Dr. Amr Elnashai fellow of the British Royal Academy of Engineering Amr Elnashai is Vice Chancellor and Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer at the University of Houston System and the University of Houston, respectively. He was previously head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (June 2009 to December 2013) and the Bill and Elaine Hall endowed professor. Prior to his current position, he was Dean of Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, and the Harold and Inge Marcus Endowed Chair of Engineering. As dean, Amr was responsible for all aspects of operation and leadership of the College of Engineering. In 2017, the college had 11,000 students, 300 professors, 400 staff, $240M total budget, $137M research expenditure, over $210M endowment, 12 departments, 2 institutes and 20 research centers. He was responsible for undergraduate and graduate curricula, the research enterprise, alumni relations (76,000 living alumni) as well as communications and fundraising.He was previously head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (June 2009 to December 2013) and the Bill and Elaine Hall endowed professor.Before moving to the USA, Amr was division head at Imperial College, London, and a chaired professor. He created a new masters degree in earthquake engineering that became the leading graduate degree in the subject in Europe, created a large team of researchers and educators in the subject, and attracted exceptionally high levels of funding from industry and government research agencies.

Islam H. El-adawayis the Hurst-McCarthy Professor of Construction Engineering and Management, Professor of Civil Engineering, and Founding Director of Missouri Consortium of Construction Innovation (MO-CCI) within the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering & the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly known as, University of Missouri – Rolla).Dr. El-adaway's research investigates how a system-of systems approach can address multiple of the construction and infrastructure management challenges. Dr. El adaway's scholarly efforts have been supported by various funding agencies (i.e. National Science Foundation, Department of Education, Department of Transportation, Construction Industry Institute, Sloan Foundation, Regional Transportation and Safety Research Centers, and other private entities). This resulted to-date in 147 peer-reviewed papers (84 journal papers and 63 conference papers) with his research team, all of which were respectively published/accepted and presented in the most highly regarded journals and highly-attended conferences in the his specialty area. This is not to mention multiple pending-review and under-preparation journal and conference papers. He mentored 5 PhD students and 6 MSc students towards earning their respective degrees. His current research team supports 7 PhD students.The efforts of Dr. El-adaway resulted in multiple honors and recognitions where his co-authored work with his graduate students was selected for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize, 3 different times as ASCE Editor Choice Paper, and ASCE Best Paper Award. Also, he was selected 7 different times as an ASCE Outstanding Reviewer, and was invited by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to attend its Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium as being one of the most innovative engineering educators. He is an Associate Editor for the ASCE's Journal of Management in Engineering, Journal of Civil Engineering Education, and Journal of Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction.He is PE and F.ASCE in the US and CEng and F.ICE in the UK.

Prof. Satish Mohan is completed his PhD, Civil / Transportation Engineering, Purdue University, 1978.

Prof.Dr.Atorod Azizinamini, P.E., is Vasant Surti Professor of Civil Engineering at Florida International University. Dr. Azizinamini is Director, Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC) (https://abc-utc.fiu.edu/ ). He is also Director of Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability that consist of Civil and Environmental engineering and Construction Management Department. His research focuses in structural engineering and use of advanced material in design and construction. He has carried out more than $45M research as Principal Investigator. He has developed several bridge engineering products and systems, such as Folded Plate Steel Bridge system and UHPC based technologies for upgrading existing bridges. His latest contribution to bridge engineering is the "ABC Made Conventional" technology that is a making a paradigm shift in the ways bridges and other infrastructure will be constructed. He has published more than 200 journal and technical papers on structural engineering, covering various fields within material and structural engineering. Under SHRP2 R19A, he developed the "Guide to Service Life Design of Bridges", the most comprehensive document worldwide and devoted to durability and service life of bridges. Dr. Azizinamini's recent research focus area is development and use of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) for building and bridge applications. He has received number of awards that includes: AISC Special Achievement award and 2015 White House Champion of Change: Transportation Innovator award, that was given to him on October 13, 2015 in a ceremony at White House.

Thanos Tzempelikos is a Professor of Civil (Architectural) Engineering with courtesy appointment in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, Indiana, USA, and a Faculty member of the Center for High Performance Buildings (industry-university consortium). He holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the National University of Athens, Greece and a M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Building Engineering from Concordia University in Montreal. His research is focused on design and control of dynamic building facades, integrated thermal and daylighting analysis of buildings, thermal and visual comfort and personalized indoor environment preferences, model-based building controls with integrated sensing, occupant interaction with building systems, and radiant systems operation. He is a member of ASHRAE, ISES and IBPSA, was the Chair of ASHRAE's technical committee 4.5 (Fenestration Systems) and is the Chair of the bi-annual International High Performance Buildings conference at Purdue since 2010. He serves as an Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering, and as an Editorial Board Member for Building and Environment journal and Energy and Buildings journal. He has received multiple awards, including the ASHRAE New Investigator Award, the Concordia Faculty of Engineering Doctoral Prize, and the Purdue University Excellence in Research Award and the Leon Gaster Award from the Society of Light and Lighting (co-author of best paper of the year). He has published more than 150 articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings in the field, and he participates in several technical committees and review panels for US and foreign government organizations, research institutions, international conferences and scientific journals. Dr. Tzempelikos has also been a consultant for several architectural and engineering firms and building technologies manufacturers since 2005, with participation in innovative facade design projects.

DR. AYMAN OKEIL is the Roy Paul Daniels Professor of Engineering in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department faculty at Louisiana State University. He has a vast experience in the field of bridge engineering, which resulted in numerous journal publications in the areas of reliability calibration of bridge design, composite strengthening of bridge girders, and behavior of box girder bridges. Dr. Okeil has served as PI/Co-PI on projects funded by NSF, NCHRP, NASA, NRC, and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) totaling about $4.0 million. His expertise in the field of reliability assessment covers structural and geotechnical applications. He served on the research team for NCHRP Project 12-75 and calibrated the design provisions for concrete girders strengthened with composite materials. He is considered the first to introduce LRFD calibration to the field of structural repair using composite materials. Structural health monitoring is another field that Dr. Okeil is heavily engaged in. He served as PI for two large projects involving monitoring continuity details in Louisiana bridges. Design recommendations from the first project are currently being incorporated into the LADOTD Bridge Design Manual. His work for the Center for Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Equipment, and Piping at North Carolina State University led to the introduction of new design concepts to the nuclear industry that were based on intensive nonlinear finite element simulations of steel structures under seismic loading. Dr. Okeil also has a longstanding record in teaching that led to many awards. He has developed and taught several structural engineering design and analysis classes and labs in four universities. He is a voting member of TRB AFF80 on FRP and associate member of ACI Committee 440 on FRP, and ASCE-ACI Joint Committee 343 on Concrete Bridges. He also served as consultant and senior engineer to several consulting firms on various projects related to both buildings and bridges. Dr. Okeil is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in the state of Florida.

Raafat El-Hacha, is a Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Calgary in the Department of Civil Engineering, Canada. Received his PhD degree from Queen’s University, Canada in 2000.Dr. El-Hacha's pioneer research has been recognized as pushing the boundary of knowledge in using innovative and smart advanced materials for strengthening existing structures and for new construction, such as fibre reinforced polymers, shape memory alloy, and ultra-high performance concrete for hybrid structural systems in bridge applications and other structures. He published over 250 journal and conference papers, co-authored 3 refereed design guidelines. Supervised and graduated 45 PhD and MSc students. Served as guest editor for 3 journals and edited/co-edited 8 conference proceedings. Chaired the world-leading conferences in the areas of Advanced Composite Materials and Fiber Reinforced Polymer (2017, 2016, 2014). Chaired the 1st, 2nd, and 4thCSCE Specialty Conference on Disaster Mitigation as well as the founder of this series of conferences, and served as the secretary of the CSCE 2006 Annual Conference. chair of the CSCE Technical Committee on Advanced Composite Materials for Bridges and Structures. Raafat is a Fellow of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC), the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE), the American Concrete institute (FACI), the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC). He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships including the CSCE Casimir Gzowski Gold Medal, CSCE Excellence in Innovation in Civil Engineering Award, IIFC President’s Award, Killam Professorship Award, Erasmus Mundus International Fellowship and many others for his outstanding academic and professional achievements.

Dr. Hazem Elzarka is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati, USA. He also taught at the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, College of Business, University of Denver. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in the State of Ohio, a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP), and a Certified Energy Manager (CEM). He has consulted for federal and state agencies and major US and international construction firms. His consulting/research work is in the areas of sustainable infrastructure, Green Buildings, and Total Quality Management. His work related to sustainable infrastructure focused on smart infrastructure, roadway drainage structures, pavement management systems and bridge management systems. His work related to Green Buildings has focused on Life cycle assessment (LCA), construction waste management, commissioning, energy conservation, and renewable energy and LEED education. He has more than 70 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, The American Institute of Constructors, the Associated Schools of Construction and the Construction Industry Institute. He has recently served as the principal investigator of several research projects for the Ohio Department of Transportation (more than 1.5 Million US Dollars since 2012 related to sustainable infrastructure.

Dr. Yang is a tenured associate professor at North Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from China University of Mining and Science in 1999 and his second Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Akron in 2006. He has worked in the University of Hong Kong, University of Nebraska, and University of Texas at different periods of his career. His research is most focused on solid mechanics, structural dynamics and structural health monitoring. He has published more than 100 papers cited by SCI and EI, with more than 2000 citations. He currently serves as the editorial board member for four international journals.

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 current 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.

Elsayed Elbeshbishy isn't quite a jack of all engineering trades, but he is a master of two. He first studied structural engineering, intending to help communities through better building practices. But he shifted to environmental engineering between his master's degree in Egypt and his doctorate at Western University.

Dr. Khaled Sennah is a Professor of Structural Engineering and Chair of the Civil Engineering Department at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in civil engineering from Alexandria University of Egypt in 1985 and 1990, respectively, and his Ph.D. in structural engineering from University of Windsor in 1998. Dr. Sennah, core area of expertise includes design, evaluation and rehabilitation of bridges on which he has more than 260 publications and supervised over 75 graduate students. He has demonstrated numerous evidences of impact and contribution to economical design and sustainable construction that led to field applications and standards. In collaboration with Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and industry partners in USA, Canada and Germany, his research team conducted innovative research including (i) the development of prefabricated bridge elements and connection technologies to accelerate bridge construction, (ii) development of crashworthy and cost-effective, bridge barrier and deck slabs reinforced with glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars for sustainable construction and (iii) cost-effective and accelerated FRP repair strategy to bridge girders damaged by vehicle impact. Dr. Sennah's research achievements have been recognized by international awards such as the 1999 Arthur Wellington Prize for best journal paper in transportation-related infrastructure and the 2002 State-of-the-Art in Civil Engineering award, both from the American Society for Civil Engineers. Also, he received the 1998 P.L. Pratley Award for best journal paper in bridge engineering, the 2013 A.B. Sanderson Award for "Outstanding Contributions by a Civil Engineer to the Development and Practice of Structural Engineering in Canada." And the 2020 P. L. Pratley Award for best paper in Bridge Engineering from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. In recognition of his long-term achievements, he was elected Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) in 2011, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) in 2016, and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) in 2017. He is currently an Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal for Civil Engineering. Also, he is a member of three Canadian Standard Association's Technical Committees for the development of the Highway Bridge Design Code. Dr. Sennah has a long history of significant contributions to the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) through committee membership, membership of scientific committees of conferences, Chairing conferences and chairing CSCE Structures Division and others. He is currently an Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal for Civil Engineering. Also, he is a member of the Canadian Standard Association's Technical Committee on Section 5 - Methods of Analysis and Technical Committee on Section 12 - Barriers and highway accessory for the development of the 2019 Highway Bridge Design Code (CAN/CSA S6-19), in addition to five ACI technical committees and subcommittees.

Khandaker M. Anwar Hossain is a Professor of Structures and Materials in the Department of Civil Engineering at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He hasover 30 years of professional engineering experience as an academic, as a researcher and as a consultant in various parts of the world. Dr. Hossain has established himself as one of the leading researchers and experts in advanced concrete materials for innovative and sustainable construction. His research interests include: use of nano-materials/nano technology/polymers/wastes/ volcanic materials/underused materials in cement and concrete composites, high-ultra high performance/ self-consolidating concrete, ductile engineered concrete, smart self-healing/self-sensing materials, zero-cement based geopolymer concrete, innovative high performance resilient structural systems and finite element modelling. He has authored over 400 technical papers/reports/book articles including over 200 journal publications and delivered keynote/ invited lectures. Dr. Hossain received 2018 ACI Wason medal for materials research, 2013-2014 Champion of Diversity Award from Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), 2005 Award of Excellence from Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal, 1997 Ken-Francis award, 1998 RMCAS concrete and 1992 UK Commonwealth Commission Award. He also sits as member and group leader in working committees of various professional organizations such as Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), American Concrete Institute (ACI), Canadian Standard Association (CSA) and Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO). He is also a fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), member of ACI Committee 213, ACI Committee 232 and CSCE: materials and mechanics division.

Prof. Thomas Ng is Associate Dean (Student Development) of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor in the Department Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong. Thomas's research interests cover a wide range of topics including sustainable built environment, smart city, community resilience, infrastructure asset management, digital transformation, construction informatics, construction productivity and performance, project delivery systems, etc. Over the years, he has secured more than USD 14 million of research grants and published over 400 scholarly items. Thomas is a Member of Technical Committee of Thermal Performance and Energy Use in the Built Environment set up by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO/TC163) and Editor of Journal of Built Environment Project and Asset Management. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Chartered Institute of Building, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, etc.

Prof. Qing Wang received his doctoral degree from the Tongji University for a work on interface strength of fiber reinforced composites in 1996. He became in 1998 a full Professor at the Shandong University of Technology, China. In 2000, he joined National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. In 2014 he moved to Shandong University of Science and Technology, China, as Taishan Distiguished Professor. In 2017 he served as the Dean of the department of Materials Sci Eng. Now he works there as the Director of Institute of Nanoengineering. Prof. Qing Wang' main area of research is fabrication of advanced functional materials and its application in civil engineering. This involves the development of new methods for structural monitoring and maintenance.

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 7650 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.

IAN GILBERT is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales within the UNSW Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety in Sydney, Australia. His research interests are in the area of serviceability and the time-dependent behaviour of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. He has published 8 books and over 400 papers in refereed journals and conferences. He is a member of Standards Australia's Concrete Structures Code committee and he has been actively involved in the development of the Australian Standard AS3600 for over 35 years.

Professor Raman Singh is a full professor at Monash University. Hisprimary research interests are in the relationship of Nano-/microstructure and Environment-assisted degradation and fracture of metallic and composite materials, and Nanotechnology for Advanced Mitigation of such Degradations, including for civil engineering applications. He has also worked extensively on use of advanced materials (e.g., graphene) for corrosion mitigation, stress corrosion cracking, and corrosion and corrosion-mitigation of magnesium alloys. His professional distinctions and recognitions include: Guest Professor of ETH Zurich, Editor of books on Cracking of Welds (CRC Press) and Non-destructive Evaluation of Corrosion (Wiley), Editor-in-Chief of threejournals, leader/chairperson of a few international conferences and regular plenary/keynote lectures at international conferences, over 235 peer-reviewed international journal publications and 15 book chapters/books, and several competitive research grants. Prof Singh has supervised 50 PhD students. His vibrant research group at Monash University comprises of PhD students from different disciplines (Mechanical, Chemical, Materials and Mining Engineering, and Science) as well as from different cultural backgrounds (Australian, Middle-eastern, Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, African, North American and Israeli).

He was born on October 18, 1965. Years in Doboj. He finished primary school as well as secondary construction technical school in Doboj. In the school year 1984/1985, he enrolled at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Subotica, University of Novi Sad, and on May 11, 1990. He defended my diploma thesis and acquired the professional title of graduate civil engineer. In the school year 2002/2003, he enrolled in postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Civil Engineering in Tuzla, and in 2004 he defended my master's thesis and obtained the scientific degree of Master of Technical Sciences. He submitted my doctoral dissertation entitled "Geotechnical conditions for planning and design of modern landfills" at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Civil Engineering in Tuzla. He successfully defended my doctoral dissertation on 07.07.2007. Year and acquired the right to the scientific degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences in the field of civil engineering. On 04.03.2008. Year, based on the decision of the Senate of the University of Tuzla, He get the scientific-teaching title of assistant professor, and 12.12.2012. Year, the Senate of the University of Tuzla makes a decision on my election to the scientific-teaching title of associate professor. By the decision of the Senate of the University of Tuzla, He was elected to the permanent scientific-teaching title of FULL PROFESSOR at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Civil Engineering of the University of Tuzla (from March 5, 2019).

Dr Li received his B.Eng. degree in Structural Engineering from Tong Ji University, Shanghai, and his Ph.D. from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. After completing his Ph.D. in 1994, he worked for six years in the structural design of tall buildings in Hong Kong, mainland China and the Pacific region for large international engineering firms in Hong Kong. He has been on the faculty of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological University since 1999. Dr. Li has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the area of structural design, including courses on the behavior, design, and assessment of reinforced concrete structures. Dr. Li has research interests primarily in the areas of seismic performance of reinforced concrete building structures. Most recently, Dr Li is actively working in the areas of anti-terrorist design and evaluation for government and commercial facilities, and research & development blast testing for explosive effects on conventional reinforced concrete structures and buildings made from precast concrete. Dr Li has worked on a variety of consulting projects involving high-rise building structures, risk assessment and mitigation for hazards such as terrorist attacks and earthquakes to government agencies, building owners, corporations and international engineering firms in Singapore and Hong Kong. He was awarded the Defense Technology Prize 2006 by Ministry of Defense, Singapore. The Defense Technology Prize is MINDEF's most prestigious award to recognize outstanding contributions in defense science and technology to enhance Singapore's defense capability.

Mahnaz Gümrükçüoğlu YİGİT is a AssociateProfessor in Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of the Sakarya University. She graduated from the Department of Geography at Istanbul University. She earned her Degree of Master of Science (MSc) and Ph.D in the field of Climatology at the Institute of Marine Science and Management, Istanbul University, Turkey. MSc and Ph.D research work focused on the effects of topography on climate parameters especially precipitation over Turkey. She worked as a research assistant for four years at Bosphorus University in Turkey. After earned her Ph.D degree in 1994, she joined Sakarya University as an AssistantProfessor in 1997. Her educational experience is about climate and environment, global climate changes, ecology, urbanization and environment planning, environmental geology, environmental law and continues 24 years in the Department of Environmental Engineering at Sakarya University. She has also advised many degrees of masters and doctorate students. Her scientific interests are problems of the climate change effects, emission increasing, urbanization problems, water scarcity, reduction of carbon footprint. She is the author and co-author of almost 100 scientific articles, congress papers, chapter in book, member of numerous organizational, program, committee of scientific conferences. She is also a reviewer in many scientific journals. She was an invited speaker at three different international congresses and also a participant in the 2015 Paris climate summit. She has worked as a researcher and consultant in many national and international projects.

Ahmed Soliman received his Ph.D. in Social Sciences - Urban Planning and Housing studies from the University of Liverpool, UK from 1981 to 1985. He is currently working as a professor of urban planning and housing Studies and was a former Chairman of Architecture Departmentin the Faculty of Engineering at Alexandria University (2007-2012),Egypt. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Architectural Engineeringat Beirut Arab University, Lebanon from 2000 until 2004. He has published widely on issues of urban planning, urban housing, and informal settlements in several distinguish international journals and contributed in chapters in various books. He worked with Hernando De Soto twice, the first time was in 1997 and the second time was in 2000, studying the informal settlements in Egypt. Soliman is a chair of the academic scientific committee for evaluating the work of academic staff in Egyptian Universities for the qualification to a higher post at the Egyptian Universities. He is the author ofA Possible Way Out: Formalizing Housing Informality in Egyptian Cities (2004), University Press of America, USA. His recent publication is "Urban Informality: Experiences and Sustainability Transitions in Middle East Cities" published by Springer Nature. It will launch in early of May 2021.

Dr. Adel Elkordi is currently the Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Beirut Arab University and a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. He received his BS and MS degrees from Alexandria University in 1977 and 1983 respectively. In 1988, he completed his PhD in Civil Engineering at Alexandria University and Imperial College University of London. His academic career began in 1977 as a Research Student/Assistant/Fellow, in the Structural Engineering Department at Alexandria University. He then took a permanent position as an Associate Professor / Professor in Civil Engineering at Alexandria University in 1993 and 1998 respectively. In 2005, he became the Executive Manager of the Engineering Center in Alexandria University, in 2006, he was the Vice Dean of Engineering for Development and Environment Affairs, and in 2009, and he became the Dean of Engineering, Alexandria University. Between 2009 and 2011, he was the Engineering Consultant of the President, the Chairman of the board of Engineering Center, the Scientific Computing unit and the Production Engineering Unit of Alexandria University. Professor Elkordi published widely and contributed to the development of the Egyptian Standard and the Egyptian code in the field of construction materials. Dr. Adel has been the Dean of Engineering, Beirut Arab University since 2012 until now. Areas of research specialism include novel Construction materials, Bio fibers in concrete, using Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Ash (MSWIA) in construction, Quality control and inspection of building, and renovation and rehabilitation of concrete structures.

Ahmed S. Attia is a Professor, Department of Architecture & Design, College of Architecture & Design, and Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan. Also, Emeritus Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt. Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc., in Architectural Engineering, Egypt& Diploma in Health Facility Planning, UK.An educational experience for 45 years, in Architectural Design, History & Theory of Architecture, in Egypt, Lebanon, USA, Bahrain & Jordan. Also, Attia has experience in the Accreditation process with both RIBA and NAAB and practiced as a Consulting architect in Egypt, and as an international advisor with World Bank & WHO /UN, in Yemen & Northern Iraq. Prof. Attia has published several articles in History, Theory of Architecture, Architectural Design, and Health Care Facility Planning & Urban Planning

Dr. Evangelos Sapountzakis is Civil Engineer, Professor at the Institute of Structural Analysis and Antiseismic Research of the Structural Engineering Department of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He is also Vice Rector for Finance, Programming and Development of NTUA and Director of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program “Structural Design and Analysis of Structures” of NTUA. He obtained his Diploma from NTUA in 1984, the MSc and DIC degrees (Concrete Structures) from Imperial College of Science and Technology of London in 1985 and the PhD degree from NTUA in 1991. He has extensive experience (over 35 years) in the design and analysis of bridge and other large scale structural projects, while since 1996 he has provided consultancy services in various structural and transportation large scale Civil Engineering projects. He has also been a member of the Special Scientific Tender Evaluation Committee for the project: “Study - Construction, Self-financing and Utilisation of the Permanent Bridging Project of Rion - Antirrion”. Apart from NTUA, he is also a Professor of Structural Analysis at the School of Corps of Engineers of the Hellenic Army since 1986 and a member of the Coactive Educational Staff of the Hellenic Open University (2011-2017). His published research work comprises 123 original papers published in international journals and 172 papers published in international conference proceedings. He is the author of 12 Chapters in books published by International Publishing Companies, 5 Technical Reports, 4 educational books and co-author of 3 educational books. He is the editor of 4 Books or Conference Proceedings. He has participated in 15 financially supported research projects, while in 11 of them as the Principal Investigator. His research work has received intentional recognition, since he is Honorary Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Academic Editor, Regional Editor, Associate Editor of international journals, member of the editorial board of 23 international journals, member of 50 scientific advisory committees of international conferences, while more than 2100 citations have been noticed in international literature (h-index=26). He is also reviewer of scientific papers in 60 international journals and evaluator of research proposals of Ministries of Science, Research and Development of 3 foreign countries.

Prof Ir Dr Shahir Liew obtained his Ph.D in Civil Engineering in 1987 from the USA. After spending more than 20 years in engineering consulting business, Prof Liew had joined the academics since 2009 as a faculty member and have published over 300 journals and articles. He had seen his academic career as the Head of Department, Dean of Faculty and is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research, Innovation and Commercialization since 2017 at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. Prof Liew focused on increasing the University engagement with the industry and is responsible to bring in sizeable industrial funding. As a Chairman of Energy Institute Malaysia, Prof Liew is also a strong advocator in mentoring young and rising professionals.

Elżbieta Macioszek [elzbieta.macioszek@polsl.pl] DSc. PhD. Eng. Elżbieta Macioszek, Prof. SUT earned her Degree of Master of Science (MSc) at Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Material Science, Metallurgy and Transport, Poland, in 2002. The degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences (PhD) in Civil Engineering, Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Poland in 2007. PhD thesis merited an Honors Pass. She has the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) in the field of construction (specialization: Traffic Engineering) at University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Faculty of Building, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, Poland, in 2015. Currently she works as Professor SUT at the Department of Transport Systems and Traffic Engineering, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology. She is Author and co-author almost 200 scientific papers/chapters in books, member of numerous organizational, program, technical and scientific committees of scientific conferences organized in various countries around the world. She is also member of editorial teams in journals connected with transport, traffic and civil engineering, and reviewer in many scientific journals connected with transport, traffic and civil engineering. She was Invited Speaker on "Eight International Conference" on "Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering" in Paris (June 2018). Her research area include traffic measurements and analysis, transport systems modeling and optimization, transport networks, road infrastructure design, traffic control. Her scientific interests combine the problems of the road traffic engineering (including traffic analysis and prognosis, transport systems modeling and optimization of the transport networks) with the development of the commuting behaviors within the cities. Her professional experience includes more then twenty national and international contract works in the field of traffic engineering and transportation.