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Dr. Shivakumar is the Director of Center for Composite Materials Research and NASA Funded Center for Aviation Safety at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T). He received B.E. and M.E. in Civil Engineering from Bangalore University and Indian Institute of Science, respectively, and Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, India. His research and technical activities includes polymer based composite materials and structures; fracture mechanics, and novel concepts and models to address challenging problems in Structures and Materials. Before joining A&T in1991 Dr. Shivakumar worked NASA Langley Research Center, Old Dominion University and Analytical Services and Materials Inc., for about 12 years. NASA, ONR, ARMY, AFRL, NSF, and FAA and industries like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Atlantic Research Corporation, GE-Aircraft Engines, and 3TEX Inc. have funded Dr. Shivakumar’s research at A&T. He received more than $15m as a Principal Investigator. Dr. Shivakumar has successfully collaborated with a number of universities including University of MD (College Park), University of Mississippi, University of Tennessee, University of Utah, UC-Berkley Harvard University and S. J. College of Engineering, Mysuru India. Dr. Shivakumar has served in government, industry, and universities. He advised and gr adu a t ed 20 Ph.D. s tudent s and more than 60 M.S. students at NC A&T and other universities. Dr. Shivakumar has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles in journals and conferences. Dr. Shivakumar is an Associate Fellow of AIAA, member of ASME and ASC. He is has conducted a number of national and international conferences and workshops. He worked in number of technical committees and societies, specifically in advancing materials and structures. Dr. Shivakumar was an Associate Editor of AIAA journal and Member of Board of Editors of Computer Modeling and Engineering Sciences. He is a reviewer for a number of journals in structures and materials and reviewed Ph.D. dissertations for a number of international universities/institutions. 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 patents and a several copyrighted software codes and test fixtures. Currently, Dr. Shivakumar’s research is supported/collaborated by a number of faculty from College of Engineering and College of Arts & Science, Research associates, technical staff and about ten M.S and Ph.D. students.

Dr Yan Zhang is a Professor in Structural engineering and theProfessorialleads in Research Education, at Universityof South Australia (UniSA). She was appointed as the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Expert since 2019. Yan has lectured in several Australian universities for more than 25 years. Her main research interests include green concrete materials, fibre composite materials and structures. She has published more than 180 SCI technical papers in the referred international journals and has been invited as a Plenary/keynote speaker at international conferences. Yan has won several Australian government awards and fellowships and attracted funding from Australian Research council (ARC) and industry. She was the winner of 2018 South Australia Winnovation award in Engineering category.

Ivo Caliò received his PhD in Structural Engineering in 1995 investigating the large displacement response of structures subjected to uplift foundations during earthquakes. In 1997 he started is academic career at the University of Catania in Italy where he continued his research on nonlinear dynamics and earthquake engineering. He supervised many PhD students and post-doctoral researches working on seismic vulnerability and retrofitting of existing buildings not designed to resist earthquakes and proposed a new computational strategy for the simulation of the nonlinear behaviour of masonry structures known as Discrete Macro-Element Method (DMEM). In 2009 he initiated a research group, involving many PhD students and academic researchers, for the development of advanced structural engineering software based on the DMEM, suitable both for academic investigations and practical engineering. Within this research topic two structural analysis programs have been developed: 3DMacro for masonry buildings and HiStrA (Historical Structure Analysis) focused on the Structural Assessment of Historical Monumental Structures and Masonry Bridges. A key feature of his work has been extensive international collaboration with fellow academics particularly in Portugal and UK. From 2012 he is collaborating with Prof Paulo Lourenco of the university of Minho and his research team on the use and validation of the DMEM for masonry monumental structures and masonry bridge. In 2015 he started a collaboration with Prof Bassam Izzuddin of the Imperial College of London on the seismic vulnerability assessment and innovative retrofitting strategies of buildings not designed to resist earthquakes. A key feature of this research has been the use of high fidelity models, implemented in the software ADAPTIC developed by Prof Izzuddin, capable of considering progressive collapse scenario, triggered by earthquakes, and accounting for the contribution of non-structural elements. Aiming at identifying suitable retrofitting strategies for existing buildings, innovative low impact solutions have been proposed some of them have already been applied. His publication record exceeds 200 papers in leading international journal and conferences.

Antonio Carcaterra is full professor at Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of the Sapienza University, Rome, and Director of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He is director of the Laboratory of Mechatronics, and has been director of the PhD program in “Theoretical and Applied Mechanics”, of the doctoral school “Science and Technology for Engineering Innovation”, and of the Mechanical Engineering Course. He has been Adjunct Professor from 2006 to 2010 at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He is also president of the Consortium Sapienza Innovazione, and served as member and president in many university committees for patents, startup and innovation, as well as a member of the scientific board of the National Institute of Naval Architecture (INSEAN –CNR, 2006-2010). Member of the Aerospace Committee of the national Association of Engineers (since 2020), member of the national commission for safety of transport systems of the Ministry of Transport since (2013-2018), he is actually coordinator and director of many national and international research projects related to fundamental and industrial research. He is Senior Fellow of the SSSA the School for Advanced Studies of Sapienza, since 2018. He teaches three courses for the programs of Mechanical Engineering and Control and Automation Engineering: Mechatronics, Vehicle System Dynamics, Mechanical Vibrations. Antonio Carcaterra is author of about 200 publications in international journals, conference proceedings, book chapters and more than 10 patents. Has been an invited lecturer and keynote speaker in many international conferences and visiting professor in several universities in Europe and the United States, working in fields related to structural dynamics and modeling of dynamical systems. He is director of many projects of innovation funded, in the last 6 years, with more than 10 millions euros, both from private industries as well as from public institutions. Scientific interests: mechatronics, multi-physics systems, autonomous guidance and control, structural dynamics, vibrations.

Professor Zhongwei Guan is Executive Director of Advanced Materials Research Centre of Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi. He received his first degree on Solid Mechanics in Sichuan University China in 1982 and was awarded PhD in Structural Behaviour of Polymeric Pipelining in University of Bradford UK in 1993. He was Reader in Lightweight Composite Materials and Structures at the University of Liverpool. He has published more than 180 SCI papers in refereed leading international journals (+250 conference papers) on lightweight composite structures subjected to extreme loading conditions such as projectile impact and blast, covering fibre metal laminates, PVC foam-based sandwiches and SLM lattice structures, corrugated sandwiches, timber structures, high temperature TP prepreg, etc., with a h-index of 44 in Google Scholar and citation more than 6200. He was Chairman of the 5th International Conference on Computational Methods held in Cambridge in 2014. He is a member of editorial board of International Journal of Impact Engineering, Applied Composite Materials and Advanced Materials Letter. He also serves as a scientific committee member of more than 25 international conferences and has given more than 30 keynotes, thematic and plenary speeches.

Coming from a background in astrophysics, Prof. Carrigan changed her research focus to building physics in 2014 and became the assistant professor at the Department of Building Physics / Low-Energy Buildings at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) in 2016, specialising in building physics modelling and simulations. In 2019 she received a call for the appointment to the university professorship "Building Physics" at Graz University of Technology, Austria, which she declined. Since 2020 Prof. Carrigan is extraordinary professor at the RPTU. She is a reviewer of research proposals for various German Ministries and other national funding/research institutions as well as for different scientific journals and for proceedings of German and international conferences. She is a member in scientific committees of different German and international conferences. She has published more than 80 scientific papers and is currently coordinating multiple projects for the department.

Prof. Dr. Chee-Ming Chan is currently a Professor with the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. She is also a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Engineering & Technology, UK. Dr. Chan was previously a postdoctoral visiting scholar at the Port and Airport Research Institute in Japan from 2009-2011. Dr. Chan’s first degree (BSc. Civil Eng.) was awarded by KUiTHO-UTM, Malaysia in 2001. She then pursued her PhD in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Sheffield (UK) on the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation, MOSTI’s scholarship, returning in 2006 to serve at the present university. Dr. Chan is member to several key societies relevant to her profession, namely International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society (SEAGS), International Geosynthetics Society- Malaysian Chapter (MyIGS), Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM) and Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM). She is also serving as the Secretary for MyIGS since 2018, facilitating the coordination of engagement between industry and universities, particularly in the field of geosynthetics applications. Dr. Chan has authored over 150 technical papers, including entries in seminars, conferences and journals, as well as 3 modules for undergraduate courses. She has published a book, The Sinking Earth, in 2012, an easy-to-read introductory book to ground improvement techniques. Her research interests have always revolved around sustainable geotechnics, with innovations to make poor quality soils into usable materials. Indeed, Dr. Chan has for the past decade in active collaboration with the Marine Department of Malaysia and various industrial as well as research instituional counterparts to explore the fundamental characteristics of dredged marine soils from Malaysian and regional waters, with the aim of transforming the otherwise discarded materials into useful recycled geo-materials. Her research effort in this direction has received recognition with the award of several grants worth over 150,000 USD from various national agencies and the industry. Steadfast in her belief that research findings should be channeled to greater good of the people and beyond, Dr. Chan is striving towards engaging more industrial players in addressing the issue of inappropriate disposal of dredged marine soils, and encouraging the reuse of the material based on reliable scientific discoveries while sharing and disseminating research-based knowledge, skills and technology. It is her hope that Malaysia will one day, in a future not too far away, become a regional leader in giving beneficial second lives to these geo-wastes, consequentially contribute to nature conservation and resources optimization. As an academic,3/3 Dr. Chan is also appointed as Accreditation Panelist for Civil Engineering and Geotechnical Enginering by the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA), as well as Engineering Technology Accreditation Council (ETAC) of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). Besides, she is regularly consulted on academic programme development, reviews and revisions. Her close working relationship with the industry has enabled insights for continuous improvement of the engineering / engineering technology programmes, with closing of the university-industry gap via better engagement, feedback and improvement.

Dr.Biao HU is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, P.R. China. He obtained his Ph.D. from the City University of Hong Kongin 2017. His main research focuses on composite materials & structures, structural retrofitting, and sustainable construction materials. He has published more than40 technical papers in international journals and conference proceedings (including 41 SCI papers), and these worksreceived more than 830 citations recorded in Google Scholar. He is the principal investigator of 4 research projects and the co-investigator of more than 10 research projects. He serves as the editorial board member of several journals (Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering,Building Technology Research and Construction Progress) and the guest editor of two SCI journals. He is a regular reviewer of more than 30 peer-reviewed international SCI journals. He received the Moisseiff Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2018.

PhD in Architecture (2011-2017) dual degree ´Genetic algorithms applied to parametric environmental design´. University of Seville, High Technical School of Architecture, Seville, Spain and Universidad Nacional de La Plata, School of Architecture and Urbanism, La Plata, Argentina/ • Advanced Architectural Design Master Program (2004-2007) Universidad de Buenos Aires- School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, Argentina, completed without thesis • Architect (1977-1982) Universidad Nacional de La Plata, School of Architecture and Urbanism, La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

BURHAN KUBILAY KAPTAN was born in 1970 in Trabzon, Turkey. Kaptan completed his high school education in Istanbul and Toronto. Kaptan graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University in 1993. In the same year, he was accepted to Boğaziçi University Civil Engineering Department and completed his master’s degree in 1995. Kaptan, who started his doctoral education at Boğaziçi University, received the title of PhD in 2004. He’s worked for construction companies in Turkey, Kosovo, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. He’s also served as a construction delegate on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Switzerland, India, Eritrea and Afghanistan. The first book of Kaptan, “Scientists” was published in 2016; His second book, “Reflections”, was published in 2017 and his last book, “Baby Doll”, was published in 2021. Kaptan's last novel about the “German Empire- 1922/1923” is in the process of being published. Kaptan, who has given lectures at different universities throughout his academic career, continues his academic studies at the University of Minho, Portugal. Kaptan has been living in Braga, Portugal with her family since 2023.

She was born in Catania on May 11, 1970, and is now an associate professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR) of the University of Catania. In April 2017, she obtained the National Academic Qualification in Italy as Full Professor in Geotechnical Engineering. In 1999 she received the Geotechnical Engineering Doctor’s degree from the University of Catania. She performed her research at the University of Catania and Bristol University (UK). She won many awards and is a member of many Geotechnical Associations and Editorial Boards of International Journals. She has been teaching: “Geotechnics”, “Foundations”, "Soil Mechanics and Dynamics", and “FEM Laboratory of Geotechnical Engineering”. She taught at different Master of 2nd Level. She has held several lectures on doctoral courses at the University of Catania and Tourin. She has been the scientific director of national and international research projects and has participated in several research programs. She has attended numerous national and international conferences, often presenting her scientific works orally as an invited speaker. She is the author of more than 145 papers published in journals and proceedings of national and international conferences. She has held courses at various Italian Professional Orders in Spoleto, Modena, Catania and the Emilia Romagna Region. She has organized numerous conferences, workshops, and national and international professional courses. Since 2019 she has been the head of the Geotechnical Testing Laboratory of the University of Catania. She is the reference teacher for the University of Catania of three ERASMUS+Programme Agreements. She has been a member of the Doctoral Board at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Catania since 2006. She is a reviewer for more than 15 international journals.

Dr Jelena Andric is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at XJTLU. She has obtained her BSc in Civil Engineering and MSc in civil engineering from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. She continues her further education in China and she has obtained PhD in Civil Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology. After graduation she was working as a Postdoctoral researcher in the field of construction management at Shenzhen University. Later she has worked as a Lecturer at Western Serbia Academy of applied studies in Serbia. Also, she has been working in construction industry for several years in Hong Kong and Serbia. Some of the projects on which she has participated are related to the Belt and Road Initiative projects between bilateral agreement between China and Serbia. Her current projects are Time and cost overruns in infrastructure and building projects, Sustainability in construction projects, Risk assessment and management of construction projects, Occupational accidents and health and safety measures, Disaster risk assessment, Seismic risk analysis, Flood risk assessment and disaster resilience.

Prof. Daining Fang is an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and vice-president of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He has published more than 500 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member in several reputed journals of mechanics and materials science.

Giancarlo Paganin (1963), MSc civil engineering, PhD building engineering, Associate Professor of Architectural Technology at Politecnico di Milano, School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering (AUIC). His research and teaching activities at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DASTU) are related to the discipline of architectural technology and construction process, dealing with topics as: project quality; quality and innovation of the building product; quality and innovation of the construction process; safety of people during the use of the built environments and safety of workers during construction of the works; management and maintenance of constructed assets and real estate; risk management ; sustainability and resilience of the built environment; circular economy. In 2018 he obtained the National Scientific Qualification as a full-professor in the sector 08/C1 “Design and technological design of architecture”. From 2003 to 2012 he has been Quality Assurance Manager of the Department BEST in Politecnico di Milano managing the implementation of the Quality System in compliance with the ISO 9001 standard for training activities. He’s been member of the Board of Professors of two PhD tracks in Politecnico di Milano. Since 2012 he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil Construction Sector of AICQ, the Italian Association for the Culture of Quality.

Regional Construction Director With CAN Engineering Turkish Company for construction of Mega Projects, and Director of Environmental , Senior Environmental Manager, with extensive experience in Drinking-water Quality and Wastewater Monitoring, water treatment plants, and monitoring programming for analysis from the industrial wastewater treatment plants to the rivers lakes and to governmental wastewater treatment plants in Jordan & water treatment senior manager in the north section in Jordan, and head of environmental and impact assessment division in the central laboratory in the ministry of water and irrigation.-- -Over 28 years of Environmental and Water Resources Management experience, as well as extensive experience in industrial problems Consultant, dealing with and Managing solid waste and wastewater.

Prof. Dr. Islam Ezz El-Arab is a highly respected professor in the Structural Engineering Department Tanta University, Egypt with overextensive 25 years of experience inboth academic and industrial fields. He has made significant contributions to the field through his extensive research in earthquake and dynamics of structural engineering and consulting work for structural assessment, rehabilitation and strengthening. Dr. Ezz El-Arab has also published more than 35 papers in international conferences and journals. His research focuses on the development of new techniques for earthquake-resistant design of structures, structural new construction technology to provide solutions. Dr. Ezz El-Arab is a renowned RC consultant in Egypt, MENA, and Gulf zone for various mega projects in healthcare, educational, residential, mix-used, and scurries structures. His expertise in structural engineering has helped him to provide innovative solutions to complex problems faced by clients. In addition to his work in academia, Dr. Ezz El-Arab has also been an active participant in the industry. He has worked on a variety of projects, ranging from large-scale construction to infrastructure development. As a consultant, his expertise has been instrumental in the successful completion of many critical and mega projects.he has emerged as a leading authority on the subject matter in Egypt, MENA, and Gulf zones. Dr. Ezz El-Arab dedication to the field of structural engineering has earned him numerous accolades and recognition from his peers. He is highly regarded for his expertise and knowledge in the field, making him a sought-after consultant for various projects in Egypt, MENA and Gulf zone. Overall, Dr. Ezz El-Arab contributions to the field of structural engineering have been invaluable. His extensive experience and expertise have helped him to make significant contributions to the industry through his research and consulting work.

Dr Hocine HAMMOUM is a Professor at Mouloud Mammeri University (Algeria), where he is engaged in teaching at graduate level in the Civil Engineering Department. Before joining Mouloud Mammeri University in 1999, he worked as structural engineer at water resources department of Tizi Ouzou region during over then nine years (1990-1999) and was involved in the design and construction of many large projects. Dr Hocine HAMMOUM was graduated Civil Engineer (1990), Magister diploma (1998), Ph.D. (2012) and holds the ability to supervise researches in Civil Engineering (2013) from Mouloud Mammeri University. He is also a Professional Engineer with over than 22 years of consulting engineering experience at African Geosystem Company. He is a member of several scientific committees. Dr Hocine HAMMOUM’s research is devoted to: Hydraulic structures (small dams, tanks …), footbridge analysis, building structures, structural failures, nonlinear analysis of structures, structural health monitoring. He has published more than 30 papers in refereed international journals, and over than 20 scientific articles in Proceedings of international conferences, author of two scientific books and two book chapters. Currently editor-in-chief of Journal of Materials and Engineering Structures, scientific journal indexed in the web of science.

Abdelwahab TAHSIN, Consultant engineer, Structural/Civil Technical Director at ACE Consulting Engineers, Egypt, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt. PMP certified by PMI, USA and Value Methodology Associate VMA declared by SAVE International, USA. Participating and managing large complicated engineering projects across multiple asset classes in Egypt, Gulf, Middle East, and Africa. Strong experience with international codes, standards with interactive collaboration with International Managed Joint Ventures. Associate Professor (part-time basis) supervising graduation projects at the Egyptian Russian and 6th of October Universities, Egypt. Been serving as a reviewer of the research journal “Innovative Infrastructure Solutions” (IISS) accredited by ELSEVIER. Presenting papers at numerous conferences, workshops, and invited talks. Organizing member of GEOAFRICA 2023 international conference, hosted by the IGS, Egypt chapter. Member of the scientific committee of the 8th International Conference on Engineering and Natural Sciences (ICENS 2022) May 2022.Istanbul, Turkey. Member of the scientific committee of the 12th ICEEE-2021 International Annual Conference on “Global Environmental Development & Sustainability: Research, Engineering & Management”, held at Óbuda University in Budapest, November 2021, Hungary. Member of the scientific committee of Earthquake and structural analysis for Second International Conference in Construction Engineering ICCE2022 hosted by Damascus University, Syria.

Dr. Shalabi has a Ph.D. in Civil Engr./ Geotechnical Engr. with specialty in Tunneling and Underground Structures from the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign/ USA (2001). He was the recipient of Professor Ralph B. Peck fellowship for outstanding performance at the graduate level in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (1997). Dr. Shalabi is now working as Associate Prof. at the Department of Civil Engineering at Yarmouk University- Jordan (2022-Present). Before that he worked as Associate Prof. & Dept. Head at the Department of Civil Engineering at King Faisal University/ KSA (2009-2022). Previously, Dr. Shalabi worked as Associate Prof. at the Department of Civil Engineering at Hashemite University/Jordan (2001-2009). Dr. Shalabi has a wide range of engineering knowledge and experience in tunneling, dams, deep foundations, earthquake engineering, soil and rock behavior, and site exploration. He worked at different Civil Engineering projects at USA and other places such as LA Red Line Tunnel- USA, Inland Feeder Tunnel-USA, Puerto Rico tunnel project, rock properties of Detroit River project, rock properties of a zinc mine project New York USA, rock properties of DRSCS tunnel project- USA, rock properties for trenching, Design of Raghadan Tunnel- Jordan, and Use of steel slag to improve the properties of engineering materials- Jordan. Dr. Shalabi worked as co-advisor and committee member for many Masters Thesis. Dr. Shalabi research interest includes tunnel behavior, soil and rock behavior, pile foundation, earth materials improvement and stabilization and he has about 40 publications in international journals and conference.

Angela Fiamingo is a PhD candidate in “Evaluation and Mitigation of Urban and Land Risks” at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Italy. In 2022-2023, she spent a research period at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. In 2020, she obtained her MSc degree in Structural and Geotechnical Civil Engineering from the University of Catania, Italy, with full marks and honour. Her current research interests cover the study of the Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction (DSSI) and the Geotechnical Seismic Isolation (GSI) systems, using soil and rubber grains, manufactured from scrap tyres, disposal of which has become a severe environmental problem worldwide.

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