Professor Khalifa Saif Sultan Al-Jabri is a senior academic and consultant in civil engineering at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. He holds a PhD and MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK, and a BSc from SQU. With over 30 years of academic experience, he currently serves as Professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering. Prof. Al-Jabri has held various leadership roles at SQU, including Head of Department and Assistant Dean for Postgraduate Studies. His research expertise spans structural fire engineering, sustainable construction materials, and seismic hazard assessment. He has published extensively and supervised numerous MSc and PhD students. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (USA), and has served on national and regional engineering bodies. Dr. G.V.P. Bhagath Singh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at SRM University–Andhra Pradesh. He earned his PhD and M.Tech in Civil Engineering (specializing in Building Materials and Structural Engineering, respectively) from the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, and holds a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University. With over a decade of academic and research experience, Dr. Singh has held postdoctoral positions at prestigious international institutions including EPFL (Switzerland) and NTU (Singapore). His research spans sustainable construction materials, including geopolymers, fly ash-based binders, magnesium cements, limestone calcined clay cements, and 3D concrete printing. He has authored over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles and several book chapters, and is an active reviewer for high-impact journals such as Cement and Concrete Research and Journal of Cleaner Production. Dr. Ramamohana Reddy Bellum is an accomplished academic and researcher in the field of sustainable civil engineering materials. He currently serves as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Aditya University, Surampalem, Andhra Pradesh. He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, preceded by an M.Tech from JNTUH and a B.Tech in Civil Engineering. With over a decade of teaching experience, Dr. Reddy has also led departmental and institutional accreditation efforts, contributing to NBA and NABL recognitions. His research focuses on geopolymer concrete, sustainable binders, and microstructural analysis, and he has published extensively in SCI and Scopus-indexed journals. Dr. K.K. Yaswanth is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Aditya Engineering College, Kakinada. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Concrete Technology from B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai. He also earned an M.Tech in Structural Engineering from SRM University and a B.E. in Civil Engineering from Anna University, along with an MBA in Human Resource Management. Dr. Yaswanth's research expertise lies in engineered geopolymer composites, sustainable materials, and AI-based prediction models in concrete technology. He has published 19 peer-reviewed articles, including 13 in SCI-indexed journals, and serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Structures (Elsevier) and Scientific Reports (Nature), where he is also an editorial board member as of April 2025.
