Guangliang Feng, PhD, Professor, is working in Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research is deep rockmass mechanics and underground engineering safety. He has been selected in several provincial and ministerial level talent programs, such as Outstanding Youth Program of Hubei Province, Top Young Talent Program of Hubei Province, and Youth Talent Support Project of China Association for Science and Technology. He served as editorial board members of about 10 mainstream SCI/EI journals. Bo Zhang, Professor of Shandong University, Doctoral supervisor, National registered structural engineer. He is mainly engaged in high-pressure water jet, laser and other high efficiency rock-breaking method, mechanism and equipment; rock and soil damage mechanism, anchor bolt(cable) and grouting reinforcement; building structure and foundation reinforcement. He has published more than 40 papers as the first or corresponding author in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), Construction and Building Materials and so on.Dr. Xiao-Yong Wang has a dual background in building materials and structural engineering. He received his master’s degree in Structural Engineering in 2005 and his Ph.D. degree in Architectural Engineering in 2010. Current position: Dr. Xiao-Yong Wang is now a full professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering and the Department of Energy Infrastructure Engineering at Kangwon National University, South Korea. So far, as the corresponding author and/or first author, he has published more than 140 SCOPUS-indexed papers and has supervised four projects supported by the National Science Foundation of Korea.Junxian Zhao is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the South China University of Technology. He is now assistant dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, and head of the Civil Engineering Department. He is awarded the title of national high-level young talent, leader of the excellent young team in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Outstanding Young Scholar. He has published more than 80 papers, including more than 40 high-level papers in JCR Q1/Q2 journals and first-level journals (12 papers published in Engineering Structures as the first or corresponding author)Dr. Ana Almerich-Chulia, is the associate professor of the Department of Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Structures, Polythenic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Dr. She focuses her research interests on issues of project structural analysis, reinforced concrete, composites, finite element modelling, innovative materials. She has published papers on these issues.
