Applied Sciences

Wireless Networking: Application and Development, 2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless networking; telecommunications; cross-layer development; optimization; 5G and beyond; real-world applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Communities

edited by

Claudio Valdovinos

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; marine communities; biodivesrity shifts; monitoring technologies and modeling tools; nature-based solutions and ecological restoration; adaptive management under climate change; ecological resilience; coastal and marine ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)

Restorative Innovations in Pediatric and Behavior-Challenged Patients

edited by

Denise Corridore

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: minimally invasive restorative dentistry; bioactive dental materials; AI-enhanced diagnostic and treatment workflows

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Applied Audio Interaction: 2nd Edition

edited by

Andreas Floros

,

Emmanouel Rovithis

and

Nikolaos Moustakas

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: audio games; augmented reality audio; game audio; data sonification; auditory perception; accessibility; visual impairment; immersion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Advances in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Dynamics

edited by Somnath Bhowmick

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: catalysis; reaction mechanisms; energy materials; drug discovery; soft matter; interfaces; membranes; nucleation; photochemistry; sensing; separations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Robust Fault-Tolerant Controllers for Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles

edited by Valery Salauyou

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: actuator faults; adaptive controller; attitude controller; disturbance rejection controller; distributed controller; external disturbances; failure recovery system; fault-tolerant controller; field-programmable gate array (FPGA); finite-state machine (FSM); flight controller; formation maintenance; fuzzy logic controller; hardware description language (HDL); hierarchical controller; machine learning; multi-drone system; neural controller; path tracking controller; pose tracking; proportional integral-derivative (PID) controller; robust controller; sliding mode controller; speed controller; swarm intelligence; UAV swarm; system on a chip (SoC); trajectory tracking; tracking controller; UAV network; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Applications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Education

edited by Solange Denervaud and Anaelle Camarda

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; curiosity; human-centered education; neurocognitive development; adaptive learning systems; epistemic agency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Human–Machine Systems, Human–Machine Interfaces and Human Wearable Device Performance, 2nd Edition

edited by Kaiwei Li and

Lu Peng

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– machine system; human– machine interface; human– computer interactions; wearable devices; manned and unmanned system operation; augmented reality; virtual reality; control room and control panel design and assessment; transportation safety; human– robot interactions; extraskeletons; mental workload; vigilance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

New Challenges in Thermodynamics

edited by

Javier Rodríguez-Martín

,

Javier Muñoz Antón

,

Susana Sánchez-Orgaz

and Fernando Varela

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: first law of thermodynamics; second law of thermodynamics; exergy; entropy; thermophysical properties; teaching; energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Thermal Engineering)

Current Advances in Performance Analysis and Technologies for Sports

edited by

Adrian Escudero-Tena

,

Diego Muñoz Marín

and

Sergio José Ibáñez Godoy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22790 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports science; exercise performance; sports performance; real-time monitoring of sport performance; behavior analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Structural Health Monitoring in Bridges and Infrastructure

edited by

Yang Yang

,

Yang Yang

and Lijun Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13364 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; structural damage identification; structural response reconstruction; structural load identification; structural diagnosis; machine learning; intelligent algorithms; bridge/ infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Additive Manufacturing for Novel and Advanced Materials: Characteristics, Challenges, and Applications

edited by Edgar Moraru and

Manoj Gupta

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12188 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; digital manufacturing; metal additive manufacturing; ceramic additive manufacturing; polymer additive manufacturing; composite additive manufacturing; 3D printing; 4D printing; rapid prototyping; fused deposition modelling; vat photopolymerisation; selective laser melting; selective laser sintering; selective electron-beam melting; powder bed fusion; binder jetting; material jetting; laminated object manufacturing; direct metal deposition; resin-based materials; powder-based materials; filament-based materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)

Advances in Robot Path Planning, 3rd Edition

edited by

Jonghoek Kim

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11693 | Submission Open

Keywords: online and dynamic path planning; energy-efficient path planning; motion planning; SLAM; coverage problem; mobile robots; multiple robots; robot arms; underwater robots; UAVs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Industrial Safety and Occupational Health Engineering

edited by Ming Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11325 | Submission Open

Keywords: health engineering; industrial safety; dust prevention

Recent Advances and Emerging Trends in Computational Fluid Dynamics

edited by

Florin Bode

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9673 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics (CFD); energy efficiency; indoor air quality; outdoor air quality; wind engineering; heat and mass transfer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fluid Science and Technology)

Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles: Development and Challenges

edited by Ronik Ketankumar Patel and Apurva Pamidimukkala

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8498 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; artificial intelligence; safety and reliability; technology advancements; regulatory frameworks; infrastructure requirements; economic and societal impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

AI-Enhanced 4D Geospatial Monitoring for Healthy and Resilient Cities

edited by

Ram C. Sharma

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7940 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sustainability; remote sensing and geospatial technology; urban geomorphology; vegetation and public health; urban ecosystem analysis; AI; machine learning; and deep learning; urban design and micro-climatic conditions; green infrastructures and water management systems; lidar and photogrammetry; extreme weather events and heat stroke; air quality and public health; spectral analysis and biodiversity indices; social issues and urban resilience strategies; optical; radar; and lidar sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Biosynthesis and Applications of Natural Products

edited by Shogo Mori and Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7647 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioinformatics; biosynthesis; chemoenzyamtic synthesis; combinatorial biosynthesis; drug discovery; drug development; gene clusters; natural products; protein engineering; secondary metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Emerging Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science for E-Learning

edited by

Sacha Gómez Moñivas

and Beatriz Narbona

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6248 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; e-learning; learning systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advanced Robotics, Mechatronics, and Automation

edited by

Yan Shi

and Shuai Ren

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5203 | Submission Open

Keywords: surgery robotics; rehabilitation medical; advanced intelligent; healthcare application; digital diagnosis and treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Data Science and Machine Learning in Logistics and Transport, 2nd Edition

edited by

Marta Campos Ferreira

,

João Manuel R. S. Tavares

and

Teresa Galvão Dias

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4780 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; data mining; data analytics; artificial intelligence; deep learning; pattern recognition; classification; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Future Horizons in Multi-Agent Systems: Pioneering Trends and Breakthrough Innovations

edited by

Pilar Herrero-Martín

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4729 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-agent systems (MASs); agent architectures; collaboration and coordination; human– agent interaction; swarm intelligence; intelligent tutoring systems; security and privacy; hybrid and quantum-inspired agents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Nonlinear Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering and Thermal Engineering

edited by Vasile Marinca and

Nicolae Herisanu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 4347 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear systems; analytical solutions; vibration; resonance; stability; thermodynamics; thermal nonlinearity; temperature dependency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Design, Development, and Characterization of Advanced Materials for Modern Industry

edited by

Madalina Simona Baltatu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4238 | Submission Open

Keywords: characterization and fabrication; innovations in composites; ceramics; metals; and polymers; material manufacturing and processing; physical; chemical; and mechanical properties; applications of automotive; aeronautics; biomedicine; and electronics; sustainability and the environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Transportation and Infrastructures Under Extreme Weather Conditions

edited by E Deng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4181 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation; infrastructures; extreme weather conditions; disaster; turbulence; monitoring; early warning; railway infrastructure; vehicle aerodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Security and Privacy Mechanisms for Cyber–Physical Systems and Industrial Networks

edited by

Jiuxin Cao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4075 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; privacy– utility trade-offs; chaos-based encryption; federated learning; network resilience; unknown threat detection; generative content forensics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Fuzzy Optimization for Transportation Planning Under Uncertainty

edited by Yan Sun and Maoxiang Lang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3595 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation planning; transportation optimization; uncertainty modeling; fuzzy set theory; fuzzy optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

AI-Enhanced Metal/Alloy Forming

edited by

Zili Wang

and

Yong Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3066 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal/alloy forming; deep learning algorithms; optimization algorithms; digital twin technology; large language models; rolling; forging; extrusion; drawing; stamping; hydroforming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Advanced Technology in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by Qingrong Xiong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3001 | Submission Open

Keywords: micromechanics; multiscale modeling; particle interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Cultural Heritage: Restoration and Conservation

edited by Paola Pogliani and

Claudia Pelosi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2815 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation; restoration; cultural heritage; diagnostic; enhancement; documentation; materials; technologies; methodologies; products

Monitoring and Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity

edited by

Olga Petriki

and

Dimitra Bobori

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2715 | Submission Open

Keywords: freshwater biodiversity; ecological monitoring; conservation strategies; habitat restoration; environmental impact; policy and management; community engagement; molecular tools; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Sustainability in Functional Textiles: Materials, Technology and Design

edited by Isabel Cabral and

Jorge Padrão

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2361 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance textiles; smart textiles and wearable technology; medical textiles; multifunctional textiles; eco-design; circular economy; biomimicry and bio-inspired; advanced manufacturing and nanotechnology; textile coloration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

New Challenges in Dentistry and Oral Health

edited by Anahid Ahmadi Birjandi and Maja Sabalić

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1960 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral health; integration of technology; antibiotic resistance; novel therapeutics; regenerative dentistry; patient education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advances in Sports, Exercise and Health, Second Edition

edited by

Gian Mario Migliaccio

and

Luca Russo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1861 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports science; exercise; public health; performance analysis; health prevention; wearable devices; sports analytics; physical activity; sports nutrition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Advanced Research and Analysis of Environmental Microbiomes

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1718 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental microbiology; microbial communities; bioremediation; pollutant degradation; metagenomics; microbial adaptation; biogeochemical cycles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Fault Detection and Diagnostics in Power Systems

edited by

Jesus Rivera-Guillen

and

Afshin Rahimi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1715 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault detection; fault diagnosis; fault classification; power system faults; power system reliability; power system stability; condition monitoring; smart grids; power transmission; power distribution; power generation; intelligent fault analysis; artificial intelligence in power systems; machine learning for fault detection; data-driven diagnostics; predictive maintenance; protection systems; grid resilience; renewable energy integration; anomaly detection in power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Sustainability and Challenges of Underground Gas Storage Engineering

edited by

Xuerui Wang

, Jianbo Zhang, Yang Zhao and Fengyuan Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1656 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground gas storage; geomechanics; wellbore integrity; hydrogen storage; reservoir integrity; CO2 geo-storage; risk assessment; intelligent UGS

Progress in Information Security and Privacy

edited by Hiroaki Kikuchi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1582 | Submission Open

Keywords: differential privacy; data anonymization; privacy policy; membership inference; attribute inference; serveylance camera

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Recent Advances in Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)

edited by

Marcin Kubica

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1475 | Submission Open

Keywords: FPGA; logic synthesis; PLC controllers; low power; cyber– physical systems

Effects of Climate Change on Hydrology

edited by

Wei-Che Huang

,

Wen Cheng Liu

and Fong Zuo Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1426 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; hydrology; river; glacier; evaporation; evapotranspiration; groundwater; ocean; water quality; water resource management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Agricultural Waste and By-Products: New Management Strategies for Environmental Sustainability

edited by Beatriz Cervejeira Bolanho Barros,

Otávio Akira Sakai

,

Michele Rosset

and Suelen Pereira Ruiz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1085 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; zero waste; bioactive compounds; eco-friendly; agroindustrial chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Steel Structures for Large-Span Bridges and Structures: Current Progress

edited by Alfonsas Daniūnas and

Algirdas Juozapaitis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1067 | Submission Open

Keywords: suspension and cable-stayed steel and composite bridge; large-scale steel structures; innovative and sustainable steel engineering structures; steel structure design theory and methods; advanced numerical analysis; optimization and topology of steel structures; high strength and stainless steel structures; low-carbon and life-cycle design; steel joints and connections; static and dynamic loading; vibration analysis and control; prestressed steel structures; fatigue damage and corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Computer Vision and Deep Learning for Activity Recognition

edited by

Yang Li

and

Hui Yuan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1047 | Submission Open

Keywords: human activity recognition; deep learning; computer vision; multimodal fusion; edge AI; privacy-preserving learning; self-supervised learning; federated learning; generative AI; explainable AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Modern Trends and Applications in Cell Imaging

edited by

Patrizio Candeloro

and Luca Tirinato

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 966 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution imaging of cells; advancements in fluorescence imaging of cells; stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy in cells; hyperspectral imaging of cells; Raman micro-imaging for cells; artificial intelligence (AI) applications in cell imaging; machine learning applications in cell imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Application of Spectroscopy in Chemistry

edited by

Samuel P. Hernandez

,

Leonardo C. Pacheco-Londoñ

and

Jose A. Centeno

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 903 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopy in chemistry; near-infrared spectroscopy; Raman scattering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Emerging Topics in Mechanical Vibration Analysis: Optical Methods and Machine Learning Approaches

edited by

Paolo Neri

,

Marco Cococcioni

,

Daniele Botto

and

Christian Maria Firrone

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 886 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural dynamics; optical methods for vibration measurements; machine learning in structural dynamics; vibration suppression; dynamic modeling and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Current Trends and Applications of Polymer Composites

edited by

Fang Wang

and

Yadong Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer composite materials; performance characterization; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

AI-Empowered Wireless Power Transfer Technology and Electromagnetic Metamaterials

edited by Chunfang Wang,

Cancan Rong

and Hongbo Ma

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 790 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless power transfer; energy efficiency; metasurfaces and metamaterials; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things; EM wave manipulation; electromagnetic compatibility; flexible wireless energy harvesting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Novel Approaches for Machine Learning in Healthcare Applications: 2nd Edition

edited by

Kwang-Sig Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 776 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; explainable artificial intelligence; SHAP; generative artificial intelligence; BERT; GPT; reinforcement learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Sustainable Reliability, Maintenance, and Fault Diagnosis Strategies for Mechanical and Manufacturing Systems

edited by

Jérémie Schutz

and

Christophe Sauvey

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable maintenance; reliability engineering; fault diagnosis; predictive maintenance; condition monitoring; life cycle assessment; digital twin; industry 5.0; smart manufacturing; mechanical systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

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