China Urban Transportation Planning Annual Meeting. He also received Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing from Transportation Research Part B in 2013 and Transportation Research Part C in 2013 and 2016. Currently, he is an Editor of Transportmetrica B, an Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part D and E, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Transportmetrica A, Travel Behaviour and Society, an Area Editor of Networks and Spatial Economics, and an Editorial Board Member of Transportation Research Part C and International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.

Dr. Chongmin Song is a Professor of Civil Engineering and the Director of the Centre for Infrastructure Safety and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He obtained the degree of Bachelor of Engineering from Tsinghua University, China and the degree of Doctor of Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. His current research interests are on the development of advanced numerical methods and their engineering applications. He is one of the two original creators of the scaled boundary finite element method Song, The Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method: Introduction to Theory and Implementation, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018; Wolf and Song, Finite-Element Modelling of Unbounded Media, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1996). He is a Member of the General Council of the International Association of Computational Mechanics.

Research Summary: Dr. Pellenq's research interests focus on the thermodynamics and dynamic properties of molecular, ionic, and covalent fluids confined in porous materials (zeolites, microporous carbons, mesoporous oxide materials, clay, cement, and others). Using atomistic simulation techniques, he integrates adsorption intermolecular potentials to describe a material's texture at the nano level.

Dr. Shivakumar is the Director of Center for Composite Materials Research at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He received his B.E. from University College of Engineering, and M.E. and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. After his Ph.D. he moved to NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate. He continued to work there for 12 years at various capacities including Research Associate Professor from Old Dominion University and Senior Scientist from Analytical Services and Materials Inc. After that, he moved to North Carolina A&T State University as a professor of mechanical engineering. During his tenure at A&T, he built a strongPolymer Composite Program including a processing & fabrication lab, test lab and modeling of composite structures. He enhanced the capabilities of the composite center by addingnew equipment, in-house built one-of-kind equipment, test methods and test equipment. Trained and inspired staff members and students to perform at the cutting-edgeresearch. He attracted research funding from NASA, ONR, ARMY, AFRL, NSF, and FAA and industries like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Atlantic Research Corporation, GE-Aircraft Engines, and 3TEX Inc. to a tune of $15 million to build a strong polymer composite research program. Dr. Shivakumar has graduated more than 20 Ph.D. and many MS students and all are well placed in aerospace related industries and in government research laboratories. Dr. Shivakumar is always proud of his students. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles with his students and colleagues in journals and conferences and made equal number of presentations. He serves as an external reviewer for many Ph.D. theses and promotions, including Indian institutions. Dr. Shivakumar works in a number of technical committees and societies, specifically in advancing composite materials and structures research and education. Dr. Shivakumar was an Associate Editor of AIAA journal and reviewer for many other journals and conferences. Dr. Shivakumar is an Associate Fellow of AIAA and member of ASME and ASC. Dr. Shivakumar has received many awards from NASA, AIAA, AS & M Inc., North Carolina A&T State University, and Indian Institute of Science. Dr. Shivakumar has two US patents in carbon-carbon-composite technology and many patent disclosures. He has developed copyrighted software codes and test fixtures. During last six-years he has dedicated his efforts development and application of Coal Ash-Composites for Societal Benefits and infrastructures.

Xiaobo Qu is a Chair Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. His research is focused on improving large, complex and interrelated urban mobility systems by integrating with emerging technologies. More specifically, his research has been applied to the improvement of emergency services, operations of electric vehicles and connected automated vehicles, and management of electric transport networks. He has authored or co-authored over 120 journal articles published at top tier journals, many of which have appeared at journals with a broader impact than his own research community. Before his current appointment, he was a professor (with tenure) at Chalmers (2018-2019), and a senior lecturer/lecturer (with tenure, 2012-2017) in two Australian universities. He is an elected Member of Academia Europaea the Academy of Europe since Aug 2020, and an elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences since Jan 2020.

Dr. Achintya Haldar is active in the areas of structural health assessment and monitoring for over three decades and published extensively. He taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, and now at the University of Arizona. He was a Guest Professor at the University of Tokyo, Visiting Professor at the IISc Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Honorary Distinguished Visiting Professor at BESU. He also worked for Engineers India Ltd, New Delhi and Bechtel Power Corp, Los Angeles. Dr. Haldar has published over 635 technical articles, including 11 books, and 35 over book chapters.Dr. Haldar is Distinguished Member of ASCE and a Fellow of SEI. He also received Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Reliability and Safety and inducted in to Teaching Excellence Award Wall, Georgia Tech. He received many research awards including a Presidential Award from President Reagan, ASCE's Huber Civil Engineering Research prize, John C. Park Outstanding Civil Engineer Award, an Honorable Diploma from the Czech Society for Mechanics. He received Excellence in Research Journal Award, IGI Global, Certificate of Recognition from Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia, Polis University, Albania, EuroSciCon, France, Euro Congress, London; Certificate of Appreciation, Taishan Academic Forum on Structural Safety and Reliability Assessment, China, and Honorable Recognition Award from ASME. Further details of his activities can be found at his website at haldar.faculty.arizona.edu.

Professor Sanchez-Silva's area of expertise is risk analysis and stochastic modeling to support the decision making-process in engineering under uncertain conditions. He works extensively on Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) and approximate measures to estimate potential risks for infrastructure, network systems and industrial facilities. Furthermore, he has experience on estimating risk in complex problems under conditions where information is partial, incomplete and difficult to quantify. Finally, he has been involved in projects where the socioeconomic and environmental contexts play a significant role and, therefore, traditional risk modeling and engineering methods can only be applied partially. Some of his current areas of research include: development of infrastructure systems (structures and lifelines); stochastic modeling of deteriorating systems and structures; flexibility, adaptability and resilience of infrastructure; and decision-making for resource allocation and cost effectiveness of investments in the design and operation of various types of facilities.

Xiangming is a Professor and Head of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University London. He joined Brunel in October 2008 as a lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011, Reader in 2016 and Professor in 2018. Before joined Brunel, he was a Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the University of Greenwich from January 2007 to September 2008. He conducted post-doctoral research at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University from January 2005 to January 2007. At Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he received University Post-doctoral Fellowship. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in December 2004. He also holds two degrees, BEng in Civil & Structural Engineering and MEng (Res) in Structural Engineering awarded in 1997 and 2000, respectively, both by Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Xiangming's research covers a broad range of fields in Construction Materials and technology, with a focus on cement and concrete, and structural engineering. In the area of Construction Materials and technology, he focuses on advanced concrete technology such as extrusion, 3D printing, additive manufacturing, low carbon and energy-efficient (through encapsulated phase-change materials (PCMs)) cementitious materials and energy-efficient buildings, cementless but cement-like materials such as magnesium oxychloride cement and geopolymer / alkali-activated cement made from metakaolin, calcined clay, pulverised fly ash (PFA), mining waste and/or ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) etc., valorization of construction and demolition waste (CDW) and mining waste, testing and modelling of rheology and early-age engineering properties of cement-based materials for extrusion and 3D printing, fracture testing and modelling of concrete, restrained shrinkage cracking of concrete, synthetic and/or natural fibre reinforced concrete, cement-based smart and functional materials for infrastructure, applications of nanotechnology in cement-based materials etc. In Structural Engineering, his research interest falls in seismic testing, analysis and design of steel-concrete composite high-rise buildings, performance-based multi-hazards mitigation of building structures under extreme loadings, precast concrete segmental bridges, fibre-reinforced concrete ground slabs, impact and fracture of natural fibre reinforced concrete, structural-function integrated structural panels, and numerical modelling of fracture and structural behaviour of concrete and concrete structures which brings his expertise in Construction Materials & Technology and Structural Engineering under one umbrella.

Dr. Liu Yang is jointly appointed as an Assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management at National University of Singapore. She received her B.S. from Tsinghua University, MPhil from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Previously, Dr. Liu worked as a consultant at Cambridge Systematics and provided modeling expertise to public agencies such as Chicago Department of Transportation. She has worked on the research projects funded by US and Singapore public agencies, including US Federal Highway Administration, National Science Foundation, Singapore Ministry of Education, and ST Engineering. Dr. Liu's research focuses on future mobility and transport, which covers topics in the areas of ridesharing and carsharing systems operations and design, information provision and routing in connected transportation networks, and travel demand and congestion management. Her work has been published in the major journals in transportation area, including Transportation Research Part A, B, C, and E. She served as a member on the editorial advisory board of Transportation Research Part B:Methodological and an Area Editor for 2017 COTA International Conference for Transportation Professionals. Currently, she serves as a member on the editorial advisory board of Transportation Research Part C:Emerging Technologies, Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, and Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology. She is co-chair of Shared Logistics and Transportation Systems Committee of World Transport Convention, a member of IEEE ITS Education Committee, a member of Transportation Research Board Committee on Emerging and Innovative Public Transport and Technologies (AP020), a member of the Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA) Board of Directors, and a member of WCTRS Special Interest Group Transport Theory and Modelling.

Dr. Jun-Seok Oh is the Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering and the Director of the Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities (TRCLC) at Western Michigan University, USA. He has led research activities to address the nation's critical transportation challenges through prism of livable communities and to improve affordable and environmentally sustainable transportation options for conventionally underserved communities. His research has been applying advanced technologies to transportation issues. He has participated in a wide range of research activities related to traffic management techniques in the context of advanced traffic management and information systems. His expertise includes transportation network optimization, traffic modeling and simulation, transportation data analysis, transportation and health, and traffic safety analysis. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Irvine in 2001.

Dr. Shafieezadeh is the Lichtenstein Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and is the director of the Risk Assessment and Management of Structural and Infrastructure Systems(RAMSIS) lab at Ohio State University at The Ohio State University. His research interests include multi-hazard reliability and risk-based life-cycle analysis of the built environment; resilience assessment and improvement of civil infrastructure systems; aging and deterioration modeling; uncertainty quantification; and decision making in uncertain environments. His research on resilience of the power grid in the face of climatic extremes and dynamic risk quantification and communication of risks to critical infrastructure systems have been supported by US federal and state agencies, the industry and international research institutions. He is a recipient of the Sam Nunn Security Fellowship on the role of technology in public policy from Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology (2011), M.S. from Utah State University (2008) and both M.S. (2006) and B.S. (2003) from University of Tehran. He has authored/co-authored over 200 journal and conference proceedings and presentations. His research related to power grid resilience has been published in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Applied Energy, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Access, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, and Structural Safety, among others.

Dr. Zhang is an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering and Head of International for the School of Engineering and the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University. Before joining Edinburgh Napier University in 2004, he worked on his PhD project at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology investigating structural performance and developing novel finite elements for transfer plate structures in tall buildings. Prior to his PhD study, he also practised as a structural engineer in China and became a chartered engineer in China in 1999. Dr Zhang's research focuses on engineered bamboo-timber composite in construction, laminate glass structures, pre-stressed concrete and steel-reinforced concrete structures in complex loading conditions. Currently, he is devoting himself to developing bamboo-timber composite materials for long span and tall building structures with a patent filed in 2020. He has extensive experiences in photogrammetry technology, software development and multiple sensor systems in civil engineering studies. In one of his research with the advantaged photogrammetry technology, he has been able to give several convincing recommendations on the torsion test method for timber beams which have been adopted by the European standard: EN 408. (EN 408:2010 currently under review and revision). He is also an experienced computer programmer who developed several analyse and design software packages for trusses and scaffolding structures. Dr Zhang has led several research and knowledge transfer projects funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Scottish Founding Council, Innovation UK, British Council, etc. His research has been published widely in both highly ranked civil engineering journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of CEN/TC 124/WG-1 committee for European Standard: EN408 review and revision. He also frequently organised and chaired special sessions, gave keynote speeches and guest lectures in international conferences and other universities.

Dr. El Naggar is a Professor of GeoStructural/Geotechnical Engineering at Dalhousie University with more than 25 years of experience in civil construction, geotechnical and structural engineering and research in Canada and overseas. He has participated in several geotechnical and structural investigations and is experienced in the analysis and design of foundations and soil-structure interaction of buried infrastructure. Dr. El Naggar and his research team have investigated the soil-structure interaction (SSI) effects around buried infrastructure; explored innovative use of tire derived aggregate (TDA) as a buffer zone to create stress arching and reduce demand on rigid pipes, proposed an earth pressure reduction system using geogrid reinforced platform bridging system to reduce stresses on buried utilities, and developed innovative cellular precast concrete pipe system. Also, He has developed a simplified technique to account for the group Effect in pile dynamics; and closed form solutions for the moments and thrusts in jointed and un-jointed composite tunnel lining systems, designed several foundation systems ranging from machine foundations subjected to dynamic loads to raft foundations for underground structure, as well as several tunnels and underground structures in Canada, Europe, Middle East, and the United States. The findings from Dr. El Naggar research have been reported in several technical publications covering both experimental and numerical work in the fields of soil-structure interaction, buried infrastructure and concrete pipes. Dr. El Naggar’s research work on the seismic performance of corrugated steel plate culverts led to changing the seismic provisions of the new version of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC, 2019) to include rigorous dynamic analysis for flexible buried structures in zones of high seismicity. Besides, his work on the modelling of rigid pipes is featured in the CHBDC (2019) as an example of the best practice in the modelling of buried concrete structures.

Khaled Shaaban is an associate professor of transportation engineering in the Department of Engineering at Utah Valley University. He received his doctorate in civil engineering from the University of Central Florida. He is a registered professional engineer in multiple states and a professional traffic operations engineer. He has over twenty years of experience in the transportation engineering industry. He has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator for many research projects. The outcomes of these projects include numerous published papers and presentations on a variety of transportation engineering topics.

Dr. Seyed Ghaffar is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Civil Engineering. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng, MICE), a Member of the Institute of Concrete Technology (MICT), and a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He is the leader of Additive Manufacturing Technology in Construction Research Group (AMTC). The focus of AMTC is on valorizing construction and demolition waste using materials science and 3D printing to achieve the circular economy goals of sustainable construction. Dr. Ghaffar, as the Principal Investigator, has been successful in securing a 220K euros project funded by the H2020 EU Commission on ''Digital fabrication and integration of Material reuse for environmentally friendly cementitious composite building blocks (DigiMat) 2021-2023. Dr. Gaffar is the Principal Investigator of a 300K euros project funded by the British Council (Institutional Links) on 'Direct Writing of Cementitious Inks to Scaffolds with Complex Micro architectures (DiWoCIS) 2020-2022. He is also the Principal Investigator of a 300K euros project funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) on 'High-Performance Compressed Straw Board (HP-CSB): A New Generation of Building Materials' 2018-2022. Dr. Gaffar's research covers a number of construction materials, with a focus on the development of low carbon technologies suitable for new and retrofitting applications by combining materials sciences and innovative technologies. Dr. Gaffer is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Results in Engineering (Elsevier) and the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Structures and Buildings (ICE Publishing). During his Ph.D. (2012-2016), Dr. Gaffar was simultaneously working as a research associate on several European research projects, i.e. Grow2Build, VIP4ALL, REWOBIOREF, and GELCLAD. Natural fiber composite production, formulation, and characterization are part of Dr. Gaffar's research expertise. In 2015, he was appointed Manager of Grow2Build European Centre of Excellence (Grow2Build), which serves as a permanent focal point for local manufacturers, industries, and research centers interested in bio-based building products, providing technical support and innovation for utilization of bio-based products in the construction industry. Moreover, construction waste management and valorization (Waste Value) is another of Dr. Gaffar's research interests. This research aims to study the feasibility of the circular economy (cradle to cradle) management of waste and the environmental sustainability of the systems in construction. Waste Value evaluates and analyses current technologies and strategies concerning construction and demolition waste management in the UK.

Research Interests Novel Separation Techniques, Nonlianer Mathematical Models, Computational method for linear/non-linear problems, Analysis & design of laminate plates, Numerical evaluation and error estimation, Structural analysis and design of steel and concrete structures, Mathematical models for structural health monitoring system, Structural Engineering and Dynamics, Novel Techniques for NEW MATERIAL invention.

Professor Young-Jin Cha received his Ph.D. (2008) from Texas A&M University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.S. (2004) from Yonsei University, and B. E. (2002) from Kumoh National Institute of Technology. He started as a post-doctoral fellow (2009) in the City College of New York by collaborating with Professor Anil Agrawal who is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, then he became post-doctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2012). He then joined the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba in 2014. His extensive research activities in the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and structural control for seismic damage reduction have led to the publication of 41 peer-reviewed, high-impact papers in top journals including one editorial, including Computer-Aided Civil Infrastructure Engineering (CACIE) (impact factor (IF): 11.775, top rank 1 in Civil Engineering), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (IF: 8.236), Automation in Construction (IF: 7.7), and Structural Health Monitoring (IF: 5.929). He has accepted/published 39 peer-reviewed, internationally recognized conference papers and delivered 68 conference presentations. He also authored a book chapter that was published in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (UNESCO). His key scientific contribution is deep learning-based automated SHM with autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). He brought this topic to light with paper publications in top-ranking journals. Researchers, professors including scientists, students, and industry professionals from many different countries have been showing strong interest in this innovative topic since 2016. According to Google Scholar, He has received 3,990 citations, 957 of which were received during the last year 2020. He was reported as top 0.65% cited scientist for single-year impact in the world within Civil Engineering field in 2020 from Mendeley.com. He has been reported more than serval hundred times as the most read author, most read research items, and citations in the Civil Engineering Dept. at U of M, with more than 86,000 readings since my account on www.researchgate.net was opened. He was named to 2005 Whos Who in America, organized many symposiums in the MIT and Caltech through Engineering Mechanics Institute Conferences with the topics of Deep Learning and Autonomous UAVs for SHM. He is serving as core peer-reviewers and Editorial Board Members in many top engineering journals associated with IEEE, Elsevier, and ASCE.

Dr. Winifred Elysse Newman is the Mickel Professor of Architecture at Clemson University and the Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs. She also serves as Director of the Institute for Intelligent Materials, Systems and Environments (CU-iMSE), promoting digital and human-machine hybrid solutions as a paradigm shift in the design and occupation of the built environment. Dr. Newman concentrates on spatial perception in architecture, ecological psychology, and neuroaesthetics with active research in neuroscience and architecture, data visualization, mapping, STEM learning environments, and histories of technology and science. Dr. Newman is Executive Editor of the Journal for Technology, Architecture, and Design. Recent publications include Data Visualization for Design Thinking: Applied Mapping.

Prior to his doctorate degree, Fernando Moreu worked in consulting engineering for over ten years, mostly focused in structural design and construction of bridges and structures. His exposure to both industry, design, and construction informs his research interests and publications. He stays active in domestic and international societies related to smart infrastructure design; maintenance and management of infrastructure policies; and structural sensing for safer and cost-effective assessment. He is a registered professional engineer.

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Xiyin Zhang received a Ph.D. degree from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Science. He works as an associate professor at the School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University. His research interests include Bridge engineering and Frozen soil engineering, especially for earthquake prevention and disaster mitigation of infrastructures under extreme environmental conditions in cold regions. He presided over 7 projects from the National Natural Science Foundation, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Science and TechnologyPlanning Project of GansuProvince, etc. Based on these projects, he published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals and obtained over 10 Chinese authorized patents. His contributions have been recognized by several awards, including the Gansuprovincial Award for Science and Technology Progress (Second Prize), the Distinguished Young Scholars Program of Gansu Province, and the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by the China Association for Science and Technology.

She was born in Catania in 1970 and is now an associate professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR) of the University of Catania and in April 2017 she obtained in Italy the National Academic Qualification as Full Professor in Geotechnical Engineering. In 1988 she passed her General Certificate of Education with full marks. In 1995 she received her degree in Civil Engineering with full marks and honors. In 1999 she received the Geotechnical Engineering Doctors degree. In 2000-2002 she performed her research activity as a post-doctorate researcher in Geotechnical Engineering. In 2001 and 2002 she spent some periods at Bristol University (UK) performing shaking table tests on DSSI. In 2002-2004 she was a research assistant in Geotech. Eng. at the University of Catania. In 2005-2011 she was a researcher in Geotech. Eng. at the University of Catania. She won the IGS Student Award, the Premio Troiano award, and an ECOLEADER grant. She has taught the following courses: Soil Mechanics and Dynamics, Geotechnics, Foundations, Laboratory of Static and Dynamic Geotechnical Engineering; and several Ph.D. lectures and 2nd Level Master lectures. She has been the scientific director of numerous national and international research projects. She has attended numerous national and international conferences, often presenting her scientific works as an invited lecturer. She is the author of more than 130 papers. She was head of the Geotechnical Engineering Section of DICAR in Catania. She has organized numerous conferences, workshops, and national and international professional courses. She was a member of the Italian ETC-12 Task Force and of the Commission for the Italian qualifying examination for engineers. She took part in the research group of the Italian Geotechnical Association for the Guidelines for interventions on single-story industrial buildings affected by the earthquake of the Po Valley in Emilia 2012 not designed with seismic criteria: geotechnical aspects. She is the head of the Geotechnical Testing Laboratory of the University of Catania. She is the reference teacher for the University of Catania of two ERASMUS+Programme Agreements. She is a member of the Lecturers Committee of the Ph.D. Program in Catania if the Editorial Board of international journals indexed by Scopus.

Research areas: 1) Infrastructure management. 2) Financial requirements for municipal road maintenance. 3) Dimensioning of city streets. 4) Municipal road construction. 5) Improvement of incident management on motorways. 6) Damage analysis in asphalt road and paving construction. 7) Potential damage from excavations in municipal traffic areas.

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Professor Drahomir Novak holds the Chair of Structural Mechanics at Brno University Technology, Czech Republic. His research fields are: Structural safety and reliability, stochastic computational mechanics, stochastic finite elements, random fields, Monte Carlo simulation techniques, risk assessment, fracture mechanics, size effect, stochastic optimization, inverse analysis, identification, reliability-based optimization, finite element modeling, concrete structures, bridges, quasi-brittle materials. He is the principal author of reliability software FREET worldwide recognized software tool used for structural reliability analysis (www.freet.cz). Memberships and editorships: Member of Engineering Academy of Czech Republic (elected in 2009), member of Czech Society for Mechanics, member of the international associations FraMCoS, IASSAR, IABMAS, IALCCE, Member of Czech Technical Standardization Committee TNK 38, member of Scientific Board of Brno University of Technology. He is an active reviewer of several impacted journals and a member of fib (COM8 TG 8.4 Life cycle cost, COM3 TG 3.3: Assessment and Evaluation Procedures for Existing Structures). Publications: Author and co-author of 3 books and more than 270 papers in journals and conference proceedings. A number of citations including/excluding self-citations: 866/749 according to Web of Science database and 1326/714 according to Scopus database; h-index = 16 in Web of Science database and h-index = 19 in Scopus database. During his professional career Prof Novak has held various visiting positions in institutions around the world, including Kyoto University, Japan (1989, 1991-93); the University of Innsbruck, Austria (1990, 1994); BOKU University, Austria (2013, visiting prof. from 2006); Kasetsart University, Thailand (1996, 1998, 2002, 2008); IMMS, Ltd., Thailand (2008) and Northwestern University, USA (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2011), Hohai University, China (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).

Mohammed I. Alghamdi, received the BS degree in computer science from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1999, the MS degree in computer science from Colorado Technical University, Denver, Colorado, in 2003, and the PhD degree in Computer Science from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 2008. Currently, he is a Professor with the Department of Computer Science, Al-Baha University, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His research interest’s Cyber security Global network security Cybersecurity awareness. He is a senior member of the IEEE.

Chefi Triki is an Associate Professor of Transportation and Logistics Systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Informatics from the University of Calabria (Italy). His major research interests lie in the field of optimization and stochastic programming with application to logistics, transportation and resources management. He has published in top scientific journals and served as keynote speaker in a variety of international conferences. His research portfolio includes also several research grants that he leaded or participated in with success in Italy, Oman and Qatar. Along his carrier he was awarded several research, teaching and service recognitions for his academic commitment. Dr. Triki has a strong background in developing optimization tools for the network design with application to the freight distribution, the waste collection, the groundwater management, manufacturing, etc. His teaching activities consists in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses on logistics, simulation, informatics and optimization for engineering, mathematics, computer science and management science students.

Prof. Dr.Nazri Ali is a Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia. He is currently the Dean of School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE) at UTM. He obtained his B.Eng in Civil Engineering (1998) from UniversitiTeknologi Mara (UiTM) and M.Sc in Civil-Geotechnic (2002) from UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM). He completed his PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from Cardiff University, United Kingdom in 2007. His field of expert is Numerical Geotechnical Engineering. He has been actively secured various research grants and projects throughout his career with the faculty. He also produced numerous publications including book chapters, indexed and non-indexed journals, proceedings, and selected as reviewers for few prestige journals. He is also a member of several national organizations and professional bodies.

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Ladislav Routil completed his doctoral studies at the Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering (Institute of Structural Mechanics). For his dissertation, he was awarded by Czech Concrete Society Award for Excellent Dissertation in the Field of Concrete. In 2015 he joined the University of Pardubice, Faculty of Transport Engineering as a full staff member at the Department of Transport Structures. Since 2018 he has been the Vice-dean for Research and International Cooperation. In 2020 he was appointed Associate Professor. His research fields are structural mechanics, concrete structures, finite element modeling, structural safety and reliability, stochastic analysis, and fracture mechanics.

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Research Interests: 1) Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Porous Media and Engineering Application 2) Cemented Paste Backfill Technology/Mine Waste Management 3) Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers 4) Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction under Dynamic Loadings 5) Fracture Initiation and Propagation in Porous Media

Dr Afshin has several years industry, academic, and administrative experiences, active in creating and sustaining international research collaborations (Iran, Malaysia, Australia, and Japan). He has experience in teaching, co-supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students, delivering public presentations and several publications in the field of sustainable ground improvement (e.g. Electrokinetics, alkali activation, and bio-cementation). He has co-authored two books, several conference and journal papers. He has performed several editorial duties for journals published by Institution of Civil Engineers in U.K. (ICE) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in U.S.A.

Dr. V.E. Gall is an expert in numerical methods and has over 8 years of experience in the structural and geotechnical analysis of mechanized (TBM) and conventionally constructed tunnels. Through his involvement in a diverse range of projects, such as the construction of the Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Plant in Chile, the planned Gateway Project between New York and New Jersey, and the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project in Virginia, he is experienced in underground construction in diverse geotechnical conditions ranging from alpine environments to densely populated urban centers.

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Dr. Wang Lichen is an associate professor in the School of Civil Engineering at Tianjin University (TJU) in China. He obtained his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering in 2017 from Tianjin University and did research as postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include CFRP-cable roof structure and computer-vision-assisted structural damage detection. He has published over 15 papers intop journals and conferences and applied for over 10 national patents. He has taken one programs from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and participated in several projects in China and Japan.

Dr. M K Kaushik is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar (Punjab) in India. He earned his Ph.D. in Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar, Punjab, India in 2016. He completed his M. Tech (Environmental Sci. & Engineering) in 2004 from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (GJU S&T), Hisar, Haryana, India. He was also selected for the prestigious Summer Faculty Research Fellow (SFRF) Program in 2018 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi for the Advanced Research on the topic 'Fate (Transport, Retention, Deposition, and Remobilization) of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) in columns of undisturbed saturated soil and other drainage materials'. After his post-graduation in Dec. 2003, Dr. M K Kaushik started his career as an Environmental Engineer in Associated Distilleries Ltd., Delhi-Hisar bypass, Hisar, Haryana, India and obtained experience in the area of Core Infrastructure Development and worked on the development of New composting field for the Associated Distilleries Ltd. Hisar, Haryana with Pressmud (a multi-ingredient waste) collected from sugar mills and fly ash, etc in addition to the Handling of Effluent Treatment Plant of Associated Distilleries Ltd., Delhi-Hisar bypass, Hisar, Haryana. Later, he joined Maharshi Dayanand (P.G.) College, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan as Lecturer (Environmental Sciences). Afterward, Dr. Kaushik joined IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh as Lecturer (Environmental Sciences). Presently, Dr. M K Kaushik is working as Assistant Professor (Civil Engineering) in the Department of Civil Engineering, DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India from 01-01-2006 onwards. He is having more than five years of post-Ph.D teaching and research experience. His research aims at promoting the use of different non-hazardous waste materials in diverse geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering applications thus reducing needs the industrial waste storage and thereby, reducing its adverse impact on the environment. To achieve this aim, he is working in the direction of characterization (geotechnical, chemical, and microstructural) of municipal and industrial waste materials, bio-stabilization of the MSW, and development of sustainable civil engineering materials from the same. During his Ph.D., he was working on the geotechnical and chemical characterization of municipal solid and industrial wastes (Tireshreds), leachate and published his research in many high-quality indexed Journals and reputed conferences. He has been awarded 'Best Paper Award' in 2014 as well as the 'Best Teacher Award' for his 'Excellent Academic Achievements and Meritorious Teaching' by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE - Punjab, Chandigarh, HP, and J&K section) in 2015. Dr. M K Kaushik successfully guided 06 M.Tech students and currently guiding 01 Ph.D. students whereas 03 Ph.D. The synopsis is under the consideration/approval stage.

Dr. Judy P. Yang received both B.S. and M.S. from the Department of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She joined the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in 2012; she is now the professor in the Division of Structural Engineering and Materials, Department of Civil Engineering at National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU). Yang's research area is centered on the computational methods in structural mechanics and engineering, with particular interests in vehicle-bridge interaction dynamics, nonlinear analysis, and inverse analysis using meshfree methods. She has received the following awards: 2019 APACM Young Investigator Award, 2018 ICACM Young Investigator Award, 2020STAMYoung Mechanics Investigator Award (Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Taiwan), 2018 Young Professor Award in Chinese Society of Structural Engineering (Taiwan), 2021 STAMService Award, 2021 Wiley-IACM FRC Scholarship at WCCM-ECCOMAS Congress, 2017 Outstanding Reviewer of Heliyon, 2017 Outstanding Teaching Award in Civil Engineering at NCTU, and 2013~2016 Outstanding Adviserat NCTU, etc. She is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Vibration Engineering &Technologies (JVET), and she has been the referee for 32 journals. She has published one book, three book chapters, 32 SCIE journal papers, and 1 EI paper.

Dr. Xing Li is a post-doctoral researcher at Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute. Her research mainly focused on dam safety monitoring and concrete materials and published many high-quality papers in related journals.

Dr. Lloyd Ling is Head of the Civil Engineering Department at UniversitiTunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia. He received his tertiary education in civil engineering and engineering management in USA. He also obtained MBA degrees in finance and international business and prolonged his post MBA study at Stanford University. He served as the president of the industrial advisory board and as an adjunct faculty member for California State University, Northridge from 2001 to 2004. He was a researcher under the California state, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and worked in the medical device manufacturing industry. He received his PhD degree (civil engineering) from UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM) under full scholarship from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education. He has been an active principal researcher and research member of national and industrial research grants in Malaysia.

Dr. Shujin Laima is an associateprofessor in the department of civil engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China. He received his PhD in Engineering Mechanics from the department of civil engineering atHITin 2013. His researchinterestsarefocusedonWindEngineering, Bridge Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, and Machine Learning.

Dr. Panuwat Joyklad earned his bachelor degree in civil engineering (1st Class Honor) from Naresuan University in 2003. In 2005, he holds his master degree from school of Civil Engineering at Asian Institute of Technology in field of structural engineering. Prior to join in doctoral degree, Dr. Panuwat served as a bridge design engineer at TEAM Consulting Engineering and Management Company in which the high technique skills for design of advanced structures was developed. Next, he attained to Sirinthorn Institute of Technology and received the Royal Golden Jubilee (RGJ) Ph.D. Programme from The Thailand Research Fund (TRF). During Ph.D. study, Dr.Panuwat focused his research on advanced behavior of concrete structures under special conditions such as tsunami and earthquake. In 2010, he joined to University of Canterbury, New Zealand for advanced research as visiting researcher. Before his graduation on doctoral program, he started his teacher carrier with Kasem-Bundit University. For next two years after he completed his degree, Dr.Panuwat entered to Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Srinakharinwirot University until now. He is also a licensed professional engineer which have been performed many practicing designed projects, and continues to take part in consulting assignments with industry. In addition, he has been assigned from Council of Engineers (COE) to be a member of savant committee to interview of associate engineer to professional engineer.

Meisam Gordan received the M.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Department of Structure and Materials, University Technology of Malaysia, in 2014. He has recently completed his Ph.D. from University of Malaya (59thworld's top university based on the QS Rankings 2021), Kuala Lumpur, in 2020. His research interest is to form a bridge between Civil Engineering and Computer Science using emerging technologies. His latest publications are IoT and Big Data Applications in Smart Cities: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Critical Issues, IEEE Access, 2021, Hybrid ANN-Based Imperial Competitive Algorithm Methodology for Structural Damage Identification of Slab-on-Girder Bridge Using Data Mining, Applied Soft Computing, 2020, Data mining-based damage identification of a slab-on-girder bridge using inverse analysis, Measurement, 2020, Damage detection in steel-concrete composite bridge using vibration characteristics and artificial neural network, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 2019, and Data Mining Technology for Structural Control Systems: Concept, Development, and Comparison, London: IntechOpen Limited, 2019

Dr. Conti is an Associate Professor in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Rome Niccolo Cusano, since 2015. He joined Cusano in 2013 as Lecturer, after three-years Post-Doc at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste (Italy). He received his PhD in Geotechnical and Structural Engineering from University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy), in 2010. During his PhD, he spent nine months as a Visiting Research Student at the Schofield Centre of University of Cambridge (UK). His main research interests are: (i) theoretical, numerical and experimental modelling of static and dynamic soil-structure interaction problems; (ii) constitutive modelling of geomaterials; (iii) performance-based design of geotechnical structures under seismic actions; (iv) modelling and interpretation of liquefaction phenomena. He is author and co-author of more than 60 papers in journals and conference proceedings. He participated to (and is currently involved in) several Regional, National and International Research Projects, as Researcher, Coordinator of local research unit or Principal Investigator.

Research Interests: 1) Materials Science 2) Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Porous Media and Engineering Application 3) Metal organic frameworks material and applications 4) Environmental issues 5) Exploration on the possible applications of these materials in environmental sustainability.

Dr. Guido Andreotti is an assistant professor in Italy at University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, working in synergy with the EUCENTRE Foundation. He graduated from the University of Pavia (Italy) with BSc in Natural Sciences, BSc, and MSc in Civil Engineering. He worked for several years as a consultant before undertaking a Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering. He was visiting researcher at the University of California Berkeley (USA) and the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). The main research aim is to try to bridge the gap between structural and geotechnical engineering, allowing the development of innovative solutions for the study of the seismic behavior of underground structures. Research interests include several aspects of earthquake geotechnical engineering, in particular: soil-structure interaction, assessment of seismic damage, vulnerability and seismic risk of underground constructions, site response analysis, and definition of the seismic input. His experiences also include the study and the numerical modeling of earthquake- and rainfall-induced landslides.

Dr. Yang XU is an assistant professor and lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China. He obtained his PhD in Engineering Mechanics in 2019. His research interests include deep-learning-enhanced structural health monitoring and computer-vision-assisted structural damage detection. He has published over 20 papers intop journals and conferences and applied for over 10 national patents.As PI, he has takenseveral programs from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key and Develop Plan Program, Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China, Heilongjiang Province Postdoctoral Research, and State Key Laboratory.He was awarded the Fellowship of China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents.

Dr. Kinjal J. Shah currently works as an Associate Professor at the College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China. He completed his Ph.D. in applied sciences at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan in 2015. He began his research career in 2009 at the Shah Schulman Center for Surface Science and Nanotechnology (SSCSSNT), DDU, India. During his last 10 years as a research career, he has published more than 35 SCI articles and 2 books and 8 book chapters in internationally accredited journals. He received the leading Young Scientist Award from the Society of Polymer Science Japan (SPSJ), Japan, and the Mayor Award from Taiwan in 2019. One of his research projects was nominated for the ENI Award 2019 in the Advance Environmental Solutions category. In addition, he has received many national and international awards from various societies and institutions. He has been invited to be the keynote speaker at many internationally accredited conferences. He is also the editor and guest editor of the Elsevier and Bentham magazine group. His research activities focus on sustainability development and green engineering.

Research Interests: 1. Structural health monitoring 2. Self-sensing earthquake-resilient structures 3. Intelligent sensing and recognition for disaster mitigation

Dr. Khan received his PhD degree from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brunel University London in 2019. Dr Khan joined the Department of Building Services Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a Research Assistant Professor in November 2019. His research focus is solving challenging structural engineering and mechanics problems to benefit the built environment and society. In particular, he has developed expertise in the analysis of structural response during extreme loading conditions, such as a fire. Over the past 9 years, his research interest has been to understand the fire response of structures exposed to real fires using computational methods validated with experiments. He aims to move away from the prevalent prescriptive structural fire design approach by developing new and rational methods that combine realistic demand (fire and loads) with scientifically robust estimates of structural capacity (fire resistance) to ensure reliable performance. Hestrives to increase overall knowledge of the structural behaviour in fire conditions and developing performance-based design methods.

Dr. Valentino Sangiorgio is a post-doctoral researcher in Building Engineering (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain). His research deals with the challenge of the Digital Transition in building construction. This research involves a high level of interdisciplinary collaboration due to the need to reconcile classical building engineering concepts with novel technologies and performance analysis approaches. Current research studies include: i) Resilience of building constructions exposed to climate change and extreme natural events (Multi Risk Analysis); ii) Application of novel technologies in construction (e.g. Augmented Reality, User Reporting, 3D printing). His academic profile is characterized by a high degree of international activity. To date he published many research works by collaborating with international universities, such as the Universidade do Porto (Portugal), Universidade de Brasília (Brazil), and University of New South Wales (Australia), University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). In addition, Dr. Sangiorgio is actually involved in the Management of the University Laboratory (FabLab Poliba) in Polytechnic of Bari, a Technological center characterized by a set of industrial machines for digital fabrication applied in the building sector.

Juan Jose Encinas Cantaro, IPCEM He was born in Lima, Peru. He is a Mechatronic Engineer. Session Chair and participant of the 4th North American Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Conference-IEOM 2019 in Toronto, Canada. He received a certificate for attendance and presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Automation Engineering and Intelligent Manufacturing-ICIMA 2018 in Penang, Malaysia. He participated in the X International Symposium on Innovation and Technology-ISIT 2019 in Cusco, Peru. Member of the steering and technical committee of the ISIT. He participated as part of the Peru Section of the IEEE in the XXVI International Congress of Electronics, Electricity, Engineering and Computing-INTERCON 2019 in Lima, Peru. He with experience in research, development and innovation in the fields of mechatronics, medical robotics, telemedicine, aerospace engineering, and bioengineering. Researcher in programming by IPCEM agents. Lecturer and Consultant in Mechatronic, Spatial and Biomedical Technologies. He is also a consultant in information and communication technologies in the Peruvian government sector.

Bilal Manzoor received his M.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering (Construction Management) from the Department of Structure and Materials, University Technology of Malaysia, in 2018. He is currently a Ph.D. scholar at University Technology PETRONAS, Malaysia, and about to finish his Ph.D. studies. His research interest is to form a safety management framework for mitigating construction accidents in high-rise building projects integrating with emerging digital technologies. His latest publications in Q1 and Q2 journals are Digital Technologies in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry A Bibliometric Qualitative Literature Review of Research Activities -2021, BIM-Based Research Framework for Sustainable Building Projects: A Strategy for Mitigating BIM Implementation Barriers 2021, Strategies for Adopting Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Sustainable Building Projects A Case of Malaysia 2021 and Evaluating the critical safety factors causing accidents in high rise building projects 2021.

Dr. Oussama Baalbaki is currently a full-time Professor of Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Beirut Arab University. He started his academic career at BAU since 1997. He had accomplished his M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering at University of LILLE for Sciences and Technologies, FRANCE in 1989 and 1993, respectively. In addition to his remarkable academic and educational background, he has worked with DAR Al Handasa (Shaer and Partners) during the last six years on Mega Multimillions projects such as Holly Makkah and Madina Haram Expansion, New King Abdulaziz Airport, Haramain Railways, and Kingdom tower in Jeddah; the tallest tower of the world. He also has a good experience in the structural design and supervision of site structural works for various types of building and infrastructure projects. His scope of works varies from coordination, execution and supervision to effectively management of construction works in line with the contractual constraints and specifications. Actually, He is working as Professor at Beirut Arab University and supervising a number of graduate students in Master's and Ph.D. degrees.

Dr. Marco Bonopera is a postdoctoral researcher in the Office of General Director at National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taiwan. He received his PhD from the University of Ferrara, Italy, with an emphasis in literature in 'Theoretical and Experimental Mechanics of Solids and Structures' and 'Structural Engineering'. His research interests include structural health monitoring and assessment using static load and dynamic vibration testing. His main research is focused on detecting prestress losses in concrete bridges. His areas of further research forecast studies on the long-term concrete behavior of prestressed structures without and under cracking, and corresponding implementations of nonlinear finite element analyses. His interests also approached the implementation of finite elements for describing the behavior of granular flow in storage steel silos under seismic loading.

In 1984, he graduated with honor from the Civil Engineering Department of Engineering Faculty, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. In 1985, he became a research assistant in the Civil Engineering Department of Engineering Faculty of Gazi University and meanwhile completed his MSc study in Geotechnical Engineering at Middleaest Technical University (METU) in Ankara. In 1986, he, as a research fellow, participated in the soil improvement works of catalan Dam and HEPP site (grouting of the foundation soil to obtain impermeable formation) under the auspices of Adana Regional Directorate of State Water Works of Turkey and compiled all works in a booklet. In 1989, he got a scholarship to do a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering in the Civil Engineering Department of Bradford University, England. In 1991, while being a Ph.D. student, he was also a representative of Turkey for Professional Access Project conducted by the collaboration of BSC partnership and British Council, Leeds, England. In between 1992 and 1993, he worked as a part-time instructor teaching experimental soil mechanics in the Civil Engineering Department of Bradford University. In 1993, he, along with Prof. Dr. G. S. Littlejohn, carried out laboratory studies to find out the appropriate chemical grout for the improvement of soil conditions of the Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground. In 1994, after returning to Turkey, he became an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of Gazi University. In 1996, he became Associate Professor, and then in 2001, he became Professor of Geotechnical Engineering. He has supervised many projects, especially in Geotechnical Engineering Field at home as well as abroad. He is also working as a consultant for Construction Companies and government agencies. He has specialized in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, especially in ground improvement, Foundation Engineering, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. He has published five books and 100 articles. 70 of these articles are published in the journals indexed by SCI and/or SCI-Expanded. In 2011, during the 20th Anniversary of Ukraine Independence, he was nominated as a candidate for the awards of the leaders of science, culture, and business organized in Kyiv. In between 10 September 2008 and 10 September 2012 he was a founding rector of Bayburt University in Turkey.

Mohd Hairil Mohd revolves around the ultimate limit state assessment of steel structure including subsea pipelines, offshore jacket platform, riser and etc. Mohd Hairil Mohd working on the understanding of the important concept of limit state behavior of structure up to its plastic limit state. Besides that, he is working on the mathematical formulation as well as reliability assessment of aging structure due to corrosion and aging problems. By utilizing time evolution data, the empirical function can be formulated, and hence the reliability of the structure can be assessed based on its ultimate capacity assessment by utilizing finite element analysis approach.

Dr. Anant Lal Murmu is currently working as Assistant Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department at G H Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur. Before joining this institute, he completed his bachelors, Masters and Doctoral studies from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. He has published several papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals. He is also a reviewer for many journals of Springer and Elsevier. His research area primarily focuses on the development of sustainable construction materials and ground improvement techniques.

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A senior lecturer, researcher, involved in research and education has brings her up to date more than 100 publications published while involving herself in multidisciplinary research projects, which part of it is the government projects since 2010. She has developed numbers of award-winning research product and services that have been patented trademarked in Malaysian construction industry. Received national awards and international awards in gold medal during SIIF 2013 Seoul Korea. Her associated professional membership includes: Concrete Society Malaysia (CSM), Board of Engineering Malaysia (BEM), and trainer for Building Information Modelling (BIM) under MyBIM Center, CIDB. She’s also Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Suruhanjaya Tenaga. Dedicated in giving effective task besides interested to be part of dynamic team, she prefers to work in challenging environment. Enjoying herself in meeting people; being extrovert, fast and easy-learner, and able to interact with any levels of the workforce.

Jiang bo (Gabe) Yu, PhD, is currently a senior transportation modeler at AECOM. His research stands at the intersection of systems modeling, transportation, and mathematical psychology. In addition to working with consulting companies, he has worked with different levels of public agencies in the U.S. He earned a bachelor's degree in transportation systems engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology, a masters degree in civil engineering from the University of Southern California, and a doctorate in civil engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His current research involves developing system models for on demand mobility services, studying the interaction of different types of biases in infrastructure investmentprocesses, and developing quantum dynamical models for capturing decisions and response time.

Dr Lakshmi Keshav B.E from Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, Civil Engineering 2001, M.Tech: SASTRA University, Tanjore, Tamilnadu Construction Engg& Management 2002, PhD: Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu Civil Engineering 2015 Titled: Behaviour Of 3d Compressed Stabilized Solid And Hollow Earth Block Models With Earthquake Resistant Features Under Dynamic Loading Teaching Experience: 13 Years, Associate Professor-VelagapudiRamaKrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (VR Siddhartha Engg), Autonomous, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, International Journals( SCI& Scopus): 10 International & National Conference: 8 Foreign Visit: Presented a paper in International December 2012 International Conference at Penang, Malaysia, Patents:2 Status: Application Published Award won: Innovative Research (Civil Engg.) & Dedicated Teaching Professional Award 2018 by The Society of Innovative Educationalist & Scientific Research Professional, Chennai Funded Projects : Summer School Programme on Geospatial Programme(NGP), DST, Govt of India 10 Lakhs Effect of waterproof materials on Roof Concrete funded by VNS ready Mix Concrete 2 lakhs

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Valeria Licata received her PhD in Geotechnical Engineering at University Federico II of Naples (Italy) and BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering at the same university. After the PhD, she spent her time for some years as PostDoc studying seismic microzonation and soil liquefaction, respectively, in the Metropolis and ReLuis research projects. Currently, she is working for an Italian government institution - National Autonomous Roads Corporation (ANAS S.p.A) - Ferrovie dello Stato Holding - and, as Geotechnical engineer, is the coordinator and responsible of the Geotechnical projects involved with the design of road infrastructures. She was also commissioned as specialist for testing the new viaduct in the Polcevera valley, Genoa (Italy). Valeria is the secretary and the member of PIARC Italy (World Road Organization) for which is dealing with the resilience of geotechical systems. The research activity is still carrying on by collaborating with different universities whose topics are ranging over the development of a new non-linear approach to perform 1D seismic response analyses, the assessment of the seismic performance of footing systems (piles vs caisson foundations) and the study of the fragility of pier foundation systems as a tool to manage the seismic risk. This latter topic is the object of a Research Agreement between ANAS S.p.A. and the University Federico II (Naples, Italy) where Valeria is the co-coordinator.

Dr. Biswabandita Kar, Professor, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT (Deemed to be University) has diversified research exposure in the areas of material sciences, environmental issues, renewable energy generation etc. She has been experienced working at IMMT, Bhubaneswar as Scientist (Fellow). She has been working in Haldia Refinery, Hindustan Zinc Limited etc. With her significant contribution in waste Utilization and management, she has been honored with the Bhoomiratna award by Govt. of Indonesia for Excellency in Science Innovations, Young Scientist Award, DST, Government of India, Prof. Arumugam National award by ISTE, India, Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhawana Purashkar, Prof. R.C. Tripathy young chemist award, Bigyan Jyoti Purashkar, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Odisha and many more. To her credit she has 174 publications in peer-reviewed journals of International repute, 27 patents ( national and international), and authorships in 18 books and monographs. Under her guidance, 23 students have bagged their doctoral degrees with 14 students in continuation.

Francesco Pugliese received his BSc and MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering (cum laude) at the Second University of Naples, Italy. He then joined the international program Erasmus Mundus Masters Course in the 2017, receiving the advanced Master in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (MEEES). Francesco completed the MRes (Master of Research, with distinction) in Decision making under risk and uncertainty at the University of Liverpool in 2019. He was awarded by EPSRC - CDT program (2018-2022, Grant: EP/L015927/1,Link https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.4576858). Mr Pugliese is a PhD Candidate in Seismic Assessment and Risk Analysis of reinforced concrete structures with ageing in the School of Engineering, University of Liverpool. He is also affiliated to the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty at the University of Liverpool and is Member of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Group led by Dr. Luigi Di Sarno. Francesco has developed novel cost-efficient strategies for the evaluation of residual capacity of existing RC structures and infrastructure with ageing. Such strategies employ advanced machine learning Genetic-based algorithms for the optimization of most used steel constitutive models for the monotonic and cyclic behaviour of smooth rebars. Francesco has authored conference and high-impact journal papers on the seismic assessment of ageing structures and infrastructure.

Dr. S.Packialakshmi is a Professor and an Associate Head in the Department of Civil Engineering at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India. She received her B.E. from Institute of Road and Transport and Technology, Tamil Nadu and Completed Post-Graduation(Water Management) and Doctoral Research (Groundwater Engineering) under the Faculty of Civil Engineering at, Anna University, India, having 15 years of teaching experience and 3.5 years of research experience. She received South Asian Water (SAWA) Fellowship, Wagningen University, Netherlands for doctoral research, Anna University, Chennai, She received Travel Grant from SAWA Fellowship for presenting paper at 3rd International Congress of Environmental Research organized by Journal of Environmental Research And Development ,Bhopal (India) and University of Mauritius, Reduit (Mauritius), September 16-18, 2010, Travel Grant from Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden, for presenting paper at 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm organized by Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden, August 21-27, 2011, Travel Grant from Saci WATERs(South Asian Consortium for interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies)for participating workshop and conferences at Srilanka, Nepal, and Mumbai. Dr.Packialakshmi has obtained Fellowship under Mevlana Teaching Mobility Programme from Turkey Higher Education Counsil Two weeks Teaching Programme at Karabuk University, Turkey, October 2018. She received Innovative Researcher and Dedicated Teaching Professional Award by The society of Innovative Educationalist & Scientific Research Professional Accredited with Innovative Scientific Research Professional Malaysia, June 25,2020 and Women Researcher Award by VDGOOD Professional Association, India, December 2020. She obtained Sathyabama Technology Business Incubator(TBI) grant for the academic year 2020-2021, supported by National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology; Government of India. She is an Editorial Board Member-Professional Coordinator, Engineering Today, ISSN: 2180-0995, Editorial Board Member-Consulting Editor, Journal of Engineering Technology &Management Science, ISSN: 2229-9254. She is having Patent Granted on Design of Concrete Ring Segment for Coastal Erosion and Patent Published on IoT based Efficient Water Resources Forecasting, Monitoring and Management System. She has published several peer reviewed journal papers in SCI and scopus indexed and presented her research findings in various international conferences and seminars conducted at Stockholm water Institute, Sweden, Mauritius, Srilanka, Nepal and Turkey. She is the author of book titled on A Review on Status of Groundwater in Chennai, India and two book chapters on waste water treatment aspects. She has organized three international conferences, more than 20 seminars and training programmes at faculty and student level. She has guided several under graduate, post graduate and doctoral students in the field of water resources management, monitoring and development, bio based treatment of waste water, waste water reusal options etc.

Mr. Sarmad Dashti Latif received Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering with first-class honours in 2018 at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia. Currently, he is studying Master of Civil Engineering by research in the field of water resources engineering at the Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Malaysia. He was working as a research officer and tutor at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) from October 2019 until March 2021. Currently, he is working as a research fellow at Komar University of Science and Technology, in Kurdistan region of Iraq. He is the author of more than 15 scientific articles and a book published in prestigious international journals. His research interests include the application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques with their applications such as Machine Learning and Deep Learning methods for many engineering applications and concentrate on hydrological processes, environmental and water management, operation of dams and reservoirs.

Dr. K.S.ELANGO graduated his Master of Structural Engineering from from Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India and obtained his Ph.D in the area of Pervious Concrete from Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. He is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India He is having twelve years of teaching experience and industrial experience. He has been actively published numerous publications in referred international journals and conferences including book chapters. His area of research includes performance of different binders in concrete, influence of different type and size of coarse aggregates in concrete, permeability and porosity determination in pervious concrete, durability of concrete structures and development of new alternative construction materials for construction. He has been a technical reviewer for various journals including Elsevier. He is also associated with various professional bodies.

Mr. S. C. Boobalan, graduated from Master of Structural Engineering from Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and currently doing my Ph.D. in the research area of Sustainable Based Concrete from Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. I am having 9 years of teaching and industrial experience. My area of research includes construction materials, structural analysis and design, sustainability in construction practices, concrete technology. I have published 14 number of national and international journals in my research interest areas. (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RwDRD4IAAAAJ&hl=en ). I am active member of American Concrete Institute, InSc Professional Member, Institute of Engineering Research and Publication and so on.

Dr Muthukannan obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the Anna University in 2010. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Kalasalingam University. Dr. Muthukannan has completed research projects related to Geopolymer paver blocks, Self-healing paver blocks, road materials, and sustainable building materials. He has led research projects on Geopolymer Technology and composite materials and received fund from DST-SEED for Rs 2.38 Crores (3,30,555 USD). Dr. Muthukannan has published more than 84 research articles. Dr. Muthukannan has received numerous recognitions. He was awarded with Teaching Excellence Award-2017(Dr.APJ. Abdul Kalam Award) Preeminent Researcher award 2019. Dr Muthukannan is an Associate Member of ASCE and recognized as best Faculty advisor for the 2018 by ASCE. Dr Muthukannan serving as the academic council member to various prestigious institute in India. He is also Chairperson for Faculty of Civil engineering and Former Head of the Civil Engineering Department.

Dr. Shamshad Alam is an assistant professor in the department of civil engineering at Chandigarh University in India. He earned his Ph.D in geotechnical engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India in 2019. He completed his M. Tech in 2014 from NIT Rourkela and B. Tech in 2010 from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. After his graduation in 2010, Dr. Alam started his career as a structural design engineer in Desein Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi and obtained two years of experience in the area of designing thermal power plant structures. He is having more than two years of post-Ph.D teaching and research experience. His research aims to reduce the industrial waste storage, thereby, reducing its adverse impact on the environment and the requirement of land for the storage. To achieve this aim, he is working in the direction of characterization (geotechnical, chemical, and microstructural) of industrial waste and development of sustainable civil engineering material from the same. During his Ph.D, he was working on the geotechnical characterization of red mud, (Bauxite residue) and published his research in high quality journals and reputed conferences. He has been awarded by IGS- Young Geotechnical Engineer Biennial Award in 2019 as well as in 2020 for his research work.

Dr. Saravanakumar Palaniraj is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, India. He received his Ph.D. in Strength and Durability Characteristics of Recycled Aggregate concrete with Admixtures. He has rich experience in teaching, research and industry of about 20 years. His research areas include Alternative construction materials, Sustainable Construction and Rehabilitation of structures. He is an author of over 30 referred journal papers and his citation crossed over 240 times in Scopus and about 300 times in Google scholar. He also presented his research presentations in more than 50 International conferences. He received a Certificate of Outstanding contribution in Reviewing from Journal of Construction and Building Materials in the year 2018 and he is an active member in many professional bodies.

Dr. L Ponraj Sankar is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at CMR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India. He received his Doctorate in Civil Engineering and Masters degree in Structural Engineering from the prestigious Anna University, Chennai, India. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from ACCET, Karaikudi, India. During earlier stages, he started his engineering education by undergoing a Diploma course in Civil Engineering from Government Polytechnic, Tuticorin, India. He completed his doctoral thesis under the title Investigating and Modeling of Fine Fly Ash High-Performance Concrete. This is one of the emerging civil engineering fields, where he has proven himself through his major publications in reputed journals. His areas of research interest are High-Performance Concrete, Reinforced Concrete Structures, Structural Design of Multistory Building, Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Structures, FEM Analysis, Optimization technique, and Soft computing. He has more than 40 publications (SCI and Scopus) in international Journals and Conferences and also he has presented his research work at an international conference held at Mahsa University, Malaysia. He possesses 16 years of academic experience serving in Indian colleges/Universities and Haramaya University, Ethiopia. Also, he has 18 years of industrial experience in Structural Design and Construction of Multistory Buildings including Retrofitting and Rehabilitation. Dr.Ponraj Sankar has been recognized for his teaching, research, and consultancy work for Private and Government bodies. He holds professional membership and is frequently invited as conference chair and guest speaker at national and international conferences. He has reviewed much technical publications for reputed journals and guided graduate and doctoral sholars.\His research works are applied for Indian Patent publications and He is very keen on disseminating acquired knowledge and learning new technologies.

Dr. C.V.SIVA RAMA PRASAD, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology(Autonomous), Hyderabad. Did his Ph.D. from ANU on Bacterial Concrete as a self healing material : An experimental Investigation. Prior to joining in VBIT, Hyderabad, He worked as a Lecturer at Bule Hora University in Ethiopia during 2015-2017 and worked as Structural Engineer at Bhosho Architects Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad. Presently he is a structural consultant also in Hyderabad along with Teaching and Research and He is working for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Sponsored Research Projects with state and central government. His research interests are Bacterial Concrete, Industrial RCC and Steel Chimneys, Special Concrete, Structural Materials. He published one book on Industrial RCC and Steel Chimneys. He organized several Seminar, workshops, FDPs during his tenure. He published several papers in reputed journals and presented papers in international conferences and national conferences. He is a Reviewer for various reputed international journals. He is associated with various collaborations from different countries. Dr.C.V.Siva Rama Prasad is a Life Member of the Indian Concrete Institute and the Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers.

Dr. Shriram Marathe, hails from Bantakal parish, Shirva village of Kapu taluk, Udupi district. He completed his early education in Bantakal, Udupi and Shirva. He received his B.E. degree in Civil Engineering in 2012 from NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte affiliated to VTU Belagavi (CGPA 9.51/10.0) and M.Tech.[Transportation Engineering] in 2014 (CGPA 9.00/10.0) from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering Sciences from VTU Belagavi in the area of Eco-friendly Concrete Pavements. He also completed Master Facilitator Degree (MFLHRD) in Human Resources Development from College of Leadership and Human Resource Development, Mangalore in the year 2018 and presently he is a certified HRD trainer. He cleared GATE-2012 with an All India Ranking of 2767 (93 percentile) and Secured MHRD Scholarship for Post Graduation for M.Tech at NITK. Till date, he completed three online NPTEL MOOC courses with ELITE grade as a part of continued education. He also cleared 08 Coursera MOOC courses with good grades. His areas of research interests include Alkali-activated (Geo-Polymer) Concrete applications to pavements, Stabilization of Sub-grade soil, Road Safety, Pavement Material characterization, and Pavement Design. He has guided 19 B.E. Projects, and 11 M.Tech dissertations; currently, he is guiding 01 M.Tech projects and 01 B.E project. Being a coPrincipal Investigator he has successfully executed one funded research project of Rs. 4.95 lakhsnamely "Study and to Develop Cost Effective and Green Masonry Block Using Industrial Waste Materials", funded by Nitte Education Trust. Till date, he has published over 50 research articles out of which 12 articles are published in scopus indexed journals (Three Quality-1 articles). Out of his research contribution 25 research articles are published in international journals, 08 technical papers in National journals, and also include conference proceedings papers at 13 National/International conferences, and 5 papers are accepted for the publication. Further, he also filed a patent on his invention entitled, "Sustainable Pervious Alkali Activated Concrete Paver Block Pavement for Ground water Recharge" on 29-07-2020.

Dr. Parthiban Kathirvel has received his Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering (2006) from SASTRA Deemed University, Master of Engineering in Computer Methods & Applications in Structural Engineering (2008) from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Master of Business Administration in Technology Management (2011) from Anna University and Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Structural Engineering (2017) from SASTRA Deemed University. He is presently the Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India where he has been emphasizing the development of geopolymer concrete as well as the effective utilization of recycled concrete aggregates in the development of high performance concrete. He teaches several courses on Analysis & Design of Concrete Structures and Seismic Design of Structures. Dr. Kathirvel has more than 11 years of teaching experience along with 9 years of research experience in the field of construction materials in addition to 1 year industrial exposure as Structural Engineer in the Precast Engineering Division of TRC Worldwide Engineering, Chennai. He is holding life membership in Professional bodies such as The Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society of Systems for Science & Engineering (ISSE), Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and Indian Concrete Institute (ICI). Over the course of 11 years in academic and research field, Dr. Kathirvel has participated and presented several research papers in National/International Conferences/Workshops and published over 25 research articles in various refereed journals along with Chapters in Edited Volume of Books. In addition to the contribution towards his own publication, he is also serving as a Reviewer in various refereed journals in ELSEVIER, SPRINGER, ASCE, WILEY, TAYLOR & FRANCIS database. He also served as a Guest Editor for Volume 80 of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Dr. Kathirvel also responsible for curriculum development and project works of undergraduate students of Civil Engineering, SASTRA.

Eugene Sogbe is the CEO of DESK-Air Engineering Consults and a Researcher. His research spans the areas of transport planning, traffic safety, public transportation, travel behaviour and transport modelling. He has 4 years of teaching experience from Ho Technical University as a Teaching Assistant and later as Coursework Instructor. In his current position as CEO, he sees to effective supervision and administration of project staff which includes prioritizing and assigning work, performance management and employee relations, oversees and monitors work performed by vendors to ensure that contract plans, scope and specifications are adhered to.

Dr. Moustafa Moufid Kassem is currently working as a Postdoctoral fellow in School of Civil Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia. He obtained his bachelors degree in 2016 from Beirut Arab University in Lebanon, and he completed his Masters degree in 2017 in Structural Engineering field from University Sains Malaysia (USM) with a CGPA 3.80, and his PhD degree in 2021 from USM in Earthquake Engineering field, where he was awarded the USM fellowship for 3 years and award the 3rd position in 3MT thesis competition in Engineering Cluster.His research interest is on risk assessment, seismic hazard, structural analysis, numerical simulation, and modelling. I have taught at the graduate and undergraduate courses levels. Hehave taught nine different courses: 1) Theory of Structures, 2) Principle of Structural Design, 3) Structural Analysis I, 4) Structural Analysis II, 5) Structural Dynamics, 6) Reinforced Concrete Structural Design I, 8) Reinforced Concrete Structural Design II, and 9) Structures and Strength of Material Laboratory. He firmly believes in educating students with engaging and collaborative student-centered curricula that builds interpersonal rapport between students and the instructor. His research focuses on the use of probabilistic and statistical tools for modeling of extreme loads on structures. His doctoral research was in developing a seismic vulnerability index (SVI) for reinforced concrete buildings in Malaysia, and in the field of large-scale seismic vulnerability damage scenario. He has published 1 book, 1-e-bookand more than 25 reputable ISI/Scopus research papers in the field of structural and earthquake engineering, 4 book chapters in Springer, and 3 copyrights from Malaysia in developing a vulnerability index form and framework for damage building classifications in Malaysia. Currently, he also holds 1 national grant in Malaysia as a co-investigator that investigate the seismic expansion joint effectiveness on irregular buildings under seismic excitation