Early Career Stars in Civil Engineering
A special issue of CivilEng (ISSN 2673-4109).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2021) | Viewed by 125718
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmentally sustainable binders and composites; technologies for sustainable construction; microstructure of materials; materials durability testing and performance; building materials
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Interests: river hydraulics; scour and countermeasures
Interests: special concretes and mortars; energy efficiency in buildings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
“Early Career Stars in Civil Engineering” is a CivilEng Special Issue aimed at early career researchers in civil engineering (students and scholars who are at the undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate level—up to 5 years post-doctoral degree).
This Special Issue aims to publish original research solutions for tackling the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations within the areas of civil engineering, including materials, buildings, and structures; coastal and offshore engineering; development, planning, and urban engineering; energy; geology, geotechnical, and ground engineering; transportation and water. This Special Issue will bring a better understanding of how the emergent research in civil engineering can answer to the multiple and complex questions regarding the major global threats for planet Earth, such as climate change, pollution, and overpopulation. Thus, early career researchers are invited to contribute submissions focused on, but not limited to, the following necessary and emergent research topics in civil engineering and related areas:
- The replacement of carbon-intensive materials with low-carbon and carbon-adsorbent materials;
- Digital transformation in the civil engineering industry;
- Protection of the infrastructures from coastal erosion, flooding, river- and sea-level rise;
- Enhancing the durability and behavior of structural components and systems;
- Making urban communities human friendly, more sustainable, and resilient to disasters;
- Improving nature's connection to construction through biotechnology and nature-based solutions;
- Designing next-generation energy infrastructure, such us geothermal energy extraction;
- Advances in geological modeling and the study of engineering behavior of earth materials;
- Planning future roads and transportation for high levels of adaptation, automation, and resilience;
- Improving the efficiency of the existing infrastructure, both in terms of flood responses and to boost the supply of potable water.
Prof. Dr. João Castro Gomes
Prof. Dr. Cristina Fael
Dr. Miguel Nepomuceno
Guest Editors
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