Evaluation and Application of Sustainable Engineering Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable engineering, civil, mechanical, environmental, etc., under the actual conditions of rapid population growth, urbanization, and climate change, requires the application of sustainable materials to achieve environmental, social and financial paradigms of sustainability and presenting the possibility of saving the natural resources for future generations. Thus, there is a constant need to design, research, evaluate, and apply new, up-to-date, and sustainable materials supporting the sustainable development of urbanized and rural societies.

This Special Issue of Sustainability “Evaluation and Application of Sustainable Engineering Materials” will publish original research, which adds knowledge to the current understanding of sustainable engineering materials and their ability to limit anthropo-pressure on the natural environment, utilize the recycled substrates, as well as renewable energy sources, reduce investment and operational costs of construction and, finally, meet the social acceptance and involvement.

The scope of Special Issue includes original articles, case studies, and critical review papers presenting the following topics:

• New trends in the design of sustainable engineering materials;
• Substrates and compositions of sustainable engineering materials;
• Application of local and recycled materials to sustainable engineering;
• Strength, durability, hydraulic, characteristics of sustainable materials;
• Studies on engineering applications of sustainable materials under variable local conditions;
• Evaluation of innovative engineering materials meeting environmental, technical, legal, economic, and social principles of sustainable development.

This Special Issue of Sustainability will report up-to-date information considering all aspects of engineering materials sustainability and allow the transfer of actual knowledge and good engineering practice to scientists and engineers interested in the development, testing, and applications of sustainable engineering materials.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marcin K. Widomski
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Danuta Barnat-Hunek
Dr. Anna Musz-Pomorska
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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