Prof. Dr. Thanh Bui-Tien is an expert in Civil Engineering, specializing in structural health monitoring, AI, digital twin, intelligent transportation, and structural damage diagnosis of bridges. He is currently the dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Transport and Communications in Vietnam. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Bridge Engineering from the University of Transport and Communications (UTC) in Vietnam in 2000 and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, in 2007. He has held academic positions at various institutions, including lecturing at UNSW and UTC and postdoctoral research at Université de Liège and KU Leuven. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bui Tien Thanh has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed prestigious journals and has contributed to many conferences and seminars around the world. He has a citation count of 1841, an h-index of 21, and an i10-index of 36. His current work involves developing new methods based on optimization and AI for structural health monitoring and structural damage detection. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thanh Nguyen-Viet is a vice dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Transport and Communications, Hanoi, Vietnam. He graduated Ph.D. program in 2012 at Hohai University, China, and he won an outstanding Ph.D. Candidate Award in 2013. Dr. Thanh's research areas are estuary and coastal hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and harbor and inland waterways engineering. He published more than 60 scientific papers, of which 31 papers on Web of Science and Scopus and one book of conference proceedings published by Springer Nature. Dr. Thanh is the principal investigator of two international research projects, four ministerial-level research projects, and three National Standards in the field of maritime and inland waterway transport. He also project manages international projects funded by the Mekong River Commission, GIZ, and Au4Transport. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuan Nguyen-Quang, a vice dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Transport and Communications, Vietnam, specializes in the behavior of materials and structures, new construction materials, and technologies. He graduated from this university in 2006 and later earned a master's degree in 2007 and a Ph.D. in 2011 from Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat (ENTPE) in France. With over 15 years of research experience in transport construction materials, especially asphalt mixtures, he has contributed significantly to the field. Since 2016, he has been a member of the editorial board for the Road Materials and Pavement Design Journal. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tuan Nguyen-Quang has authored 80 scientific papers in both national and international journals and two scientific books, amassing 922 citations (Google Scholar), with an h-index of 14 (Google Scholar) and 12 (Scopus). He has led and participated in over ten ministerial and state-level projects in Vietnam and has also been involved in the international RILEM project focused on sustainable, innovative bituminous materials and systems. Professor Nguyen Ngoc Long is a People's Teacher of Vietnam and former President of the University of Transport and Communications, Vietnam. Professor Long, with over 40 years of experience in civil engineering, has made significant contributions to the field, particularly in bridge engineering, structural health monitoring, and damage detection through vibration analysis. He leads multiple research activities spanning a broad spectrum of domains and has been instrumental in advancing both theoretical and practical aspects of infrastructure engineering. Since 2018, Professor Long has chaired the International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering (ICSCE), fostering global collaboration and knowledge exchange in civil engineering. He also serves as the main coordinator for numerous national and international projects focusing on the construction and maintenance of bridges, further demonstrating his expertise and leadership in the field. With over 20 publications collectively garnering more than 420 citations, Professor Long's research impact is underscored by an h-index of 7, reflecting the recognition of his highly regarded works, and an i10-index of 5, indicating the influential nature of his studies. His extensive experience and contributions continue to shape the development of innovative solutions for sustainable and resilient infrastructure. Emeritus Professor De Roeck is currently affiliated with the Department of Civil Engineering, Section Structural Mechanics at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering Science in 1968 and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering in 1971 from KU Leuven. He got a Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics from KU Leuven in 1975, and in 1981, he received his Doctor of Science degree. Prof. De Roeck has published thousands of papers. His citation count of 27086, an h-index of 82, and an i10-index of 241 (November 2024). He is a senior specialist in the field of structural health monitoring, static and dynamic analysis of mechanical structures, structure damage detection, dynamic system identification, soil interaction with structures, non-linear constitutive soil models, and composite materials.
