Applied Sciences

Mechanical Properties and Characterization Technologies of Composite Materials—Second Edition

edited by

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural fibers; fiber-reinforced mortars and concrete; textile-reinforced mortars (TRMs); harsh exposure; FRCM; 3D printing; supplementary cementitious materials; nanomaterials and nanocomposites; unconventional reinforcement; recycled aggregates; waste; self-healing mortar and concrete; smart/multifunctional composite; self-sensing composites; alkali-activated materials; geopolymers; building materials; calcium sulfoaluminate binders; cementitious composites; hybrid binders; calcinated clays; fly ash; blast furnace slag; natural pozzolans; waste management; immobilization of toxic wastes; foamed and lightweight concretes; mortars; grouts and renders; reinforced concrete; precast concrete; corrosion; durability; environmental assessment; materials processing; rheology; performance-based specifications; activators; additives

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

Structural Dynamics in Civil Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Maria Francesca Sabbà

and

Dora Foti

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: modal analysis; spectrum analysis; dynamic response; structural health monitoring (SHM); finite element analysis (FEA); limit analysis; nonlinear behavior; failure mechanisms; machine learning (ML)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Adsorption Methods for Effective Wastewater Pollutant Removal

edited by

Evangelos Bakalis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; bio-based adsorbents/green adsorbents; nanosorbents/nanomaterials; adsorbent kinetic models; adsorbent and fractal kinetics; adsorbent and fractional kinetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Marine Micro- and Nanoplastics: Environmental Fate, Ecotoxicology, and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Mohamed Rida Abelouah

and

Nisrine Nouj

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine microplastics; nanoplastics; environmental fate; ecotoxicology; plastisphere; environmental monitoring; risk assessment; biodegradation; circular economy; sustainable solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Computer Vision and Deep Learning for Visual Understanding

edited by

Abdussalam Elhanashi

and

Pierpaolo Dini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; deep learning; image analysis; video analysis; image processing; video processing; visual intelligence; foundation models; vision foundation models; vision-language models; large vision models; generative AI; multimodal learning; multimodal AI; explainable AI; trustworthy AI; object detection; object tracking; scene understanding; real-time video analytics; edge AI; intelligent surveillance; autonomous systems; autonomous driving; robotics vision; medical image analysis; healthcare imaging; smart manufacturing; remote sensing; Internet of Things; intelligent transportation systems

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

Intelligent Technologies for Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in Industrial Systems

edited by

Acácio M. R. Amaral

,

Jorge Bernardino

and

Filipe Sá

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: industry 4.0; industrial IoT (IIoT); edge computing; cloud computing; signal processing; artificial intelligence (AI); fault diagnosis; multisensor data fusion; predictive maintenance; reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Advances in Food Processing, Preservation, and Extraction Technologies

edited by

Evangelina García-Armenta

, Lidia Elena Ayón-Reyna and Martha Edith López-López

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-thermal processing; advanced food technologies; bioactive compounds; functional food production; food quality assessment; food waste valorization; shelf-life enhancement; digital food processing; artificial intelligent in food processing

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

Risk Assessment in Power Systems

edited by Tarannom Parhizkar

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system risk assessment; grid resilience; reliability analysis; probabilistic risk assessment; wildfire risk; climate adaptation; asset management; renewable integration; operational risk; risk-informed decision-making

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

Molecular Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Therapeutics of Neurodegenerative Diseases—2nd Edition

edited by

Sarmistha Mitra

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; ageing; neurodegeneration hallmarks; protein misfolding and aggregates; molecular diagnosis; therapeutic management; small molecule and drug design; complementary and alternative medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

AI and Big Data-Driven Development of Smart Agriculture

edited by Ahmed Attia and

Ahmed Kheir

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; big data analytics; smart agriculture; precision agriculture; machine learning; deep learning; digital twins; remote sensing; internet of things (IoT); decision support systems

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

Advances and Innovations in Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing

edited by Weilei Mu, Mingfang Zheng and Feifei Long

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic non-destructive testing; acoustic emission testing; ultrasonic transducer; acoustic emission sensor; signal processing; imaging method; deep learning; structural health monitoring; industrial application

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

Advances in Seismic Resilient Structures

edited by

Dante Tolentino

and Jorge Luis Alamilla

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake-vulnerable structures; resilience-based seismic design; seismic retrofitting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Advances in Motion Analysis, Gait Analysis, and Associated Interventions—2nd Edition

edited by

Paul William MacDermid

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: gait; gait analysis; rehabilitation; fall; risk assessment; footwear; athletic performance

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

Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Engineering Materials: 2nd Edition

edited by

Joel de Jesus

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue; fracture; fatigue crack growth; corrosion fatigue; low-cycle fatigue; high-cycle fatigue; numerical fatigue analysis; fatigue crack initiation; variable amplitude fatigue; fatigue damage accumulation; failure analysis; stress-based, strain-based, and energy-based criteria; linear elastic fracture mechanics; elasto-plastic fracture mechanics; computational fracture mechanics

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

Advanced Technologies in Rehabilitation Medicine

edited by

Orges Lena

and

Jasemin Todri

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation robotics (exoskeletons, robotic-assisted therapy); artificial intelligence and machine learning in rehabilitation; virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications; wearable devices and sensor-based monitoring systems; brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) and neurofeedback; tele-rehabilitation and remote patient monitoring; digital biomarkers and data-driven rehabilitation approaches; personalized and adaptive rehabilitation systems; assistive technologies for mobility and daily living; ethical, regulatory, and usability considerations in rehabilitation technologies

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

Advanced Applications of Large Language Models

edited by

Min Yang

, Ziyu Lyu and Chengming Li

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models (LLMs); LLM applications; multimodal LLMs (MLLMs); coding LLMs and AI-assisted software engineering; agentic LLMs; multi-agent LLM systems; agent harness engineering; tool learning and tool-using LLMs; vertical-domain LLMs; LLMs for scientific discovery; human–AI collaboration; safety, alignment, and responsible deployment of LLM applications

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

Thermal Management and Thermal Effects in Railway Systems

edited by

Won-Hee Park

,

Sébastien Poncet

and

Peng Zhao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal management; thermal effects; railway vehicles; continuous welded rail (CWR) buckling; HVAC optimization; battery thermal runaway; fire safety; heat release rate (HRR); tunnel smoke and ventilation; CFD fire modeling; predictive maintenance; extreme heat resilience

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

Industrial OT-Security and Intelligent Manufacturing Development

edited by John Lindström and

Karl Andersson

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); cybersecurity; intelligent manufacturing; legal and regulatory impact on OT-security and safety; OT-security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Advanced Polymer-Matrix Composites and 3D-Printed Materials, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sergio Horta Muñoz

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer matrix composites; additive manufacturing; mechanical response; finite element method; multi-scale analysis; multiaxial testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: AI, IoT and Smart Mobility

edited by Manoj K. Jha and Corey Harper

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected and autonomous vehicles; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; intelligent transportation systems; smart mobility; Internet of Things

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

Contemporary Concepts in Implant Biomechanics and Peri-Implant Tissue Stability

edited by Valdir Muglia

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: implant biomechanics; peri-implant tissue stability; conical implant-abutment connection; Morse taper implants; crestal bone preservation; inter-implant distance; implant depth; finite element analysis; implant-supported prostheses; peri-implant bone remodeling

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

Advanced Functional Organic Molecules: From Molecular Design and Synthesis to Biological and Biomedical Applications

edited by

Francesca Mangiavacchi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional organic molecules; organic synthesis; rational molecular design; bioactive compounds; drug discovery; chemical biology; biomedical applications

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

Artificial Intelligence for Information System Development

edited by Małgorzata B Pankowska and Dominik Spinczyk

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: conceptual model; artificial intelligence; large language models; practice of modeling; prompt engineering; software engineering; enterprise architecture; model driven engineering

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

The Interdisciplinary Application of Artificial Intelligence: From Models to Explainability

edited by Stefan Bosse

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); explainability and interpretability; interdisciplinary research; AI-assisted analysis; intelligent algorithms; AI application in science; physics-informed ML; model-based ML

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

Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Agents

edited by Wanyuan Wang, Vincent Chau and Weiwei Wu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforcement learning; multi-agent systems; LLM agent; symbolic agent; planning

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

Digital Twins, Artificial Intelligence and Structural Health Monitoring for Resilient Infrastructure Systems

edited by

Suzana Ereiz

,

Ivan Duvnjak

and

Javier Fernando Jimenez-Alonso

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; civil infrastructure; bridges; sensor technologies; vibration-based monitoring; computer vision; machine learning; digital twins; predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Innovative Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

edited by

Xinwei Wang

and Lei Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle; motion control; mission planning; environment perception; artificial intelligence; autonomous flight; intelligent navigation; collaborative UAV systems; UAV autonomy; innovative UAV applications

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

Applications of Analytical Chemistry in Food Science: 2nd Edition

edited by Rosalia Zianni, Ines Della Rovere, Maria Campaniello and

Marco Iammarino

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: chromatography; chemometrics; food quality and safety; IR; lipidomics; mass spectrometry; NIR; novel food; omics; proteomics; spectroscopy; spectrophotometry; raman; traceability; volatolomics

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

Robust Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems: Theory, Design, and Applications

edited by Suiyang Khoo and

Xin Yu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: robust control; nonlinear systems; stability analysis; uncertain nonlinear systems

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

Biotransformation by Microbes: Mechanisms, Optimization, and Applications

edited by

Luis V. Rodríguez-Durán

and

Miguel A. Medina Morales

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial biotransformation; bioprocess engineering; agroindustrial by-products valorization; circular economy; biorefinery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Microbiology)

Data Analysis and Decision Support Based on Machine Learning

edited by Andreas Gregoriades

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable AI (XAI); trustworthy decision support; scalability in decision support systems; distribution shift in real-time ML decision support

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

Innovative Materials and Methods for Cultural Heritage Preservation

edited by

Ion Sandu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; nanomaterials for preservation and restoration; sustainable biomaterials; non-destructive methods; 3D scanning and imaging; preventive preservation (climatization); active preservation (insectofungicization, fireproofing, hydrophobicization, hydrothermal stabilization, dimensional stabilization, etc.); structural monitoring; deterioration of the physical condition of structural-functional elements; degradation of historical materials

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

Sustainable Mining: Resource Extraction and Environmental Management

edited by

Dongdong Chen

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable mining; resource extraction; green mining; rock mechanics; surrounding rock stability; mine safety; disaster prevention and control; numerical simulation; environmental management; ecological restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Recent Advances in Thermal Engineering and Sustainable Energy Systems

edited by Tryfon C. Roumpedakis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy systems; heat transfer; thermal energy storage; energy efficiency; exergy analysis; optimization; waste heat recovery; LCA

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

Oil and Gas Exploration, Applications and Development

edited by

Wentong He

, Jian Yi and Yu Song

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil and gas exploration; enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies; oil and gas production; ultra-deep reservoirs; tight sandstone; volcanic rock reservoirs; reservoir sweet spots; diagenetic fluids; selective dissolution; fluid–rock coupling; microfluidic simulation

Novel Approaches and Applications in Particle Therapy

edited by

Diango M. Montalvan Olivares

, Maria Giuseppina Bisogni and Roberto Sacchi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: hadrontherapy; innovative beam delivery techniques; FLASH radiotherapy; spatially fractionated radiotherapy (minibeam); very high-energy electron (VHEE) therapy; clinical implementation of novel radiotherapy techniques; advanced beam monitoring, dosimetry and quality assurance

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

Technical Advances in Cybersecurity for Next-Generation Networks

edited by

Pablo Garaizar

and

Unai Zulaika

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; computer networks; next-generation networks; network security; secure communications; zero trust architecture; intrusion detection; cyber defense; intelligent networking

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

Fluid Thermal Management: Recent Developments and Perspectives

edited by

Mingrui Sun

,

Hongyang Li

and

Fan Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluid thermal management; heat transfer enhancement; thermal–fluid coupling; compact heat exchangers; energy systems

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

Biomechanics and Ergonomics for Injury Prevention and Human Performance Enhancement

edited by

Jarosław Jaszczur-Nowicki

and

Tadeusz Ambrozy

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanics; ergonomics; injury prevention; human performance; musculoskeletal loading; motor control; wearable sensors; movement analysis; fatigue; rehabilitation

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

Technical Applications of Soft Magnetic Materials

edited by

Xiao Li

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft magnetic materials; soft magnetic composites; amorphous alloy; nanocrystalline alloy; high-frequency loss; electromagnetic shielding; power electronics; magnetic core; engineering application

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

Geotechnical Hazards, Soil Dynamics, and Earthquake Engineering: Fundamental Principles and AI-Based Approaches

edited by

Jae-Kwang Ahn

and

Suwon Son

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; slope; earthquake; AI; geo-hazard; underground structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advancing Mining Through Natural Language Processing: Global Perspectives and Stages of Adoption

edited by

Rajive Ganguli

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining industry; artisanal mining; large language models (LLMs); safety analytics; unstructured data; digital transformation; text mining; multilingual processing; low-resource languages

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

New Trends in Noise and Vibration for Next-Generation Aircraft

edited by

Mattia Barbarino

,

Giovanni Fasulo

and

Francesco Petrosino

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: aeroacoustics; vibroacoustics; cabin noise; electric and hydrogen propulsion; metamaterials; vibration immunity; propeller noise; jet noise; sonic boom; reusable aerospace vehicles

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

Sustainable Development in Food, Energy and Water System

edited by

Christiana M. Papapostolou

and

Georgios Tzanes

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: food–energy–water nexus; sustainable agriculture; water–energy systems; techno-economic assessment; life cycle assessment; resource efficiency; circular economy; optimisation; sustainability indicators; climate-resilient systems

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

Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems: AI-Driven Traffic Monitoring, Autonomous Control and Data-Driven Management for Smart Cities

edited by

Lucanos Strambini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); artificial intelligence for intelligent mobility; autonomous traffic monitoring and control; digital twins for smart cities; connected, cooperative and autonomous mobility (CCAM); edge AI and distributed sensing; multi-source sensor fusion; real-time decision support systems; cyber–physical transportation systems; field validation and living labs

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

Innovative Water Treatment and Resource Recovery from Brine for Sustainable Water Management

edited by Yuhe Cao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: brine treatment; desalination concentrate; resource recovery; water reuse; electrocoagulation; membrane processes; electrodialysis; membrane distillation; crystallization; selective adsorption; electrochemical separation; advanced oxidation processes; critical mineral recovery; nutrient recovery; zero liquid discharge (ZLD); life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Breaking the Limits: Next-Generation Drilling Technologies for Extreme Conditions

edited by

Shaotao Xu

, Bing Li and Qilong Xue

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme-condition drilling; high-temperature high-pressure (HPHT); deep/ultra-deep strata; wellbore heat transfer; rock-breaking mechanisms; high-temperature drilling fluids; drill string mechanics; intelligent drilling systems; non-mechanical penetration technologies; polar drilling technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Application of Medicinal Plant in Neurodegenerative Disorders

edited by

Nádia Rei

and

Liliana Machado-Carvalho

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; neurodegenerative disorders; neuroprotection; phytochemicals; plant-based therapeutics; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Neuroscience and Neural Engineering)

Advances in HPLC for Analytical Chemistry

edited by

Olivera Galovic

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: HPLC/UPLC; separation; method development; analytical chemistry; environmentally sustainable

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

Advances in Sustainable Meat Products: Innovations in Processing, Quality, Safety and Preservation

edited by

Marta Chmiel

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable meat products; meat-processing technologies; food safety; preservation technologies; quality assessment; shelf-life extension; novel processing methods; meat quality; by-product utilization; digital technologies

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

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