Prof. C W LIM
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Prof IR Lim is currently a registered professional engineer (RPE). He received a first degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, a Master's Degree and PhD from National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, respectively. Prior to joining CityU, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong. Prof. Lim is also a visiting professor at various universities including the University of Western Sydney, Dalian University of Technology, etc. He has expertise in vibration of plate and shell structures, dynamics of smart piezoelectric structures, nanomechanics and symplectic elasticity. He is the Editor for Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures (JoMMS), Associate Editor (Asia-Pacific Region) for Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies (JVET), Associate Editor for International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos (IJBC), International Subject Editor for Applied Mathematical Modelling (AMM), and also on the editorial board of some other international journals. He has published among one of the well-selling titles in Engineering Mechanics entitled "Symplectic Elasticity", co-authored with W.A. Yao and W.X. Zhong, as recorded in April 2010 by the publisher, World Scientific. He has published more than 300 international journal papers, accumulated more than 3000 independent citations, and one of the papers was granted the IJSS 2004-2008 most cited article award. He was also awarded Top Referees in 2009, Proceedings A, The Royal Society.
Prof. TianQiao Liu
Beijing University of Technology, China
TianQiao Liu, Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, China. Dr. Liu received his bachelor's degree from Chang 'an University in 2012. In 2013, he received his master's degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017; After graduation, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Pittsburgh until December 2017. In 2018, he joined JMT Engineering Consulting Company in the United States and engaged in bridge design; In 2019, he entered the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University and began his postdoctoral research work.
Dr. Liu’s research has been focusing on the pultruded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites and their new structures, aiming to promote the theoretical and practical developments of FRPs in the field of civil engineering. His research interests include the analysis and design methods, long-term environmental durability, and advanced manufacturing techniques. He has authored/co-authored over 20 SCI journal papers and received over 650 citations with H-index of 13 (Google Metrics). Two of his papers have been recognized as the Top 1% ESI Highly Cited Paper. Additionally, Dr. Liu has co-edited the first Chinese design standard for pultruded FRP composites—Technical Specification for Structure of Pultruded Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, CECS-692 2020. In 2022, Dr. Liu was selected into Beijing Youth Talent Program.
Assoc. Prof. Mohammadreza Vafaei
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Mohammadreza Vafaei is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He received his Bachelor and Master’s degree from Iran in 2000 and 2004, respectively, and obtained his PhD from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2013. He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI, USA). As a professional engineer that has served several consultant companies, he has led seismic design of many structures including tall residential and office buildings, airport terminals, air traffic control towers, lattice telecommunication towers, bridges, water reservoirs and monumental structures. During past years, Dr. Vafaei has served as the scientific committee of many international conferences and has been the member of editorial boards of scientific journals like The Open Civil Engineering Journal and The Open Construction & Building Technology Journal. He has been selected as the keynote speaker for five international conferences and has been invited as the speaker for many national seminars and workshops. Dr. Vafaei has more than 80 publications in the referred journals and conferences.
Prof. Ming-hung Wong
The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Professor Wong Ming-hung was Emeritus Professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). He had been appointed as Chair Professor of Biology from 1990 until August 2013 and had served as Head of Department of Biology of HKBU from 1986 to 2004.
Professor Wong is an outstanding academic and leader in Environmental Science and ecology as evidenced by his prodigious output of scientific publications. He has published over 540 refereed research articles (SCI), 32 book chapters, edited 25 books/journal issues and filed 4 patents. He is currently the most cited Chinese scientist in the world under Environmental Science (ISI Web of Knowledge). His major research areas include environment and human health, and remediation of contaminated sites. At present, he is Editor-in-chief of Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Springer) and Book Series Editor (Urbanization, Industrialization and the Environment) of CRC Press. His reputation has been widely recognised internationally and capped by receiving two DSc Degrees awarded by the University of Durham, UK and the University of Strathclyde, UK in 1992 and 2004 respectively.
Dr. Pin Zhang
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Pin ZHANG is an incoming presidential young assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Before joining NUS, Dr ZHANG as the Royal Society Newton International Fellow worked at the University of Cambridge (2022-2024). He earned his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in 2022, with a one-year stint as a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford. Dr ZHANG’s research is centred around explainable AI algorithms, intelligent computational mechanics, uncertainty quantification and complex systems, micro- and macro-scale granular mechanics, coastal infrastructure resilience and digital twins. Recognitions for Dr. ZHANG's work includes two Editor’s Choice papers by JEM-ASCE and FSCE, and six journal’s top cited/downloaded papers, Early Career Award from Géotechnique (Institution of Civil Engineers), Ringo Yu Prize from The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and PolyU PhD thesis-Merit Award. Dr ZHANG also serves as the nominated/corresponding members of TC105, TC222 and TC309, ISSMGE, and guest editors of “Data-Centric Engineering (Cambridge)” and ‘Georisk’.