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Since the first conference in 2013, the International Conference series on Transportation Infrastructure and Sustainable Development (TISDIC) has demonstrated its international reputation as an important forum for academia, government, civil society, and the private sector to come together and share research ideas and practical solutions, in order to achieve sustainable development goals for transportation infrastructures.
SENIOR PROFESSOR of Civil Engineering & Dean Research and Sponsored Projects at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India; Editor for Construction and Building Materials, Associate Editor for European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
Professor Rafat Siddique is the Senior Professor of Civil Engineering & Dean, Research and Sponsored Projects at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala. He obtained Ph.D. from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani in the year 1993. He did 22-months of post-doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. He has extensive teaching and research experience in structural Engineering of more than 33 years.
He is the editor of Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier) and Associated Editor of Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE), and Journal of King Saud University (Engineering Sciences). He is also on the Editorial Board of several Elsevier Journals.
He is rated amongst the top 15 top researchers in the world in the area of sustainable construction materials/concrete technology having 16000+ Citations with an H-Index of 68 (Google scholar).
STANFORD UNIVERSITY RANKING -- Ranked 17th in the world & 1st in India amongst 27014 authors in the subject area of "Building and Construction" a list of top scientists subject-wise, an independent study conducted by Stanford University Scientists, led by Dr. Ioannidis and his research team https://lnkd.in/gEhjKn4) shorturl.at/qHIJ4.
He has been Visiting/Invited Professor to a number of universities in Bangkok, France, Germany, Finland, Mexico, the U.K., Australia, and USA.
Prolific speaker, and delivered keynote/Invited lectures in a number of Universities in Australia, Bangkok, Belgium, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, UAE, USA, etc.
He has guided 15 Ph.D. and presently supervising 6 Ph.D. Candidates. He has supervised 60+ M.E. Dissertation. Published 250+ papers in reputed Q-1 Journals and Conferences; authored 04 books including two books by Springer titled "Waste Materials and By-products in Concrete" and "Supplementary Cementing Materials". Editor of three edited books by Elsevier titled "Waste and Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Concrete: Characterization, Properties, and Applications", "Self-Compacting Concrete: Materials, Properties and Applications", and Sustainable Concrete Made with Ashes and Dust from Different Sources: Materials, Properties, and Applications
He is a member of several professional bodies including ASCE.
Chair, Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU); Director, Centre for Urban Solutions (CUS), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Singapore; Editor for Acta Geotechnica, Associate Editor for ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Prof Chu is a professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He is also the Director of the Centre for Urban Solutions (CUS). He joined NTU in 1991 after receiving his PhD from The University of New South Wales, Australia. Prof Chu also worked for Iowa State University, USA, from 2011 to 2014 as professor and James M. Hoover Chair in Geotechnical Engineering. Prof Chu has more than 25 years’ research and consulting experiences in geotechnical engineering, in particular in the areas of laboratory and in-situ testing, engineering properties of soils, soil improvement and land reclamation.
Currently, Prof Chu is the President of Geotechnical Society of Singapore and the Chair for ISSMGE Technical Committee TC217 on Land Reclamation and a committee member for ISSMGE Technical Committee TC211 on Ground Improvement. He was the Chair for ISSMGE Technical Committee TC39 on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation from 2005 to 2009.
Prof Chu has published over 300 technical papers in international journals and conferences and holds several patents. He has delivered over 60 keynote or invited lectures at international conferences including the State-of-the-Art Lecture on Construction Processes at the 17th International Conferences on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in 2009. He is Editor for Acta Geotechnica, Associate Editor for ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, and editorial board member for other 7 international journals. He received the R. M. Quigley Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society in 2004 for publishing the best paper in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal in 2003 and the Outstanding Geotechnical Engineer Award from the Geotechnical Society of Singapore in 2018. He has been a consultant for many projects and organisations in Singapore and overseas.
Harold H. Short Endowed Chair, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, USA; Editor-in-Chief for ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering
Dr. John W. van de Lindt is the Harold H. Short Endowed Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. Over the last two decades van de Lindt’s research program has focused on performance-based engineering and test bed applications of building and other systems for earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes and floods. Professor van de Lindt is the Co-director for the National Institute of Standards and Technology-funded Center of Excellence (COE) for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning headquartered at Colorado State University entering its seventh year. He serves as the Chair of the Executive Committee for the American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) Infrastructure Resilience Division and has published more than 450 technical articles and reports, and currently serves on a number of editorial boards including as the Editor-in-Chief for the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering.
Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Transport Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney; Editor-in-Chief for J. of Ground Improvement (ICE, UK) and Associate Editor for ASCE J. of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering
Buddhima Indraratna is a Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and the Director of Transport Research Centre, at University of Technology Sydney. Formerly, he was a Distinguished Professor and the Founding Director of Australian Research Council’s Training Centre for Rail Infrastructure (ARC ITTC-Rail) at the University of Wollongong. He is also an Honorary Distinguished Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, Indian Institute of Technology, in Assam and Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, China.
Buddhima currently leads numerous projects worth over $ 1.5 million per year. He has been a consultant to various infrastructure organisations worldwide and a former United Nations expert representing Australia. He has published nearly 900 papers, including 12 books, over 450 journal papers, and more than 70 invited Keynote papers in all continents.
So far, he has supervised over 100 PhD and Master graduates and over 40 Postdoctoral Fellows. He is the Chief Editor of the Journal of Ground Improvement, Inst. of Civil Engineers, UK.
He has won numerous national and international awards for his contributions to the field, including the ISSMGE’s 1st Proctor lecture and 4th Menard lecture, and was recently felicitated as an Honorary Life Member of the Australian Geomechanics Society(AGS) acknowledging his outstanding contributions to Geotechnics through cutting-edge research and his service to the Australian Geomechanics Society over many years.
Buddhima is a Fellow of the prestigious Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust), Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (FASCE), and Fellow of the Geological Society of UK (FGS). He is a Chartered Professional Engineer of Australia, United Kingdom, and Sri Lanka.
Professor, UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Australia; Editor for Case Studies in Construction Materials
Yan Zhuge is a Professor in Structural Engineering at UniSA STEM. Yan has lectured in several Australian universities for more than 20 years. She has a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering and a Masters in Structural Engineering from Beijing, China, a PhD in Structural Engineering from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. Her main research interests include green concrete materials, fibre composite structures, and seismic retrofitting of masonry structures. She has published more than 160 SCI technical papers and has been invited as a keynote speaker at several international conferences. Yan has successfully supervised many PhD graduates. She has won several Australian and Queensland government awards and fellowships and attracted funding from Australian Research council and industry. She was the winner of 2018 South Australia Winnovation award in Engineering category. She is the current College of Experts of Australian Research Council (ARC).
Professor, Faculty of Urban Innovation, Yokohama National University, Japan
Hiroshi Katsuchi is a Professor in Structural Engineering at Yokohama National University (YNU). Currently, Prof. Katsuchi is the Dean of the Graduate School of Urban Innovation. He has a master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Johns Hopkins University (US), a Ph.D. in Wind Engineering from Yokohama National University (Japan).
His research fields related to Aeroelasticity for long-span bridges Structural Dynamics, SHM for long-span bridges, and Bridge Maintenance. Professor Katsuchi has authored or co-authored more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. A recognized expert in the field of wind engineering, he has been invited to present his research work around the world including invited lecturers and keynote speakers for many conferences. He has successfully supervised many Master's students and Ph.D. scholars.
Currently, he is a senior member of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Association for Wind Engineering, and International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering. He has participated in aerodynamics design projects for cable-supported bridges in Japan and overseas.
Associate Professor in Structural Engineering at University Roma Tre – Department of Engineering; Director of Structure Laboratory; Editor for ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology
Fabrizio Paolacci is an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering at the University Roma Tre – Department of Engineering. Graduated in Civil Engineering in 1992 at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, and he got a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering in 1997. He was Visiting Scholar in 1999 at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of California at Berkeley. From 2008 to 2013, he assumed the role of scientific coordinator of the Laboratory of Testing Materials and Structures of the Department of Structures of the University Roma Tre. Currently, He is Chair of PVP Division Seismic Engineering Technical Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering.
He gained a long standing experience in the management of international research projects about experimental and numerical assessment of the seismic response of civil and industrial structures. His main scientific interests are focused on the Performance-based design of steel-concrete composite bridges, Assessment and reduction of the seismic risk of reinforced concrete buildings and bridges, Seismic risk of major-hazard industrial plants, and applicability of innovative protection systems (base isolation and energy dissipation), Seismic vulnerability of high-voltage electric networks and substations and applicability of innovative seismic protection systems, Passive and semi-active control of structures.
He is the author of more than 180 publications in International peer-reviewed Journals and conferences.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; Editor for Transport Review and Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Dr Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios is an Assistant Professor at Safety and Security Science Group (S3G), Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands with expertise in human factors engineering, injury prevention, intelligent transport systems, and transportation safety and security. He specialises in the safety and security of all road users (drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians) and the human factors of technological change in the transport system. Dr Oviedo-Trespalacios has extensive experience researching driver behaviour safety issues such as risky driving behaviour in international research projects in more than 25 countries. His clients and partnerships include all levels of government (federal, state, and local), as well as private industry.
Dr Oviedo-Trespalacios regularly publishes in major international journals like Accident Analysis and Prevention and Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology, and his research is widely reported in Australian and international media, including the ABC, the New York Times, the Independent, the Men’s Health Magazine, and the Washington Post. In 2019, Dr Oviedo-Trespalacios received the Australasian College of Road Safety’s Inaugural Young Leaders Oration Award in recognition of his inspiring work and growing reputation in distracted driving research. He has served as an expert witness in road safety cases in Australian courts.
Oscar is an editorial board member of Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. He is also the editor for Transport Review and Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
Dear colleagues, The organizers would like to thank all those who have shown such high interest in TISDIC 2023. Due to many requests, the full length-paper submission deadline has been
Dear colleagues, We would like to thank you for your interest in the 4th International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure and Sustainable Development (TISDIC 2023) and your submission of the abstract,
We are honored to announce that Professor Buddhima Indraratna will give a keynote talk at the conference, entitled "Use of Waste Materials in Transportation Infrastructure". He is a Distinguished Professor
Dear colleagues, The organizers (The University of Danang - University of Science and Technology and the Vietnam Federation of Civil Engineering Association) would like to invite you to the 4th
Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce that the 4th International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure and Sustainable Development (TISDIC 2023) will be held on August 25-27, 2023 in Danang city,
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