Conference Co-Chairs:

Daniel Cardoso – Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Kent Harries – University of Pittsburgh, USA

Organizing Committee:

Flávio Silva – Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Janine Vieira – Fluminense Federal University, Brazil

Martin Noël – University of Ottawa, Canada

TianQiao Liu – Beijing University of Technology, China

Rebecca Gravina – The University of Queensland, Australia

International Scientific Committee:

Australia
Prof. R. Al-Mahaidi, Swinburne University of Technology
Prof. T. Aravinthan, The University of Southern Queensland
Prof. R. Gravina, University of Queensland
Prof. S.T. Smith, University of Adelaide

Austria
Prof. B. Kromoser, BOKU Vienna
Dr. P. Preinstorfer, TU Wien

Brazil
Prof. D.C.T. Cardoso, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Prof. F.A. Silva, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Prof. L.M.S. Souza, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Dr. C.M.R. Gaspar, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Prof. J.D. Vieira, Fluminense Federal University
Prof. C.M.O. Campos, Fluminense Federal University
Prof. N.C.S. Forti, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas
Prof. G.M. Dalfré, Federal University of São Carlos
Prof. K.B. Goliath, Rio de Janeiro State University
Prof. E.M. Batista, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Prof. A. Landesmann, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Prof. J.R.M D’Almeida, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Prof. T.L. Resende, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys
Prof. R. Christ, Unisinos
Prof. Luiz Antônio Branco, Federal University of Minas Gerais

Canada
Prof. R. El-Hacha, University of Calgary
Prof. E. El-Salakawy, University of Manitoba
Prof. A. Fam, Queen’s University
Prof. M.F. Green, Queen’s University
Prof. K.W. Neale, University of Sherbrooke
Prof. S. Sheikh, University of Toronto
Prof. M. Noël, University of Ottawa

China
Prof. G.M. Chen, South China University of Technology
Prof. J.F. Chen, Southern University of Science and Technology
Prof. J.G. Dai, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. P. Feng, Tsinghua University
Dr. Rong Li, Central Research Institute of Building and Construction Co., Ltd of MCC
Prof. J.G. Teng , Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. X. Wang, Southeast University
Prof. Y.F. Wu, Shenzhen University
Dr. Q.Q. Yu, Tongji University
Prof. T. Yu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Q.R. Yue, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Prof. T.Q. Liu, Beijing University of Technology

Denmark
Prof. J.W. Schmidt, Aalborg University

France
Dr. K. Benzarti, IFSTTAR
Prof. E. Ferrier, Université Lyon I

Germany
Prof. V. Mechtcherine, TU Dresden
Dr. E. Ghafoori, Leibniz University Hannover (LUH)

Greece
Prof. T. Triantafillou, University of Patras
Lampros Koutas, University of Thessaly
Christos Papakonstantinou, University of Thessaly

Israel
Prof. A. Peled, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Italy
Prof. L. Ascione, University of Salerno
Prof. M. di Ludovico, University of Naples Federico II
Prof. A. Prota, University of Naples Federico II
Prof. M. di Prisco, Politecnico di Milano

Japan
Prof. T. Ueda, Hokkaido University & Shenzhen University
Prof. Z.S. Wu, Ibaraki University & Southeast University
Prof. I. Yoshitake, Yamaguchi University

Poland
Prof. R. Kotynia, Technical University of Lodz

Portugal
Prof. J.R. Correia, University of Lisbon
Dr. J. Sena-Cruz, University of Minho

South Korea
Dr. Y.H. Park, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology,

Spain
Dr. C. Barris, University of Girona
Dr. C. Paulotto, Acciona

Switzerland
Prof. T. Keller, EPFL

Turkey
Prof. Alper Ilki, Istanbul Technical University

UK
Prof. L. Bisby, University of Edinburgh

USA
Prof. C.E. Bakis, Pennsylvania State University
Prof. L. Cheng, University of California – Davis
Dr. R. Gentry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Prof. N.F. Grace, Lawrence Tech University
Prof. I.E. Harik, University of Kentucky
Prof. Y.J. Kim, University of Colorado Denver
Prof. F. Matta, University of South Carolina
Prof. J.J. Myers, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Prof. A. Nanni, University of Miami, USA
Prof. T. Ozbakkaloglu, Texas State University
Prof. B. Mobasher, Arizona State University
Prof. Baolin Wan, Marquette University