Noël Challamel is Professor at University of South Brittany (Université de Bretagne Sud – Lorient, France). He is the head of a research team in Civil Engineering and Multiscale Mechanics. His research at University of South Brittany mainly concerns civil engineering, theoretical and applied mechanics problems, with a particular emphasis on scale effects, structural mechanics, stability, vibrations and material modeling (Continuum Damage Mechanics and Plasticity). He is the co-author of several books in the field of mechanics and civil engineering. He has published over two hundred papers in high standard journals. He is often consulted as a referee in more than 50 international journals in Civil Engineering, Physics or Mechanics. He is member of the editorial board of a dozen of international journals, and is associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Mechanics (one of the leading journals published by the American Society of Civil Engineering), and Mechanics Research Communications. He is also editor and head of the collection « Solid Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering » published by ISTE Wiley. He is also chairman of the EMI Stability Committee (ASCE).

Dr. Sakdirat Kaewunruen is a Chief Editor of Frontiers in Transportation and Transit Systems. He has joined the University of Birmingham in early October 2014, within the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education. Prior to that, he has had over 14 years industry experience, and recently spent over 6 years as a Technical Specialist (Senior Project Manager Level), Track Engineering, with RailCorp, Sydney Trains, and Transport for NSW (TfNSW) in Sydney, Australia. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering with the particular expertise in Structural Engineering (Railway Infrastructure) from the University of Wollongong (UoW), Australia, and completed a Leadership program at John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, MA, USA. He is a Chartered Engineer in both Civil and Structural Colleges. He has also served on the editorial boards of many international journals and has received a large number of awards and recognitions for this endeavour in research and volunteer works.

Daniele Zulli is Professor of Structural Mechanics at University of L'Aquila (Italy), member of the Department of Civil, Construction-Building and Environmental Engineering (DICEAA). The research activity covers topics relevant to nonlinear dynamics and elastic stability of structural systems, with particular interest in geometrically-nonlinear structures. He teaches “Statics” in the B.S. Program in Civil Engineering, and “Finite Element Method for Structural Analysis” in the M.S. Program in Structural Engineering at University of L’Aquila.

Dr. Jaan H. Pu is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Bradford, UK. His research spans civil and environmental engineering, focusing on hydrodynamics, hydrology, and environmental management. He has published 116 works, including 89 peer-reviewed journal articles, with several top-cited papers and award-winning publications. Dr. Pu serves as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Environmental Science and Frontiers in Built Environment, and sits on editorial boards of multiple journals. He has led seven special issues (i.e. by Frontiers in Environmental Science; Applied Sciences; and Fluids). Within his academic career, he has secured a total of £1.6m in research funding from Kazakhstan, China, and the UK.

Aires Camões is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho, belonging to the Disciplinary Area of Constructions. He is currently the Head of the Laboratory of Materials of Construction. He develops scientific and pedagogical activity in the area of Construction Materials, he is a member of the R&D Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) and he has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience. His main research interests are related with eco-efficient construction materials, mineral additions in cementitious mixtures, high volume fly ash concrete, low cement content concrete and durability of concrete structures. He has published 18 books and book chapters, 155 papers in international journals (including 75 WoS/Scopus papers) and international proceedings and 107 papers in national journals and proceedings. He has 2 patents of invention and participated in 20 national research projects, 8 as responsible researcher. He has supervised 4 post-doctoral students, 15 PhD theses and 66 MSc theses.