Applied Sciences

Advances in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

and Gang Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1092 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic design, analysis methods, tunnels, underground infrastructure; liquefaction, ground, foundation, structure, measuments; seismic isolation, geotechnical measurements, ground, foundation; resillient design, earthquake geotechnical engineering; seismic input, site effect, dynamic soil–structure interation; seismic landslides, flow slide, liquefaction, subsidence; geosynthetics, seismic resistance, deformation, stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Enhancing Manufacturing Through Human–Collaborative Robot Integration

edited by Anne-Marie Oostveen and

Iveta Eimontaite

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1081 | Submission Open

Keywords: human–robot collaboration; human–machine interaction; smart manufacturing; industry 4.0; human factors; workforce skills and training; trust and safety in robotics; organizational change; socio-technical systems; regulation of ai and robotics; cultural acceptance of robotics; interdisciplinary robotics research; human-centered automation; cognitive skills in manufacturing; robot adoption and implementation; technological innovation and work; robotics in industrial settings

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

Advances in Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

edited by

Beatrice Arvinti

and

Do-Young Kang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1074 | Submission Open

Keywords: wavelet algorithms; adaptive and non-linear signal processing; machine learning and deep learning; AI in medicine; telemedicine and e-health; health effects of artificial light; signal analysis; feature extraction; statistical signal processing; image processing

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

MEMS Transducers: Fabrication, Performance and Applications

edited by Daniel Ssu Han Chen,

Joshua En-Yuan Lee

and Aron Michael

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open

Keywords: actuators; Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT); BioMEMS; characterization; digital twin; etching; Internet of Things (IoT); lithography; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); microfabrication; micromachining; nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS); optical MEMS; packaging and integration; piezoelectric; RF MEMS; sensor networks; sensors; smart transducers; thin film deposition; transducers; ultrasound transducers

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

Control Methods and Applications of Advanced Robotics

edited by

Carlos Aguilar-Avelar

and

Javier Moreno-Valenzuela

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1023 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic systems; motion control; nonlinear control; modeling; remote sensing; estimation; real-time control; embedded systems; artificial intelligence; intelligent control

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

Advances in Radar Signal Processing

edited by

Paulo Marques

and

Ernesto Limiti

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 991 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; cognitive radar systems; distributed MIMO; waveform design

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

Emerging Environmental Contaminants: Potential Toxicity and Treatment Technologies

edited by

Jorge Luis Gallego Zapata

and Efraím A. Serna-Galvis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 986 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel entities; endocrine disruption; environmental fate; advanced oxidation processes; health risk assessment; mixture toxicity; secondary metabolites; bioaccumulation and biomagnification; sentinel species; chronic exposure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in Animal Production and Meat Science

edited by Ioan Huțu and Viorel Herman

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 984 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal production; meat science; animal nutrition; livestock management; meat quality; animal welfare; sustainable agriculture; genetic improvement and food safety

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

Next-Generation Intelligent Memory and Storage Systems: Design, Optimization, and AI Integration

edited by

Donghyun Kang

and

Jaeho Kim

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 927 | Submission Open

Keywords: memory/storage for AI/ML; emerging memory/storage hierarchy design for AI/ML; processing in memory (PIM)/in-storage processing technologies for AI/ML; parallel processing for AI/ML; energy-efficient memory/storage management for AI/ML; file system design; key-value and NoSQL storage; CXL

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

Next-Generation Industrial IoT: Convergence of AI, 5G/6G, Edge Computing, and Cybersecurity

edited by

Chuan Lin

and

Guangjie Han

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 916 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; 5G/6G; Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); Industry 5.0; fog/edge/cloud computing

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

Current Advances in Electric Motors, Drives and Power Converters Technologies

edited by

Zbigniew Rymarski

and

Przemysław Ptak

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open

Keywords: inverters; DC/DC converters; motor drives; power efficiency; power converters modelling; control algorithms; modulation schemes; multilevel inverters; WBG switching transistors

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

Biomechanics and Kinesiology in Sports and Physical Activities

edited by

Yeny Concha-Cisternas

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 870 | Submission Open

Keywords: kinesiology; movement efficiency; performance enhancement; functional adaptations; wearable sensors; electromyography; motion analysis systems; inertial measurement units

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

Emerging Technologies in Food Microbiology: Innovations in Beer, Wine and Fermented Beverages

edited by

Aneta Pater

and

Fabio Chinnici

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 867 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; fermentation technology; beer and wine microbiota; yeast and bacterial fermentation; bioprocess optimization; sustainable brewing and winemaking; flavor development in fermented beverages; emerging preservation techniques

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

Surfactant Technologies and Applications

edited by

Rafael Bailón-Moreno

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 865 | Submission Open

Keywords: surfactant; surfactants and household industry; surfactants and pharmaceutical industry; surfactants and petrochemical industry; surfactants and environment; surfactant and agriculture; surfactants and biotechnology; surfactants and nanotechnology; surfactant and sustainability

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

Advances in Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer

edited by José Alberto and

Leonardo Sandrolini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 849 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless power transfer; magnetic resonance; resonator arrays; inductive power transfer; inductive charging; near-field power transmission

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

Computational Models and Machine Learning for Biomedical Applications

edited by Mariusz Pelc and

Aleksandra Kawala-Sterniuk

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; biomedical applications; medical imaging and signal processing; computational modeling; clinical decision support; multimodal data integration; explainable AI (XAI); predictive analytics in healthcare; personalized and precision medicine

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

Advanced Membrane Separation Processes: Technologies, Modelling and Applications

edited by Nunzio Cancilla,

Alessandro Tamburini

,

Andrea Cipollina

, Michele Ciofalo and

Giorgio Micale

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 823 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane desalination; electromembrane processes; reverse osmosis; membrane distillation; concentration/temperature polarization; hemodialysis; membrane contactors; module configurations

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

Bioactive Compounds, Functional Foods, and Nutraceuticals for Health Promotion

edited by Julio Enrique Oney-Montalvo, Rosa Yazmin Us-Camas and

Emanuel Hernández Núñez

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidants; polyphenols; agro-industrial by-products; bioactive peptides; microencapsulation; evaluation of plant residues; emerging extraction technologies; spectroscopy; chromatography; artificial intelligence in food; biological activity

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

Advances in Machining, Surface Integrity, and Operational Properties of State-of-the-Art Materials

edited by

Kamil Leksycki

and Eugene Feldshtein

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 776 | Submission Open

Keywords: state-of-the-art materials; coatings for workpieces and tools; cutting and abrasive processes; surface texture; surface integrity; friction and wear behavior; high-speed and high-performance cutting

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

Food Analysis and Safety

edited by Mattia Rapa

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 774 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; food analysis; food contaminants; foodborne pathogens; food quality control; food authentication and fraud; chemical and biological hazards; emerging contaminants; risk assessment; traceability and food monitoring

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

Intelligent Fault Diagnosis and Predictive Process Monitoring

edited by

Miguel Angelo De Carvalho Michalski

and Gilberto Francisco Martha de Souza

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault diagnosis; predictive monitoring; remaining useful life (RUL); health indicator construction; anomaly detection; condition-based maintenance; digital twins; hybrid modeling; machine learning; industrial prognostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

New Insights into Plant Physiology and Abiotic Stress

edited by

Francisco Garcia-Sanchez

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 740 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant physiology; abiotic stress; climate resilience; stress-detection technologies; biostimulants and biotechnology

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

Biological Treatment of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

edited by

Ana Sofia Oliveira

,

Catarina Amorim

and

Irina Sousa Moreira

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 728 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants; biological wastewater treatment; micropollutants removal; bioremediation; wastewater biotechnologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Precision Microbiome Engineering for Animal Health and Food Safety

edited by Elena George Olson and Dana Kristen Dittoe

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 706 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal microbiome; gut microbial ecology; microbiome-based interventions; foodborne pathogen control; antimicrobial resistance mitigation; metagenomics and multi-omics; microbiome engineering; animal health and welfare; sustainable animal production; food safety and quality

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

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New Compounds

edited by

Petja Marinova

and

Denica Blazheva

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 697 | Submission Open

Keywords: inorganic chemistry; organic chemistry; chemical compounds; synthesis; metal complexes; biological activity; medicinal chemistry; active compounds; biological applications; pharmaceutical biotechnology; drug discovery and development; pharmacology; anticancer research; cytotoxicity; apoptosis; antibacterial assays

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

Recent Advances in Sensory Polymers

edited by

Marta Guembe-García

and

Lisa Rita Magnaghi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 622 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensory polymers; smart materials; advanced sensing materials; molecularly imprinted polymers; chemical sensing; conjugated polymers; colorimetric sensing; fluorimetric sensing; polymer-based biosensors

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

Trusted Service Computing and Trusted Artificial Intelligence, 2nd Edition

edited by Ying Ma and Joey Tianyi Zhou

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 601 | Submission Open

Keywords: service computing; machine learning; trust; robustness; explainable AI; safety; privacy

Intelligent Metal Forming: AI Modeling, Simulation, and Digital Twins

edited by Olga Bylya,

Abhilash Puthanveettil Madathil

,

Evgenia Yakushina

and Andrew Sherlock

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 562 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal forming; artificial intelligence; machine learning; Industry 4.0; physics-informed machine learning; digital twins; in situ sensing and data fusion; surrogate models; process optimisation and control

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

Innovative Approaches for Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Systems

edited by

Alon Urlainis

and

Amichai Mitelman

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 546 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient infrastructure; sustainable design; building information modeling (BIM); digital twins; machine learning; Internet of Things; seismic resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

New Trends and Applications of High-Performance Computing

edited by Jianbin Fang and

Zheng Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance computing; architectures; parallel programming; scalable algorithms; software frameworks/tools; applications of high-performance computing systems

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

Generative AI: From Theory to Applications

edited by Douglas C. Schmidt and Peng Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 530 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative artificial intelligence; large language models (LLMs); diffusion models; generative adversarial networks (GANs); foundation models; multimodal learning; agentic orchestration frameworks; AI ethics and responsible AI; model interpretability and robustness; AI applications in science and industry

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

Advanced Research and Applications of Coal-Derived Materials

edited by

Hua Yu

and

Kam Ng

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 522 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal-derived solid products; coal-derived liquid products; coal-derived gas products; coal-derived construction and building materials; coal char; graphene oxide; carbon fiber

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

Digital Control of Power Electronics Converters in Renewable Energy Systems

edited by

Janeth A. Alcalá-Rodríguez

and Víctor Cardenas

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital control techniques and real-time implementation; controller design and discretization methods; digital filtering and delay compensation; advanced modulation strategies; signal processing for power converters: experimental validation and digital twin modeling; modularity and scalability in converter architectures

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

Feature Review Papers in Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences

edited by

Jason G. Parsons

and

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open

Keywords: inorganic nanomaterials; organic nanomaterials; composite nanomaterials; medical applications nanomaterials; nanomaterial synthesis; nanomaterial characterization; nanomaterial applications; catalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences)

Applications of 3D Bioprinting Technologies in Tissues and Organs Regeneration Engineering

edited by Vasudev Vivekanand Nayak

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 494 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D bioprinting; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; bioinks; biofabrication

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

Nonlinear Dynamics: Analysis, Optimization and Application

edited by

Roman Starosta

and

Paweł Fritzkowski

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 494 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear dynamics; nonlinear phenomena; nonlinear modeling; nonlinear vibrations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Applications of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), 2nd Edition

edited by

Pedro Miguel Sobral

,

José Manuel Torres

,

Rui S. Moreira

and

Gabriel Villarrubia González

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks; IoT systems; artificial intelligence computing

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

Emerging Processing Techniques and Their Impact on Physicochemical, Sensory, and Nutritional Properties of Foods, 2nd Edition

edited by

Oana Bianca Oprea

and Tiţa Mihaela-Adriana

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 479 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation; nutritional value; minimal heat processing; consumer acceptance; long-term impact; food sustainability

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

Biochar Production Aiming to Improve Soil Fertility and Carbon Sequestration

edited by

Abel Rodrigues

,

Miguel Mendes

,

Sofia Isabel Almeida Pereira

and

Ana Ferreira

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar structure and properties; carbonization variables; biomass; soil fertility; carbon sequestration

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

Safety and Security in Unmanned Aerial System: Challenges and Innovations

edited by Yi Zeng,

Yabin Gao

,

Xiaolei Li

, Xiangyu Shao and

Zhennan Wei

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 477 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned systems; control theory; mission planning; fault diagnosis; secure navigation; safety and reliability; cyber and information security; energy and resource management

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

Emerging Trends in Oil and Gas Reservoir Technology

edited by

Jiyuan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; enhanced recovery techniques; advanced drilling and completions; reservoir surveillance; unconventional oil and gas resources

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

Advanced Control and Sensing Technologies for Intelligent Underwater Systems

edited by

Yang Luo

, Yong Cao and

Feihu Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 437 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent underwater systems; sensor fusion; swarm and distributed control; learning-based control; real-time signal processing; bio-inspired control and sensing; novel actuation and perception mechanisms; model predictive control; autonomous navigation and planning; underwater robotics

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

Advances in Human–Computer/Robot Interaction for Automation and Process Control

edited by

Paolo Di Giamberardino

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 437 | Submission Open

Keywords: human–computer interface; cooperative work; artificial intelligence; smart devices; human–robot interaction; safe process control; virtual interaction

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

Recent Advances in Functional Nanomaterials: Discovery, Characterization and Applications

edited by

Andrey Kistanov

and

Alberto Jiménez Suárez

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 435 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanostructures; density functional theory; synthesis; semiconductors; optical and solar cells materials

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

Advanced Optical-Fiber-Related Technologies (2nd Edition)

edited by

Galina Nemova

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optics; optical fibers; applied optics; radiation-balanced fiber lasers and amplifiers; Raman fiber lasers; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; Brillouin fiber lasers and amplifiers; fiber materials; fiber Bragg gratings; LPG; fiber networks; fiber sensors; quantum electrodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Technology-Driven Approaches to Sports Training and Rehabilitation

edited by Lamberto Villalón Gasch and

Jose Manuel Jimenez-Olmedo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports training; sports rehabilitation; injury risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Oral Microbiome in Oral and Systemic Pathologies

edited by Wilfredo Alejandro González-Arriagada

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral microbiome; dysbiosis; oral cancer; potentially malignant disorders; oral mucositis; systemic health; metagenomics; biomarkers; probiotics

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

Geosciences in Mining, Mineral Deposits, and Energy Resources

edited by

Fengyang Xiong

,

Xin Li

and Haichao Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 416 | Submission Open

Keywords: geosciences and gelogy; ore mining and mineralization; rare and critical metals; exploration and explitation; energy resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

New Challenges in Nonlinear Vibrations and Nonlinear Dynamics

edited by

Xingbao Huang

and

Kai Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear dynamics; vibration control; chaos and bifurcation; multiscale modeling; machine learning applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

The Advances and Applications of Smart Computing and Big Data Analysis

edited by

Leonidas Theodorakopoulos

and

Konstantinos Gkillas

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 410 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data analytics; machine learning; scalable learning and inference; distributed computing; streaming analytics; federated learning; edge–cloud computing; privacy-preserving analytics; applications in digital marketing, tourism and education

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

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