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 Editorfor 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.

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.

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.

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 manufacturerssince 2005, with participation in innovative façade design projects.

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.

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. Raymond Ian Gilbert is a Deputy Director of UNSW Centre for Infrastructure and Safety.