Paulo C. DE MORAIS (H-60), PhD, was full Professor of Physics at the University of Brasilia (UnB) – Brazil up to 2013, Appointed as UnB’s Emeritus Professor (2014), Appointed as Guest Professor of Huazhong University of Science and Technology – China (2011), Visiting Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) – China (2012-2015), Appointed as Distinguished Professor at Anhui University (AHU) – China (2016-2019), Appointed as Full Professor at Catholic University of Brasília (UCB) – Brazil (2018), Appointed as CNPq-1A Research Fellowship since 2010. 2007 Master Research Prize from UnB, 2008-member of the European ERA NET Nanoscience Committee, Member of the IEEE-Magnetic Society Technical Committee, Senior Member of the IEEE Society, 2012 China’s 1000 Foreign Expert Recipient, and 2012 Academic Excellence Award from Brazilian Professor’s Union. He held two-years (1987-1988) post-doc position with Bell Communications Research – New Jersey, USA and received his Doctoral degree in Solid State Physics (1986) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil. He graduated in both Chemistry (1976) and Physics (1977) at UnB. Professor Morais is member of the Brazilian Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – IEEE. He has served as referee for more than 50 technical journals, takes part of the Editorial Board of more than 15 technical journals and has conducted research on nanomaterials for over 40 years. He is known for his research in preparation, characterization and applications of nanosized materials (magnetic fluid, magnetoliposome, magnetic nanoemulsion, magnetic nanocapsule, magnetic nanofilm, magnetic nanocomposite, nanosized semiconductors, polymeric dots, carbon dots, and graphene quantum dots). With more than 500 published papers in peer reviewed journals, more than 13,000 citations, more than 200 international invited talks, and more than 15 filed patents. He has appeared in recent World ranking of top scientists, such as 2020-Stanford, 2022-Research.com, 2023-AD Scientific Index, 2023-Research.com, 2024-Elsevier, and 2025-AD Scientific Index.

Vistasp M. Karbhari is a Professor in the Departments of Civil Engineering, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served as the 8th president from 2013 to 2020. An internationally reputed researcher, Dr. Karbhari is an expert in the processing and mechanics of composites, durability of materials, infrastructure rehabilitation, and multi-threat mitigation and has authored/coauthored over 460 papers in journals and conference publications and is the editor/co-editor of 6 books. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); the National Academy of Inventors (NAI); the American Society of Civil Engineers; ASM International; the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM); the International Institute for Fiber-reinforced Polymers in Construction; the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure; ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute, and is an elected member of the European Academy of Science and Arts, as well as a Fellow of Complete College America (CCA).

Zhaoye Qin (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the School of Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2010.,He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University. His research interests include rotating machinery dynamics, machinery condition monitoring and fault diagnosis, shock and vibration control, energy harvesting, and nanocomposites.

Dr. Murat Kirişci is a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Cerrahpaşa Medicine Faculty at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa. He received a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Erciyes University. His research has been focused on the Matrix domain, statistical convergence, fixed point theory, decision-making, fuzzy sets and systems, fuzzy logic, risk analysis, artificial intelligence, machine learning, intelligence systems, and optimization. He has contributed research papers in reputed journals and as a reviewer in different scientific journals. In a Stanford University and Elsevier study, he was included in the list of "The World's Most Influential Scientists" for two consecutive years.

Huixin Zhang, currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Automation, School of Mechatronics and Automation, Shanghai University. My research focus on employing graph theory, control theory, statistical physics, and operations research to comprehend, forecast, and ultimately control distributed large - scale complex systems. I have put forward a framework for ranking the dangers of different systems on the same scale, an expression for explaining the grid - connection limit of new energy based on the synchronization of oscillator networks, and a universal method for adaptively enhancing network resilience. My research findings have been published in journals such as Nature Ecology & Evolution, Scientific Reports, Journal of Management in Engineering, and Journal of Royal Society Interface, and the relevant work has been reported on academic websites Phys.org and ScienceDaily.com.

Manabu INOUE(Mr.), born in 1976, is the president of IHI Infrastructure Systems Co., Ltd. In Japan. He has 26 years’ experience in the professional field of bridge engineering and was involved in several international projects with long span cable-supported bridges. In the past decade, he contributed as an engineering manager for Osman Gazi suspension bridge (span length = 1,550m) in Turkey and Braila suspension bridge (span length = 1,120m) in Romania. His research interests include wind-induced vibrations of bridge components, bridge operational risk management, and the structural health monitoring. Most of his researches provide the practical solutions and the verification of solutions adopted on the real bridge including the field measurement and analyses.

Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor, Academician Mikayel G. Melkumyan (born on June 10, 1951) started his scientific and practical activity in 1973, immediately after graduation from the Civil Engineering Department of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, carrying out both design and experimental-theoretical research works to study the behavior of various reinforced concrete structures under seismic actions. In 1983 he led the Department of Earthquake Resistant Construction at the Armenian Scientific-Research Institute of Construction and Architecture. After the Spitak earthquake of December 7, 1988 in Armenia, he carried out the deep analysis of consequences of this and other earthquakes and reasons for extensive destructions of various buildings and structures. His research at the Institute of Industrial Science the University of Tokyo resulted in the “Melkumyan Hysteresis Model”, enhancing the understanding of shear behavior in structures. During a short period of time in 1995-1996, devoting him to the challenge of increasing the earthquake resistance of existing buildings, he developed two unique methods of protecting existing buildings from earthquakes through base isolation, as well as by isolated upper floor and upper slab (roof isolation) without interruption of the use of the buildings. His patented technologies have been extensively implemented in seismic isolation designs for various buildings. During several years starting from 2003 he was developing and implementing a new original approach in applying clusters of small size rubber bearings in isolation systems of seismic isolated buildings. These works are unprecedented in the world practice of earthquake resistant construction of the time. He is the president of the Armenian Association for Earthquake Engineering, CEO of the “Melkumyan Seismic Technologies” LLC, and has served on various international committees and editorial boards. His scientific and engineering works are widely recognized among scientists and engineers of many countries. Of the designed by him seismic isolated buildings, the total number of already constructed and retrofitted buildings has reached to 60, making the number of seismically isolated buildings per capita in Armenia one of the highest in the world (second after Japan). The number of already manufactured in Armenia and tested under his leadership seismic isolators exceeds 5500. He authored and co-authored 260 scientific works, including 21 books (6 monographs). His books were published in Armenia, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, UK, India, and USA. 175 of his scientific works have been published in international journals and proceedings of the World, European, and International Conferences in 36 countries. He has designed 107 earthquake resistant residential, civil, and industrial buildings for construction or retrofitting in different regions of Armenia and of Nagorno Karabakh, Russia, Romania, Peru, Kazakhstan and Turkey. His efforts have significantly advanced seismic engineering, positioning Armenia among the world leaders in this vital field.

Amir R. Masoodi, Ph.D., has received his Ph.D. degree in structural engineering (computational mechanics) from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. He also passed a short research period as a research visitor at the Department of Applied Mechanics in TU Delft from September 2018 until March 2019, where he studied the mechanical properties of composites composed of randomly distributed curved fibers. He was selected as a member of the National Elite Foundation of Iran from September 2017. Moreover, he was selected as a top researcher at faculty of engineering in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad for two consecutive periods. He is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. His research interests include smart materials, structural stability and vibration, composite structures, computational mechanics, multiscale modeling, nanocomposites. He currently serves as reviewer for more than 100 scientific journals indexed by web of science and Scopus. He is also a member of the editorial board in Journal of BMC research notes, Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction and Advances in Architecture and Civil Engineering. His h-index is 27 so that he has published more than 70 papers, which have been cited more than 1500 times.

Jian Zhang received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Jiangsu University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Chinese Ship Scientific Research Center. He has worked with School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology for about 12 years and has been a Professor since 2020. His research interests include buckling of shells, integrity of pressure hulls, bionic design and structural optimization of components in ocean and civil engineering. He has been awarded by the second prize of Jiangsu Science and Technology Award together with the excellent prize of China Patent Award. As the first or corresponding author, he has published 45 Web-of-Science-indexed papers, and has published four monographs and patented 23 invention patents, of which 11 patents have been promoted. He has been in the charge of General Project / Youth Project of NSFC, and Excellent Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Scientific Committee.

Dan Thomas is a Healthcare Designer and Planner whose passion for creating healthcare facilities drives him to design spaces that enhance the patient, family, physician, and staff experience. Dan has more than 29 years of experience in healthcare design and planning domestically and abroad. He brings a wide range of knowledge of master planning, schematic design, and programming. He understands the unique demands of healthcare facilities by performing extensive research on current and future state analysis, industry trends, and best practices to ensure that operations inform the overall design. Dan as a principal, creates customized solutions for healthcare environments that respond to today’s issues and include flexibility for future unknowns. Dan leads the project team in establishing the overall design and planning vision and works closely with the owner and end users to reach set project goals. Dan’s operational approach to healthcare design/planning has been applied to a diverse portfolio of healthcare projects. This design approach begins with carefully mapping the experience of patients, families, and caregivers as well as logistics. The combination of research with current and future state analysis, the latest industry trends, and best practices ensures that operations inform the overall design. This will ensure the creation of customized solutions for healthcare environments that respond to today’s issues and include flexibility for future unknowns. Dan has been involved in numerous healthcare projects ranging from hospital renovations to multi-million-dollar replacement facilities. Dan has worked with major healthcare systems such as Atlanta Children’s, Baylor Scott and White Dallas, Texas, Cleveland Clinic, Children’s Health Dallas, Texas, Grady, Atlanta, Mainline Health, Pennsylvania, New Parkland Hospital Dallas, UT Southwestern, Texas Health Resources, and UC San Diego. Throughout his career, he has master planned and designed over 16 million square feet of healthcare environments. Throughout his esteemed career in healthcare planning and leadership, Dan has remained heavily involved in the academic community as a visiting Scholar, at Texas A&M Center for Health and through his work with the Health Industry Advisory Council at Texas A&M, and more recently, leading the COVID-19 Academic Roundtable (2019) Initiative and developing a research study on the future of Carbon Positive Hospital (2020). Dan currently is a Healthcare Principal at Perkins & Will and leading the healthcare design and planning efforts in the studio. Quotes: “I truly believe that our work helps make the world a better place. Some of the most important moments in life take place in healthcare facilities, from birth to adulthood. Creating healing, compassionate, and uplifting space is rewarding and fulfilling.”

Prof. Tapas K. Das, PhD, PE, BCEE, FAIChE, FIIChE, FICS, is a Chemical and Environmental Engineer, a Fellow member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Indian Chemical Society; Past Chair of the AIChE's Environmental Division; Former Chair of the Air Pollution Control Committee of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) and Board of Trustee with the Academy; former senior environmental engineer at the Washington Department of Ecology; since 2005 Prof. Das has been teaching at Saint Martin's University, Washington; formerly Assistant Professor in Paper Science and Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; supervised MS and PhD students; served as an external examiner for Chem. Eng. Program at the University of Surrey, UK, IIT Roorkee and Calcutta University. Dr. Das holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India, and PhD from Bradford University, UK. Dr. Das was a postdoctoral fellow at London’s Imperial College of Science and Technology, and a visiting scientist at Princeton University. Dr. Das is a registered professional engineer (PE) in the states of Washington and Wisconsin. Prof. Das serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, published by International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water. Prof. Das is the author of two books: Industrial Environmental Management: Engineering, and Science and Policy, 1e (John Wiley & Sons, 2020)(Industrial Environmental Management: Engineering, Science, and Policy | Wiley); Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention (John Wiley & Sons, 2005) (Toward Zero Discharge: Innovative Methodology and Technologies for Process Pollution Prevention | Wiley); co-editor of a book entitled: Remediation of Plastic and Microplastic Waste (CRC Press, 2024) , and 16 book chapters, and over 50 publications.

Maria Antonia Pérez Hernando is a Spanish academic and researcher, born on March 17, 1959, in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. She is a Professor Titular at the University of Cantabria, specializing in Transport Engineering and Project Technology at the School of Civil Engineering. She has held various academic positions since 1992, including roles as an Associate Professor and Assistant Professor. Pérez Hernando holds a Doctorate in Civil Engineering from the University of Cantabria, with a thesis on the revision of pricing in construction contracts for roads. She has been involved in numerous research projects focused on sustainable transport infrastructure, circular economy practices, and risk management in transport networks. She has participated in several EU-funded research projects and collaborated with institutions like the European Commission, focusing on environmental impacts, road sustainability, and resilient infrastructure. Notable projects include LIAISON and CIRCUIT related to sustainable transport solutions. Her work has contributed significantly to advancing engineering practices in transportation.