International Conference on Building Materials & Construction Technologies June 20-21 , 2019 Stockholm, Sweden

Iraj H.P. Mamaghani is an Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental engineering department at University of North Dakota. He received his Ph.D. in structural engineering from Nagoya University, Japan in 1996. Among other awards, he received Evaluation of Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) for Use in North Dakota Transportation Projects: Sponsoring Agency: North Dakota Department of Transportation, Application of Sealing Agents in Concrete Durability of Infrastructure Systems. Sponsoring Agency: North Dakota Department of Transportation, Total: $47,450, 7/2005–4/2007.

Structural Engineering, Steel Structure

Jamal Khatib, BEng, MEng(Sc), PhD, CEng, FICE, FHEA, EUR ING, PG.Cert. Ed, PG.Cert. PjtMgt, Cert. EnvMgt, MEPC, MOIA, is presently Professor of Civil Engineering (Sustainable Construction Materials), Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Wolverhampton (UoW) - UK. His academic career began in 1987 as a Research Student/Assistant/Fellow, at the University of Aberdeen. In 1994 he moved to take another Research Fellow post at the University of Glamorgan (now University of South Wales) until 1997. He then took a permanent position as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU). During that time and due to research collaboration with IMUST-China, he was awarded the title of Honorary Professor in 2001. After 9 years at SHU, he moved to the University of Wolverhampton (UoW) as a Reader in Civil Engineering and became a Professor in July12. In 2010, he achieved the Chartered Engineer status of the Institution of Civil Engineer (ICE). Areas of research specialism include a number of sustainable construction materials themes: a) use variety of waste materials in the production of construction/structural materials, b) novel construction materials (e.g. metakaolin), c) concrete subjected to harsh environments, d) lightweight and self-compacting concrete and e) behaviour of structural materials. Prof Khatib was one of the early UK researchers who conducted research on metakaolin as partial substitution of cement and his publications in this areahave been extensively cited.According to the ISI Web of Science and Scopus Prof Khatib has an H-index of 16 and 19 respectively. Microsoft Academic classified Prof Khatib as one of the top authors in cement with a G-Index of 18 http://academic.research.microsoft.com/RankList?entitytype=2&topDomainID=12&subDomainID=1&last=0&start=1&end=100 Also and according to Google scholar there is more than 3000 citations, an H-index of 23 and i10-index of 33 http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=eRDOWn8AAAAJ Many papers were rankedas the top 25 articles. The products of his extensive research activities have been comprehensively disseminated through: ~ 400 refereed academic journal & conference papers; text books, research seminars and workshops; articles, features in the construction press and others. He acts as a reviewer to over 70 international refereed journals, book publishers and others. He sits on the technical committees of many international research conferences. He is an Editorial Board member of four academic Journals and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Emerging Trend in Engineering & Applied Sciences. Prof Khatib was a submitting staff member for the RAE/REF 1996 (Glam), 2001 (SHU) and 2008 & 2014 (UoW). Prof Khatib is a recipient of research funding from the European Union (EU), the British Council, The Institution of Structural Engineers and the Royal Society. He established strong research links with Universities across the world; China, Algeria, India, Turkey; Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Ukraine, US, Canada, France, Finland, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Austria & Australia.

 Sustainable construction materials in: Concrete, Pavement, Masonry, Rammed Earth (Adobe), Soil stabilisation, Structural materials, Using waste in construction (Coal fly ash; Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD); Silica fume; Slag; Municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWI-BA); Sludge (e.g. sewage); recycled concrete; recycled glass; recycled brick, ground brick, foam glass, foundry sand; waste rubber (e.g. rubber tyre); waste plastic; Waste polystyrene), Lightweight aggregate (e.g. expanded clay, expanded polystyrene), Novel materials in construction (metakaolin-calcined clay,hybrid/composite materials, novel light-weight aggregates, alkali activation of pozzolans (non-cement based); Novel admixtures-(EU supported project) for self-compacting concrete

Biljana Šćepanović, Dr-Ing, associate professor of the University of Montenegro, has focused her research work, as well as engineering expertise in the domain of steel, timber and aluminium structures. She has reach experience in modelling of patch loaded steel girders, with special emphasis on the case of eccentric patch load and its analysis by both experimental and numerical methods. Prof. Šćepanović realised most of her research work at the University of Montenegro, where she also has successful teaching career, and at the University of Granada. Her teaching and research experience have been enriched by several study visits at European universities, as a visiting researcher and/or teacher.

Steel, Timber and Aluminium Structures, Patch loaded Steel Girders

Professor Y. B. Yang received his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1984. He is a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering and foreign member of Austrian Academy of Sciences. Currently, he is Honorary Dean of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Professor Emeritus of National Taiwan University (NTU) and Distinguished Chair Professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Also, he is an Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, President of Asian-Pacific Association of Computational Mechanics (APACM), and Chairman of East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC). Previously, he was President of National Yunlin University of Science and Technology and NTU Dean of Engineering. His areas of expertise include structural nonlinear theory and analysis, vehicle-bridge interaction dynamics, and train-induced wave propagation.

•structural nonlinear theory and analysis •Structural Stability and Dynamics •vehicle-bridge interaction dynamics, and train-induced wave propagation

Bolanle Deborah Ikotun is a researcher and an associate professor in Civil Engineering department, University of South Africa. She has DIng, MSc (Eng) and B.Eng degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Johannesburg, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and The Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria respectively. Her research interests are in concrete composite optimization, concrete mechanical and durability properties testing, concrete quality optimization techniques and investigation of extenders, industrial waste and agricultural wastes as they affect mortar and concrete properties. She has authored and co-authored articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and reputable journals. She has served as a reviewer for reputable journals and presently supervising postgraduate students. She is a recipient of many academic awards, which includes the Resilience in research award presented by the University of South Africa (UNISA). She has served as an organising committee member for two international conferences. She is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Concrete Society of Southern Africa (CSSA) and an Associate Member of South African institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE).

Concrete mix design, concrete structural and durability properties testing, chemical deterioration of concrete, mechanical testing of concrete, concrete quality optimization techniques and investigation of extenders.

Dr Marina Bock is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Wolverhampton engaged in teaching and research activities since 2017. Marina Bock completed her studies in Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona in 2010, where she also started working as a PhD researcher. After completing her PhD in Structural Engineering in 2015, she moved to the UK as a structural engineer for AECOM and carried out inspection, assessment and design of various structures. She has also acquired industry experience working for Tata Steel R&D in the Structural Design and Integrity group leading research projects to develop steel products for residential applications and investigating the structural response of honeycomb sandwich panels. Her principal research interests, in respect of which she has co-authored more than 10 journal articles and conference contributions, lie in the areas of structural testing, numerical modelling and the development of design approaches for steel and stainless steel structures. She has been involved in European and national funded research projects that have led to valuable contributions for designing with steel alloys. Marina received a Special Award by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 2017 for her research contributions. Marina Bock is also a general member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

Her principal research interests, in respect of which she has co-authored more than 10 journal articles and coference contributions, lie in the areas of structural testing, numerical modelling and the development of novel design approaches for steel structures. She has been involved in European and national funded research projects that have led to valuable contributions for designing with steel alloys.

Dr. Liping Wang is an assistant professor of Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming. She is interested in improving energy efficiency throughout building life cycles. Her current research focuses on three areas: (1) real-time low/zero energy building design; (2) HVAC control system evaluation and optimization; (3) automatic fault detection and diagnostics. She has published many papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and have been an ad hoc reviewer for several Elsevier science journals. She is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers and a member of International Building Performance Simulation Association.

Simulation modeling for building performance, Automatic fault detection and diagnostics for HVAC systems, HVAC control system evaluation and optimization, Low/zero energy building design, Computational airflow modeling, Indoor air quality, Total building performance and system integration.

A highly motivated structural engineer with 3 years’ experience in the construction industry in UK and with good working knowledge of UK and European codes of practice. Specialising predominantly in the alteration of existing projects and in the development of new with a particular focus on environmental impact and sustainability. A hard working engineer with high level understanding of working to budgets and timelines. Structural Engineer in the field of Design of foundations, beams, columns. Attending meetings and competently communicate with Clients, Contractors. Applying personal technical knowledge and experience to the development. Setting out Project works in accordance with Drawings & Specification. Designing framed and unframed structures for mainly residential builds. Projects include timber and steel structures for residential buildings and sheds as per most recent British Standards and Eurocodes. Models and associated reports were created in softwares such as TEKLA Structural Designer and CADS Analyse 3D, while simpler calculations were done using Superbeam, TEKLA Tedds and CADS Smart Engineer and drawings using AutoCAD. Doing hand calculations for beams, frames and foundations.

Construction, Buildings, Materials, Design

Dr Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis joined the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds in 2012 and promoted to Associate Professor of Structural Engineering in 2015. Since 2012, he has led the Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite (SCC) Structures research group and since 2017 he is leading the Materials and Structures research theme within the School of Civil Engineering. Dr Tsavdaridis is internationally known through large-scale experiments in the field of structural engineering - more particularly for his work on perforated steel beams and he is holding a few international patents. Some of his research outcomes are widely used by the design and construction industries in a number of applications such as sensitive structures and smart buildings. He has published somewhat 100 scientific articles, journal publications, technical reports and international conference papers. In 2013, he was core member and co-investigator of the successful EPSRC Strategic Equipment Grant proposal for establishing a Multi-Axial Dynamic Shaking Table testing facility at the University of Leeds

1. 'Seismic (and Fire) Resistant-Design of Steel and SCC Structures' Strengthening and Retrofitting Existing Steel Structures Pre-Engineered (Repairable/Replaceable) Connections Optimum Performance-Based Wind/Seismic Design of Tall Slender Steel Buildings Extreme Loads on Critical Infrastructure (e.g., Nuclear Power Plants, Skyscrapers) Hybrid Semi-Active Tuned-Mass Dampers Fire Resistance of Steel and Composite Members 2. 'Structural Topology Optimisation' Design of Novel Perforated (cellular) Structural Beams and Columns Structural Topology Optimisation Techniques on Structural/Non-Structural Elements, Tower Masts, and Exoskeletons of High-Rise Buildings Free-Form Finding Envelopes, Optimisation of Spatial and Shell Structures Innovative Lightweight Precast Composite Flooring Systems 3. 'Digital Design-to-Construction Processes' Digital Design and Systems Interactions (design-socio-economic) Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Smart Structural Products Building Information Modelling and RFID Integration 4. 'Code Drafting | Design Guidelines | Specifications and Standards' Eurocodes (EC) Steel Construction Institute (SCI) British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) The International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib CEB-FIP)

Dr. Hassan Baaj is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo. He is the Norman W. McLeod Professor in Pavement Materials and the Director of the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology. Dr. Baaj has about 20 years of experience in pavement materials and design in Europe and North America both in the private sector and academia. He is Professional Engineer in Quebec and Ontario and member of several scientific and technical organizations. Hassan Baaj obtained his PhD from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, France. He was then awarded with a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Research in Construction at the National Research Council in Canada where he worked for a year. Hassan then joined the road construction industry in 2003 with Sintra in Québec (Colas Canada). During the next five years, he had the opportunity to lead and participate in several innovative projects in the roads industry and was in charge of several collaborations with the Ministry of Transportation Québec, municipalities, and a number of universities in Canada and abroad. In 2008, he joined Lafarge in France and took over the responsibility of the Research and Development (R&D) activities of the company in the area of Infrastructure Engineering at the Lafarge Research Center (LCR). He is interested in research topics related to sustainable pavement materials, self-healing materials, constitutive modelling of the behavior of construction materials, Life-Cycle Analysis and mechanistic pavement design.

Characterization And Modelling Of The Behaviour Of Construction Materials. Smart Pavement Materials And Structures. Mechanistic Pavement Design Methods. Optimization Of The Use Of Recycled Materials. In Sustainable Infrastructure System. Sustainable Development. Life Cycle Analysis.

Prof S Nwaubani has for many years been involved in research training and guidance of graduate and postgraduate students. His research is broadly concerned with sustainability issues in construction including the use of waste materials to produce novel materials with enhanced properties that contribute to achieve resource efficiency. His main expertise is in assessing the properties, durability and microstructure of construction materials. Main areas of interest include High strength and high performance concrete; blended cements produced using natural, artificial and other materials (including industrial wastes) as replacements for cement in concrete; corrosion of rebar and corrosion inhibition in reinforced concrete; use of surface treatment materials in general; durability of surface-treated stone and concrete structures; polymer modified concrete. Other areas include structural analysis and infrastructural health assessment & monitoring. His success in what he does is evidenced by a substantial body of works (over 100 publications) published in reputable journals and presented in national and international conferences. He has contributed to the writing of two books; supervised 12 PhD projects to completion and carried out several consultancy works for the Civil Engineering industry. Prof Nwaubani currently serves as member of the editorial/Technical review and Organising committees of several reputable Journals and international conferences.

Properties, durability and microstructure of Construction Materials, structural concrete, blended cements, clincker less cements, polymer-concrete, use of waste materials in Construction, sustainability, corrosion and corrosion mitigation issues.