**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Giuseppe Ricciardi** has been full professor at the Department of Engineering of the University of Messina, Italy, since 2015. Previously, he was a researcher (1995–2000) and an associate professor (2000–2015) at the same university. He was also a visiting professor at the College of Engineering of the Florida Atlantic University, USA, in 2000. He has scientific responsibility for the structural section of the CERISI laboratory (earthquake engineering testing), as well as for other national and international projects in earthquake engineering. He also holds two patents for scientific inventions in the field of earthquake engineering.

**Dario De Domenico** is a researcher at the University of Messina, Italy. After graduating in civil engineering (2010), he obtained his PhD in materials and structural engineering at the University of Reggio Calabria (2014). After his doctoral studies, he spent one year in industry as a research project engineer (2015–2016). He has also been a visiting researcher at both the Deptartment of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK, and at the Laboratory of Mechanics and Materials, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research interests include earthquake engineering, innovative structural control techniques, and mechanics of materials, especially reinforced concrete. He also holds two patents for scientific inventions in the field of earthquake engineering.

**Ruifu Zhang** graduated from Tongji University with a PhD in civil engineering. After graduation, he was a post-doctoral researcher at UC Berkeley and Tohoku University. He gained extensive industry experience prior to joining the Tongji University in 2015, at which he is currently an associate professor in the College of Civil Engineering. His main research interests are structure seismic safety and intelligent disaster prevention structure with a special focus on inerter systems.
