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Advances in Structural Analysis of Ships and Offshore Structures

edited by Lei Wu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced ships and offshore structures; marine structure design and evaluation; structural mechanics optimization; novel offshore structure materials; numerical calculation methods; vortex-induced vibrations; real-time monitoring; marine structural intelligent warning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Terahertz Sensing and Imaging: Advances in Materials, Environmental Monitoring and Biomedical Diagnostics

edited by

Janez Trontelj

and Andrej Švigelj

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 418 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz sensing; terahertz imaging; THz materials; signal processing; biomedical diagnostics; environmental monitoring; non-destructive evaluation; THz device integration; real-time measurements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Advances in Smart Transportation Systems

edited by Kai Huang and

Yongxiang Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 415 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart transportation; multimodal transportation; autonomous driving and connected vehicles; demand-responsive and on-demand mobility; ride sharing and pooled transport; first- and last-mile connectivity; mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS); intelligent mobility infrastructure; AI and data-driven transport system management; human-centered and equitable mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Advanced Semiconductor Device Design and Performance Improvement

edited by

Carlo De Santi

, Isabella Rossetto and

Manuel Fregolent

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open

Keywords: gallium nitride; silicon carbide; gallium oxide; wide-bandgap semiconductors; power electronics; RF electronics; optoelectronics

Innovative Finite Element Analysis Methods for Composite Materials

edited by

Valerio Belardi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite structures; numerical simulation; computational efficiency; advanced modeling techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Nutrition and Dietetics for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

edited by

Elena Sandri

and Valentina Micheluzzi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data and machine learning; wearable sensors; precision nutrition; culinary medicine; digital health monitoring; personalized dietetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Power System Dynamics and Stability

edited by

Hamed Aly

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system stability and dynamic analysis; power quality enhancement and mitigation strategies; renewable energy forecasting and prediction models; AI; machine learning; and deep learning applications in smart grids; power electronics and advanced converter technologies; vehicle-to-everything (V2X) integration and control; energy storage systems and hybrid optimization; centralized and decentralized control frameworks; distributed generation and microgrid management; fault detection; protection; and diagnostic systems; high voltage engineering and infrastructure; linear and nonlinear control strategies; multi-agent systems for smart grid coordination; energy management systems and optimization algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Advances in Technology and Research in Smart Manufacturing Systems

edited by

Yung-Chou Kao

and

Guo-Hua Feng

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs); Intelligent Reality; Trustworthy Large Language Models (Trust LLMs); Agentic AI; quality control; human-centric manufacturing; 3D twin; smart robots; green manufacturing; Industry 5.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Recent Advances in Underwater Vehicles, 2nd Edition

edited by Seongyeol Yoo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater robots; underwater sensors; navigation; machine learning for underwater robots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Technique Advances in Tailings Treatment: Pollution, Disposal, Reprocessing and Reclamation

edited by

Antonio Bernardo Sánchez

and

Laura Álvarez De Prado

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: tailings management; tailings dams; mine tailings; tailings disposal; tailings reprocessing; tailings dewatering; tailings stabilization; acid mine drainage (AMD); tailings geochemistry; tailings environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Biomedical and Industrial Applications for Digital Holographic Microscopy

edited by Maria Del Socorro Hernandez-Montes and Fernando Mendoza Santoyo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: DHM; in-line DHM; of-axis DHM; 3D imaging; label-free imaging; QPI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Innovative Soil Amendments in Sustainable Soil Health Management

edited by

Guitong Li

, Jianying Shang and Xinliang Dong

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: new soil amendment; soil health; biological changes; experiment; crop yield; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in Functional Foods and Natural Products

edited by Elenice Souza Dos Reis Goes and

Cintia da Silva Araújo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional foods; natural bioactive compounds; health-promoting ingredients; food product innovation; nutraceuticals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advances in Power Electronics: Transformation Technologies and Their Applications in Converter Systems, Wireless Power Transfer, and Electrical Energy Storage Systems

edited by

Przemysław Ptak

and

Kalina Detka

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: power LED supplies; WPT (wireless power transfer); power converters; power supply; air core transformer; energy storage systems; batteries management systems; power electronic devices; wide bandgap power devices; wind turbines; renewable energy sources; PV sources; hydrogen systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Biomechanics and Neural Control of Rhythmic Movement

edited by

Elissavet Rousanoglou

and Nikolaos Stergiou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhythmic movements; biomechanics; neural control; motor control; movement generation; coordination; neurorehabilitation; neuroplasticity; locomotion; drug-free therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Recent Progress in AI for Biomedical Informatics

edited by Benjamin C. Nephew and

Dmitry Korkin

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical informatics; bioinformatics; multimodal data fusion; neuroimaging; computational biology; explainable AI healthcare (XAI); clinical decision

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Free Radical, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidant Impact on Human Health

edited by

Cheol-Su Kim

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidative stress; free radicals; antioxidants; redox homeostasis; ROS; inflammation; mitochondrial dysfunction; lipid peroxidation; redox signaling; therapeutic interventions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Functional Food Development and Nutritional Fortification

edited by Marta Pasławska and

Klaudia Masztalerz

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional food; osmotic dehydration; vacuum impregnation; cold plasma; drying; bioactivity; health-promoting compounds; sensory properties; food structure modification; 3D printing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Current Updates of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis

edited by

Marco Casazza

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; data analysis; sensing technologies; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; big data; emerging contaminants; climate change; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Recent Developments in 3D Mechatronics Design

edited by

Mihaiela Iliescu

and

Nicolae Pop

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechatronics; systems; design; modeling and simulation; 3D printing; prototype

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Computational Tools for Drug Discovery in Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

edited by

Manos Vlasiou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational drug discovery; veterinary pharmacology; molecular docking; One Health; virtual screening

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Data-Enhanced Engineering: Structural Integrity Assessment and Design, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qing Ai

and

Debiao Meng

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced computational methods; uncertainty quantification; physics-informed machine learning; reliability-based design optimization (RBDO); data augmentation; structural integrity modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Geographic Information Technologies in Agriculture and Environment

edited by Rodrigo Bezerra A. Gallis and

Gilberto de Oliveira Mendes

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; geographic information systems; remote sensing and photogrammetry; UAV technology; high-throughput phenotyping; sustainable land management; environmental monitoring; IoT; machine learning; big data in agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Advanced Technologies in Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis for Power Equipment

edited by

Zhen Liu

and

Bing Long

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: power equipment; condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; advanced sensing; signal processing; artificial intelligence; digital twin; big data analytics; prognostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Advanced Optical Technologies for Non-Invasive Sensing and Biomedical Monitoring

edited by

Mohammed N. Islam

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: contactless vital sign monitoring; non-invasive optical monitoring; physiological measurements; heart rate; respiratory rate; photoplethysmography (PPG); remote PPG; imaging PPG; wearable optical sensors; machine learning and AI processing and sensor fusion of vital signs; contactless blood pressure or hypertension; oximetry; facial blood flow; chest motion; 3D cameras for vital signs; extended-reality eyewear for vital sign measurements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Advanced Blasting Technology for Mining, 2nd Edition

edited by

Krzysztof Skrzypkowski

and Andrzej Biessikirski

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: blasting works; explosives; fragmentation; detonation properties; blast-induced vibration; drilling; blast and ring design; blasting safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Machining Technologies for High-Performance Materials

edited by

Marcin Grabowski

and

Maciej Kubon

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: machining; high-performance materials; tool wear; sustainable machining; smart manufacturing; AI in machining; process optimisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Applications and Challenges

edited by

Vassil Vassilev

Karim Ouazzane

and

Maitreyee Dey

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: malware; intrusions; transaction fraud; cyber attacks; threat intelligence; vulnerability analysis; risk assessment; penetration testing; security by design; incident response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Recent Advances in Static and Seismic Behavior of Masonry Structures

edited by Michele D’Amato,

Silvia Caprili

Antonio Formisano

and Rosario Gigliotti

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: masonry buildings; numerical models; seismic behavior; static loads; structural monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Mobile Edge Computing Networks: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Minrui Xu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile edge computing (MEC); LLM agents and agentic AI; generative AI at the edge; edge– cloud– device collaboration; blockchain-enabled edge intelligence; quantum-secure communications (PQC/QKD); mobile edge– quantum computing (MEQC)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Mining Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

edited by

Ayanda Nomaswazi Shabalala

Vhahangwele Masindi

and

Philiswa Nosizo Nomngongo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced treatment technologies; advanced membranes and nanomaterials; mine water remediation; metal recovery and valorization; nature-based solutions; tailings management; sustainable water reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Sustainable Science and Technology)

Biomechanics and Bioengineering in Dental Sleep Medicine

edited by

Giovanni Bruno

and Alberto De Stefani

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental sleep medicine; biomechanics; oral appliance therapy; bioengineering; sleep-disordered breathing; digital workflow; CAD-CAM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

New Dental Materials, Applications, and Integrations

edited by Sabina Wuersching and

Adolfo Di Fiore

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive dental materials; 3D-printed materials; biocompatibility; biofilm; surface properties; mechanical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Optimization of Advanced Nuclear Technologies and Their Application in the Energy Industry: 2nd Edition

edited by Juntao Liu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced nuclear technology; uranium exploration; nuclear well logging; comprehensive nuclear energy utilization; intelligent nuclear power plant; radiometric measurement; nuclear fuel cycle; modular reactor; nuclear industry digitalization; energy industry applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Innovations and Trends in Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production

edited by

André Alisson Rodrigues da Silva

, Flávio José Rodrigues Cruz, Celeste Queiroz Rossi and

Henry Daniel Ruiz Alba

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; agriculture; livestock; crops; animal nutrition; regenerative; precision farming; biotechnology; animal welfare; resource efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Rock Mechanics in Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yun Lin

and Chun Yang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock engineering; mechanical behavior; geotechnical and tunnel engineering; underground space; numerical modelling; monitoring technology; blasting techniques; big data analytics; stability assessment; machine learning and artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Progress and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics and New Medicine, 2nd Edition

edited by

Tao Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; bioinformatics; deep learning; new medicine; cancer; single cell omics; network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Smart Microfluidic Technologies: Bridging Design, Discovery, and Deployment

edited by Xi Luo and

Yuzuru Takamura

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; on-chip bioreactors; point-of-care testing (POCT) devices; biosensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Raman Spectroscopy: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Fanfan Lu

and Wending Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS); plasmonic substrate; nano-spectroscopy/nanoscale imaging; single-molecule detection; plasmonics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Agro-Industrial Waste Valorization: Advances in Functional Materials and Circular Technologies

edited by

Simona Gavrilaş

and

Florentina-Daniela Munteanu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: agro-industrial waste; waste valorization; circular economy; bio-based materials; biopolymers; green extraction technologies; bioenergy production; sustainable packaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Applied Ultrasonic and Acoustic Flow Technologies for Energy and Environmental Systems

edited by

Kristina Kilikevičienė

and

Darius Vainorius

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic; acoustic; flow technologies; acoustic– fluid interactions; numerical concentration of particulates; experimental investigation of acoustic agglomeration; fine particulate matter

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Application of Enzymes in Bioengineering

edited by

Emmanuel Martínez-Montaño

and Jesús Salazar-Leyva

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioprocess; biocatalysis; enzyme immobilization; enzyme technology; revalorization; byproducts; novel enzymes; agro-industrial wastes; bioremediation; bioconversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Assistive Technology and Accessible Human–Machine Interaction: State of the Art

edited by

Alexandros Pino

and

Georgios Kouroupetroglou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: assistive technology; accessible human– machine interaction; brain– computer interfaces; augmentative and alternative communication; digital accessibility; rehabilitation engineering; sensor-based interfaces; wearable biosignal interfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials: Recent Advances and Prospects

edited by Randall Scott Williamson

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: patient-specific treatments; bioprinting; surgical planning and training; drug delivery systems; advanced smart materials; auxetic structures; 4D; 5D; and 6D printing; regulartory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Optimization of Scheduling Problem and Supply Chain Management

edited by

Ana Moura

and

Tatjana Tambovceva

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: scheduling optimisation; supply chain management; production planning; inventory control; vehicle routing; heuristics and metaheuristics; artificial intelligence/machine learning; sustainability and resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advanced Technologies in Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Qi-Ang Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; sensors; data modeling; machine learning; safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Atomic and Optics Technologies in Astrophysics

edited by Zbigniew Szadkowski

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: atom; optic; astrophysics; astronomical observation; atomic clocks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

New Trends in Natural Language Processing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alaa Mohasseb

and

Andreas Kanavos

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language processing; deep learning in NLP; semantic analysis; language models; sentiment analysis; text classification; text summarization; multilingual NLP; low-resource language processing; NLP applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advanced Measurement Systems for the Multiphysics Characterization and Diagnostics of Biological Tissues

edited by

Leonardo Bianchi

Marta Cavagnaro

and

Giulia Maffeis

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological tissues; multiphysics characterization; tissue diagnostics; tissue thermophysical properties; tissue thermal/optical/mechanical/dielectric properties; measurement systems calibration and uncertainty

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Human–Robot Interaction: Enhancing Usability, Safety, and Performance in Complex Environments

edited by Kyung-sun Lee,

Jaejin Hwang

and Jinwon Lee

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: exoskeletal robot; usability; effectiveness; work condition; EMG

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

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