Applied Sciences

Occupational Well-Being: Enhancing Safety and Ergonomics in the Work Environment

edited by

Anna Dąbrowska

and

Małgorzata Okrasa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4654 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational safety and health; smart personal protective equipment; smart working environment; internet of things; cyber-physical system; Industry 4.0/Industry 5.0; wearables; smart materials; AR/MR/VR/XR

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

Advanced Research in Structures and Rocks in Geotechnical Engineering: 2nd Edition

edited by

Roohollah Kalatehjari

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4522 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; rock mechanics; soil mechanics; foundation engineering; slop stability; computational geotechnics; landslides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Precision Measurement Technology

edited by

Mohammed A. Isa

,

Mingyu Liu

and Samanta Piano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4500 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision measurement; metrology; measurement; measurement systems; optical measurement; coordinate measurement; surface measurement; accuracy; smart sensors; quality control; precision engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Trends and Prospects of Orthodontic Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jong-Moon Chae

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4241 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodontics; clear aligners; TSADs; CBCT; three-dimensional tooth movement

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

Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design of Aircraft

edited by

Baigang Mi

and

Wei Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4165 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidisciplinary design; coupling optimization; intelligent design; inverse design; high fidelity; high efficiency

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

Smart Materials and Multifunctional Mechanical Metamaterials

edited by Chengjun Zeng, Fei Pan and Xiaozhou Xin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4147 | Submission Open

Keywords: stimuli-responsive materials; shape-memory polymers; bio-inspired composites; mechanical metamaterials; energy absorption; smart structures

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

Feature Review Papers in Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Ruggiero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3651 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical engineering; tribology; materials; manufacturing; mechatronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Application and Development of New Materials and Intelligent Technologies in Civil Engineering Construction

edited by Ke Sheng,

Xin Liu

, Shengtao Zhou and Dongxing Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3237 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering construction; new materials; intelligent technologies; sustainable construction; tunnel engineering; slope stabilization; intelligent monitoring systems; numerical simulation; green construction materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Soil Liquefaction in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Yu Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3024 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquefaction; earthquake; shear waves; seismic hazard; centrifuge modeling; liquefaction evaluation; numerical simulation; data mining; high overburden stress; geological age; porewater pressure; bender element test; static cone penetration test; standard penetration tests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Nondestructive Testing and Metrology for Advanced Manufacturing

edited by

Anne Francoise Obaton

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2670 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing (AM); powder bed fusion (PBF); directed energy deposition (DED); process monitoring; digital twins; nondestructive testing (NDT); metrology; artificial intelligence (AI); X-ray computed tomography (XCT); synchrotron; tomosynthesis; resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS); swept sine; impulse excitation method (IEM); nonlinear RUS; phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT); binder jetting (BJT)

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

Biotechnology in Animals

edited by

Kristina Gvozdanović

,

Ivona Djurkin Kušec

and

Dubravko Škorput

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2586 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; livestock; genetic improvement of livestock; genetically modified animals; gene editing; comparative genomics and biodiversity; reproductive biotechnologies; disease resistance; therapeutic proteins

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

Advances in Autonomous Driving: Detection and Tracking

edited by

Jhonghyun An

and

Dimitri Konstantas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2324 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous driving; end-to-end learning; object detection and multi-object tracking; sensor fusion; 3D perception; adverse weather robustness; deep learning for perception; real-time systems; domain adaptation; cross-modal learning

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

Topical Advisory Panel Members' Collection Series: Waste Reuse, Recycling, and Recovery—2nd Edition

edited by

Davide Mombelli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2265 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; extractive metallurgy; metallurgical residues recovery; secondary raw materials; waste management; slag; dusts; sludges; skims; dross; cement and concrete; asphalt; exhaust salts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Technology and Application in Environmental Detection

edited by

Tingyao Wu

, Ling Ji and Yuqing Xia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2066 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical monitoring technology; environmental adaptability; environmental testing; tunnels; slopes; buildings; standards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

New Insights into Astronomy and Astrophysics

edited by Chenhui Niu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1993 | Submission Open

Keywords: astronomical instument; astronomical technology; astrometry; telescopes; digital backends; analog signal system; numerical simulation; RFI; pulsar astronomy; galaxy astronomy; HI 21cm

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

New Trends in Slope Stability

edited by

Hang Lin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1983 | Submission Open

Keywords: slope stability; multi-field coupling; real-time monitoring; numerical modeling; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

5th Anniversary of 'Marine Science and Engineering' Section—Recent Advances in Marine Science

edited by

Marco F. L. Lemos

and

Celine Laroche

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1924 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biotechnology; ocean sustainability; marine engineering; climate change and oceans; marine renewable energy; coastal resilience; aquaculture innovation; marine pollution and remediation; ocean monitoring and modeling; chemical and physical oceanography; sustainable marine resources; blue economy and marine technologies

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

Electrochemistry and Corrosion of Materials

edited by

Rajib Kalsar

, Sridhar Niverty,

Vineet V. Joshi

and Lyndi Strange

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1921 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemistry and material degradation; long-term corrosion tests; multimodal corrosion measurements; microscopic electrochemistry: scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM); scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPFM); multiphysics modeling

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

Structural Design of Buildings and Civil Engineering Constructions

edited by Shuling Hu and Ruizhao Zhu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1862 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural design; civil engineering construction; smart technologies; resilient infrastructure; green building

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Chemical and Functional Properties of Food and Natural Products: 3rd Edition

edited by

Teresa Leszczyńska

,

Ewa Piątkowska

and

Joanna Kapusta-Duch

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1624 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical properties of food; health properties of food; modern methods of functional food production; animal research; human studies

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

Design, Fabrication and Applications of Steel Structures

edited by Jie Wang and Fengjiang Qin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1603 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials; structural design; fabrication technology; additive manufacturing; structural performance; sustainable construction; steel-concrete composite structures; digitalization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Environmental Geotechnical Engineering and Geological Disasters

edited by

Xianghong Ding

, Huaxiang Yan,

Biao Luo

and

Wenle Hu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1595 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental geotechnical engineering; geological disasters; contaminated sites; slope stability; earthquake; sustainable geomaterials; eco-engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Real-Time Detection in Additive Manufacturing

edited by Zhuo Yang and

Richard (Chunhui) Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1588 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-time monitoring; anormaly detection; in situ data; process control; sensors; modeling

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

Recent Developments in Condition Assessment and Maintenance Strategies for Road Infrastructure Networks

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1586 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessment of pavement condition in terms of quality and safety; development of and improvement in pavement management systems; short-term and long-term pavement performance monitoring and modeling; pavement management strategies at both project and network levels; rehabilitation and preservation techniques for pavements; novel materials and technologies for pavement preventive maintenance; pavement life cycle assessment; methods for enhancing pavement resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0: 3rd Edition

edited by

Ahmad Barari

and

Marcos de Sales Guerra Tsuzuki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1573 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; intelligent manufacturing; Industry 4.0; digital manufacturing; digital metrology; intelligent support systems; manufacturing process control; smart quality assurance; intelligent inspection; predictive and prescriptive maintenance; model-based prognostics; vision systems; collaborative robots; manufacturing health management; artificial intelligence for manufacturing processes; big data analytics; sensor information; digital twins; manufacturing virtualization and simulation; self-configuration and self-diagnosis; Internet of Things; self-optimization models; scheduling and sequencing; blockchain technology; resource efficiency; circular economy tracking; autonomy; autonomous vehicles; drones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Smart Design and Advanced Manufacturing with Emphasis on Integrating Emerging Technologies and Production Process Sustainability: Second Edition

edited by

Kouroush Jenab

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1569 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart design; smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; automation; robotics; process sustainability; integration of technologies; computational methods; artificial intelligence; 3D printing

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

Mechanical Properties of Concrete: Advances, Applications and Challenges

edited by Linfei Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1438 | Submission Open

Keywords: mixed-design optimization; durability; sustainability; innovative testing methods; material characterization; field testing and applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Phytochemicals in Food By-Products: From Bioactive Compounds to Sustainable Utilization

edited by

Dasha Mihaylova

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1422 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemicals; food by-products; bioactive compounds; sustainable utilization; extraction techniques; health benefits

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

Latest Research on Geotechnical Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by Bangbiao Wu, Xia Bian and Yingchun Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1410 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical behavior of geomaterials; geotechnical challenges in urbanization; sustainable geotechnics; geomaterial– structure interaction; climate change and geotechnics; numerical and analytical modeling; risk assessment and management; geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation; advanced testing and characterization of geomaterials; energy geotechnics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Phytochemicals: Extraction, Isolation, and Identification

edited by

Radu Racovita

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1397 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant natural products; extraction methods; isolation and purification; structure elucidation; nuclear magnetic resonance; mass spectrometry; circular dichroism; X-ray crystallography; spectroscopy; chromatography

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

Advanced Technologies and Applications of Microwave and Millimeter Wave

edited by

Atsushi Mase

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave technology millimeter wave; technology telecommunications; defense systems; high-speed wireless networks; high-resolution imaging automotive radar; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things (IoT)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

Smart Manufacturing and Materials: 3rd Edition

edited by

Marek Placzek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 818 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart technology; smart materials; simulation; modeling; analysis; testing; big data; autonomous robots; system integration; industrial IoT; cybersecurity; cloud computing; additive manufacturing; reverse engineering; virtual and augmented reality; artificial intelligence; piezoelectric transducers; electrostatic materials; magnetostrictive materials; shape memory materials; variable viscosity liquids; thermoelectric materials; light-emitting materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Enhancing the Thermal Properties of Lightweight Composite Materials

edited by

Baosheng Xu

and Ning Zhou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 806 | Submission Open

Keywords: lightweight composite materials; thermal insulation; thermal conductivity; thermal management; collaborative optimization

Morphing-Enabling Technologies for Aerospace Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ignazio Dimino

and

Maria Chiara Noviello

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 644 | Submission Open

Keywords: morphing aeroshells; space mechanisms; re-entry vehicles; mechanically deployable systems; inflatable systems; adaptive shape-changing mechanisms; design methodologies and optimization; rigid-body mechanisms for aerospace; compliant mechanisms for aerospace; multibody simulations; mechanism design and optimization; safety and reliability

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

Fuzzy Optimization Method and Application

edited by

Konstantina Chrysafiadi

and

Evangelos Sakkopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 620 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuzzy logic; optimization; uncertainty; fuzzy programming; fuzzy decision-making; hybrid optimization techniques; uncertainty modeling; fuzzy systems

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging: Driving Precision in Diagnosis

edited by

Jacopo Secco

, Fernando Corinto and

Giorgia Marullo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 508 | Submission Open

Keywords: artiﬁcial intelligence; medical imaging; deep learning; diagnostic accuracy; image analysis; clinical integration; healthcare innovation; digital Diagnostics

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

Human–Robot Deep Learning and Interaction on Edge AI

edited by

Yi-Zeng Hsieh

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge AI; human-robot; deep learning

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

Structural Pounding Risk between Buildings

edited by

Maria Favvata

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 418 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural pounding; separation distance; seismic structural engineering; nonlinear dynamics; engineering demand parameters; structural demand hazard; performance levels and objectives; fragility curves; risk targeting; acceptable risk; mitigation methods; design provisions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Application of Fuzzy Systems in Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Jose Manuel Soto Hidalgo

and

Autilia Vitiello

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuzzy systems in AI; fuzzy inference and decision-making; hybrid fuzzy-AI models; fuzzy clustering and classification; fuzzy systems software; construction and risk prevention; fuzzy logic in IoT and edge computing; explainable fuzzy AI; type-2 and higher-order fuzzy systems; fuzzy optimization and control

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

Current Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges for Biomaterials in Dental Applications

edited by

Marko Vuletić

,

Dragana Gabrić

and Valentina Rajić

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative dentistry; tissue engineering; bioactive glass; dentin graft; osteointegration; polymeric biomaterials; dental implants; zirconia ceramics; adhesive systems

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

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare—2nd Edition

edited by

Kelvin K. L. Wong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; medical image processing; data processing; Internet of Medical Things

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

Novel Analysis and Detection Approaches in Food Microbiology

edited by

Iliyana Rasheva

, Trayana Nedeva and

Akikazu Sakudo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; pathogen detection; microorganisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Microbiology)

10th Anniversary of Optics and Lasers Section—Recent Advances in Optical Applications

edited by

Saulius Juodkazis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: imaging and holography; lasers; laser applications; non-linear optics; optical materials; devices; and systems; fiber optics and integrated optics

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

Cutting-Edge Methods in Thin Film Deposition and Characterization

edited by Carlos Luna

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: thin films; deposition techniques; semiconductors; photovoltaics; nanostructures; surface physics; thin film transistors; materials science; magnetic thin films; thin film solar cells

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

Organic Semiconductors for Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices: Synthesis and Applications

edited by

Jaewon Lee

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic solar cells; bandgap; charge recombination; efficiency

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

Recent Advances in Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Information Systems

edited by

Dong Hyun Jeong

,

Jeong-Gun Lee

and

Bong-Keun Jeong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: enterprise neural networks; explainable AI; knowledge management AI; business NLP; corporate computer vision; decision support systems; federated learning; AI governance; responsible AI; IS model deployment; business predictive analytics; generative business AI; information anomaly detection; human– AI collaboration; multimodal information systems; customer sentiment analysis; big data analytics; knowledge discovery; intelligent information systems

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

Advanced Materials and Structures: Mechanics, Design, and Applications

edited by

Saeid Lotfian

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 316 | Submission Open

Keywords: composites; metamaterials; hybrid systems; smart materials; mechanical properties; deformation mechanisms; fracture behaviour; manufacturing techniques; practical applications

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

Technical Advances in Enzyme Engineering and Biocatalysis

edited by Hugo Juarez Vieira Pereira and Francis Soares Gomes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open

Keywords: enzyme design; immobilization techniques; enzyme stability

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

Adaptive Locomotion in Humans: From Development to Clinical Application

edited by

Yuri Ivanenko

and

Germana Cappellini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: human locomotion; adaptive locomotion; neuromechanics; biomechanics; developmental systems; gait assessment and rehabilitation

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

The Smart Carbon Footprint Revolution—Examining Interdisciplinary Progress

edited by Shaohua Liu and

Zhili Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon footprint measurement; dynamics analysis; digital governance; AI-driven modeling; green computing; next-generation communications; energy-saving technology; smart cities

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

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