Dr. K.C. Gary Ong is an associate professor and deputy head (administration) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He is a past president of the Singapore Chapter of the American Concrete Institute, and of the Singapore Concrete Institute. His research interests include advanced composite materials, microwave-assisted concrete technology, durability and assessment of concrete structures, retrofitting, and sustainability; he has edited or coedited 18 conference proceedings and published more than 200 publications in journals and conference proceedings.Dr. Ali Akbarnezhad is a lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales. His main areas of research include concrete technology, design for sustainability, sustainability assessment, construction technology, and information technology; he has published more than 30 papers in leading refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has been involved in microwave heating research and development for more than eight years and is the inventor of two microwave-assisted techniques.
