Scientific Board
Spain
Biography
Prof. Dr. Victor Yepes holds a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering. He serves as Full Professor with tenure at the Department of Construction Engineering, UniversitatPolitecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. He has been the Academic Director of the M.S. studies in concrete materials and structures since 2007 and a Member of the Concrete Science and Technology Institute (ICITECH). He is currently involved in several projects related to the optimization and life-cycle assessment of concrete structures as well as optimization models for infrastructure asset management. He is currently teaching courses in construction methods, innovation, and quality management. He authored more than 250 journals and conference papers including more than 100 published in journal quoted in JCR. He acted as an Expert for project proposals evaluation for the Spanish Ministry of Technology and Science, and he is a Main Researcher in many projects. He currently serves as an Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management and a member of the editorial board of 12 international journals (Structure & Infrastructure Engineering, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Mathematics, Sustainability, Revista de la Construcción, Advances in Civil Engineering, Advances in Concrete Construction, among others).
Spain
Biography
Prof. Dr. David Galan is a scientific researcher (from 2004 up to nowadays) in the Department of Atmospheric Pollution (National Reference Laboratory for Air Quality in Spain) of the National Center for Environmental Health (Health Institute Carlos III). He is the head of functional unit in that Department and holds a PhD in Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry by Complutense University of Madrid (Mention of European Doctorate). Similarly, Dr. Galán is an expert in instrumental techniques by Faculty of Chemical Sciences (Complutense University of Madrid) and holds a Master in Computer Science and Management as well as 31 specific courses. Dr. Galán has published more than 190 scientific-technical reports as well as more than 30 oral communications in international congresses, including air quality issues. Dr. Galán has been served as a member of Directive Board of a Scientific Society such Spanish Society for Environment Health (2013-2017), member of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN/TC 264 “Air Quality”), member of Workgroups for developing European Normative Projects, as WG 34 “Determination of anions and cations in ambient air”, member of Scientific and Management Committees in Scientific Congresses, Editorial Board Member for Annals of Civil and Environment Engineering, Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health Research and Environmental Science: Research and Reviews, technical assistant for the Expert Committee for air quality assessment during a large fire at a used tire landfill, as well as a member of board of national competitive exams in the field of research for Research Public Organizations on numerous occasions (2006-2019). Nowadays, he is Technical-Scientific Committee member for RELAB (Network of Biological Alert Laboratories). In teaching, Dr. Galán has been part of the Teachers Board in courses and masters of environmental techniques and air pollution. In researching, Dr. Galán has been a main research of 3 research projects and was included in the research team of numerous international research projects and contracts with the Public Administration. Dr. Galán has been responsible for the validation process and subsequent accreditation by ENAC (National Accreditation Entity for Spain) of more than 50 parameters.
Canada
Biography
Prof. Dr. Reza Kianoush is a professor of civil engineering at Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada, and received his PhD from the University of Alberta in 1986. He has extensive experience in design, research and teaching of structures He is a member and the previous Chair of ACI Committee 350, Environmental Engineering Concrete Structures. He is alsoserving as the Chair of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Sub-committee of N287.3 on Design of Concrete Containment Structures for Nuclear Power Plants. His research interests include analytical modeling and experimental investigation of concrete liquid containing structures under hydrostatic and seismic loading.
Canada
Biography
Prof. Dr. Gordon Huang is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Energy and Environment, and Executive Director of the Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities at the University of Regina, Canada. He holds BSC from Peking University (China), MSc from Simon Fraser University (Canada) and PhD from McMaster University (Canada). Since the 1990s, Huang has led or been involved in over 150 environment-related research projects, produced over 700 peer-refereed international journal papers (with an H-index of 46 in Science Citation Index), and supervised over 100 Master/PhD students. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the President of the International Society for Environmental Information Sciences. He also acts (or acted) as editor-in-chief for 2 international journals and editorial board member for over 10 journals, and was conference chair or keynote speaker at over 40 international events. He has also served the United Nations Development Programme as Chief Scientist for the Program of Rural Water Resources Management and Drinking Water Safety, and was involved in a number of UNDP-supported research activities in China.
Biography
Prof. Dr. Miklas Scholz, canding, BEng (equiv), PgC, MSc, PhD, CWEM, CEnv, CSci, CEng, FHEA, FIEMA, FCIWEM, FICE, Fellow of IWA, VINNOVA Fellow, Marie Curie Senior Fellow, Humboldt Fellow,is a Prof. in Water Resources Engineering at Lund University, Sweden. He holds the Chair in Civil Engineering at The University of Salford, UK. He is a Professor and the Head of the Civil Engineering Research Group in Salford. Miklas is a Distinguished Professor at Johannesburg University. Prof.Scholz has shown excellence evidenced by world-leading publications, postgraduate supervision and recognised research impact. He has published four books and 221 journal articles. Prof.Scholz has total citations of 5027 (above 3234 citations since 2013), resulting in an h-index of 35 and an i10-Index of 111 (18 August 2018). About 48% each of his research is in wastewater treatment and water resources management, respectively. The remaining 4% are in capillary processes and water treatment.
Biography
Prof. Dr. Manuela Almeida is Associate Professor with Habilitation in the Civil Engineering Department. She has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (expertise in Buildings Thermal Performance), an MSc in Thermal Engineering and a five-year degree in Civil Engineering. She is member of several national and international scientific and technical associations in the fields of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development, coordinating and participating in several national and international research projects. Her research interests are related to Sustainable Built Environment and Energy Efficiency specially focused on energy efficiency, life cycle analysis and cost optimization, in new and renovated buildings and urban settlements towards zero energy levels and zero emissions through the development of innovative, sustainable and cost-effective building products and solutions and use of renewable energy. At international level, and at the moment, she leads the IEA EBC Annex 75 project – Cost- effective Building Renovation at District Level Combining Energy Efficiency & Renewables, and she participates in the EU SUDOE project ARCAS - New Method for Qualifying the Design of Social Housing and assess its sustainability and energy efficiency in the SUDOE territory and the EU H2020 HARP project - Heating Appliances Retrofit Planning. At national level, she coordinates the N2020 ZeroSkin+ project - Development of a 3D printed modular panel for holistic renovation of residential buildings based on recycled plastic and natural materials. She is co-author of 2 registered patents and of more than 350 publications, including books, chapters of books, papers in international and national journals and conferences.
USA
Biography
Prof. Dr. Islam H. El-adaway, a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the United States and a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng.) in the United Kingdom,is the Hurst-McCarthy Professor specializing in Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) within the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CArE) as well as the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (EMSE) at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T, formerly known as the University of Missouri - Rolla). Dr. El-adaway is the Founding Director of the Missouri Consortium for Construction Innovation (MO-CCI), which is a partnership focusing on research, student, and professional development between Missouri S&T and prominent construction stakeholders. To-date, Dr. El adaway's scholarly efforts have been part of around 30 Funded research projects (24 of which as the PI) that have been supported by National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Education, Department of Transportation, Construction Industry Institute, Sloan Foundation, Regional Transportation and Safety Research Centers, and other private entities. To this effect, the work of Dr. El-adaway’s research team resulted to-date in 154 peer-reviewed papers (85journal papers and 69 conference papers), all of which were published and/or accepted in the most highly-regarded journals and highly-attended conferences in the CEM specialty area. This is not mentioning many others that are 1 that are currently under review and preparation, respectively. He has mentored 6 Ph.D. students and 6 M.Sc. students towards earning their respective degrees as well as receiving multiple awards and prizes (including ones that are rarely earned by graduate students). Dr. El-adaway’s current research team supports 9 Ph.D. students.In recognition of Dr. El-adaway’s activities in research, teaching, and service; he received more than 30 awards, honors, and distinctions at the international, national, regional, and institutional levels.
USA
Biography
Prof. 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 Universityat 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.
France
Biography
Prof. Dr. Abdeltif Amrane, UMR 6226 ISCR, University of Rennes 1. (Google Scholar: h-index: 31; citations: 3627 // Web of Science: h-index: 25; citations: 2269). 1998: Thesis Director Enabling Degree (Univ. Rennes 1) / 1991: PhD in Chemistry (Univ. Rennes 1) / 1988: Master (DEA) in Chemistry (Univ. Rennes 1) / 1987: Chemical Engineering Degree (USTHB – Algeria). He has been involved in research projects as a manager or a participant in several projects, as well in international collaborations (Algeria, Belgium, Lebanon, Mexico, Romania, Spain, Tunisia). He has published more than 260 international papers including 17 papers in press. He has also published 12 chapter books and has about 110 international and 20 national oral communications.
Australia
Biography
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Shahin is Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Curtin University, Australia. He obtained his BSc and MSc from Cairo University, Egypt, and his PhD from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He has over 25 years of academic and industrial experience with research interests span Computational Geomechanics, Ground Improvement and Railway Geo-technology. He published over 150 peer-reviewed research papers, most of which in top-tier journals. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Geoschiences Journal MDPI Switzerland (Geomechanics Section), Board Member of the Australian Geomechanics Society and Western Australia Associate Director of the American Society of Civil Engineers (Australia Section). He is also Fellow Member, Chartered Professional and National Engineering Register of Engineers Australia, and Fellow Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He received several research and teaching awards, including the Prix R.M. Quigley Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society (2013), Fredlund Award from the Canadian Science Publishing (2028) and Vice-Chancellor Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching from Curtin University, Australia (2011 and 2016).
Canada
Biography
Prof. Dr. Shahria Alam is a Full Professor of Civil Engineering and Tier-1 Principal’s Research Chair in Resilient & Green Infrastructure in the School of Engineering at The University of British Columbia (UBC)’s Okanagan campus. He is serving as the Director of the Green Construction Research & Training Center (GCRTC) at UBC. Dr. Alam is the Chair of the Engineering Mechanics and Materials Division of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Western University in 2008. His research interests include smart and recycled materials and their structural engineering applications. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles in these areas. He is the recipient of many national and international awards including the CSCE Pratley Award 2015.
Canada
Biography
Prof. Dr. Saber Moradi joined the faculty in the Civil Engineering Department at Ryerson University in 2017 from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia. He also holds MSc and BSc degrees in Structural Engineering and Civil Engineering, respectively, from KN Toosi University of Technology and Razi University. Dr. Moradi's research interest includes earthquake engineering, computer modeling, smart materials, new earthquake-resistant damage avoidance systems, and the analysis, design, and performance-based assessment of structures. He serves as a member of the CSA S16 Technical Committee on Steel Structures for Buildings in Canada and the ASCE SEI Seismic Effects Committee. He is also a member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering (CAEE), Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC), and an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
UK
Biography
Prof. Dr. Kong Fah Tee, BEng(Hons) PhD PGCert(HE) MBA DIC FHEA, is a Reader in Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Greenwich. His research effort has been focused on structural system identification and health monitoring, structural reliability and failure analysis, experimental stress analysis, fatigue, fracture mechanics and structural dynamics. He has published 2 books and more than 190papers, of which 120 are in the refereed international journalsassociated with over 1858 citations and an H-index of 24 and i-10 index of 51.He has been awarded research grants with a total amount of over £1M.He has supervised 11 PhD students to successful completion. He is currently serving as an Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Forensic Engineering (Inderscience) and International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology,editorial board members forover 20 international journals and organizing committee/international scientific committee for over 35international conferences. He was awarded an International Research Collaboration Award from the University of Sydney and invited as a foreign expert to the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has been invited as an expert witness and a forensic engineering consultant to the industry. He is a regular reviewer of papers, books, research proposals as well as an external examiner of research degrees and university undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He has given a short course, two keynotespeechesand over 30 seminars and conference presentations.
Portugal
Biography
Prof. Dr. F Pacheco-Torgal, Principal Investigator at C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho. Holds the Counsellor title of the Portuguese Engineers Association. Authored more than 300 publications, 137 in Scopus and 107 in Web of Science-WoS. Cited in more than 100 SCI journals including by Highly Cited authors (SCI h-index>60) in high impact factor journals like Nature Reviews Mat. (IF=52), Nature Energy (IF=47), Progress in Mater. Science (I.F=24), Physics Reports (IF=20) and Nature Climate Change (I.F=19). Overall citations received in ISI WoS journals 4450 (h-index=34), citations in Scopus journals 5350 (h-index=34) and citations in Scholar Google-9200 (h-index=43). He is a Scopus Highly Cited Scientist-SHCS as per the 2020 Stanford University ranking. Member of the editorial board of 9 international journals, 5 referenced on the Web of Science and two referenced on Scopus. Acted as Foreign Expert in the evaluation of 21 PhD thesis. In the last 10 years was a Member of the Scientific Committee of almost 60 conferences most of them in Asian countries. Grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries, UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA.Emirates, Croatia, Poland and also the EU Commission. In the last 10 years, he reviewed more than 70 research projects. Invited reviewer for 125 international journals for which he reviewed so far more than 1200 papers.
Malaysia
Biography
Prof. Dr. Mohd Ramzi Mohd Hussain is an Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Architecture and Environmental Design (KAED), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He is also currently holding the position as a Director, OSHBE Department, IIUM. He had registered as the corporate members of Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM) and was appointed as the Council Members (2014-2020). He has worked as a Landscape Architect in private practice Malaysia and Singapore, prior to joining the IIUM in May 1999. Dr. Mohd Ramzi is active in research, postgraduate supervision and consultancy. He has authored and co-authored papers for indexed and non-indexed journal; edited, internal reviewers and external assessors for books, papers and thesis on landscape architecture, urban design, GIS, IT, urban planning and architecture. In the aspect of consultancy, he has involved in many landscape master planning, design and research project such as preparing Landscape Masterplan for the Proposed Master Plan for the International Islamic University of Afghanistan (IIUA), Kandahar, Afghanistan (Physical Group). His research interest includes Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning, Cultural & Residential Landscape, Landscape Environmental Planning (Tourism), GIS and Management (Human-Computer Interaction).
Poland
Biography
Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Sierpinski is an Associate professor at the Faculty of Transport of the Silesian University of Technology (Department of Transport Systems and Traffic Engineering). Post-graduate studies in Organization Management. Author and co-author of more than 200 scientific papers and chapters of books. Scientific editor of several monographs. His professionals experience includes more then twenty contract works in the field of transportation. National manager of two projects under the ERANET program. In his scientific interests, he combines the problems of road traffic engineering (including traffic analysis and forecasting, modeling of transport systems and optimization of transport networks) with shaping travel behaviors in cities. Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the cyclic Scientific and Technical Conference “Transport Systems. Theory and Practice“ (Department of Transport Systems and Traffic Engineering).
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Prof. Dr. Bassam Tawabini, Associate Professor at the Geosciences Department, and Coordinator of the MSc program in Environmental Sciences (ENVS). Geosciences Department. College of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscinces (CPG) of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Hold a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Water Resources & Environmental Engineering) since 2002 and an MSc in Civil Engineering since 1987. Teaching undergarduate and post graduate courses the ENVS Program such as: Environmental Chemictry, Environmental Geology, Environmental Management, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Sustainainability Supervised and co-supervised more than 45 MSc. and PhD theses in various areas related to environmental sciences and engineering. Acted between 2015-2017 as the Director of Environment and Sustainability Section at the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) department at KFUPM in addition to his teaching assignments. Between 1987-2007, worked as a full-time research engineer in the Center for Environment & Water at the Research Institute of KFUPM and managed many applied and fundamental projects in environmental (air, water and soil) pollution assessment and control. • Over 35 years of experience in resaerch and lead projects worth of more than $10 Million Obtained several awards such as the best teaching awards Authored/co-authored over 110 technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and has 4 issued US patents and 2 under processing. A member of a number of local and international scientific societies. Worked as a professional consultant for many projects in the area of water and environemntal speciality.
Turkey
Biography
Prof. Dr. Hasan Aydogan is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the at Selcuk University of Konya at TURKIYE. He has a Ph.D. from the Department of Automotive Engineering at Selcuk University. He currently serves as editor-in-chief Journal of the Renewable Energy Sources Energy Policy and Energy Management (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/resepem). He has published numerous technical papers, two books in Mechanical Engineering, Energy.