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Advanced Design and Control Methods for Magnetic Levitation Systems

edited by Zhizhou Zhang and

Chao Zhai

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic bearings; maglev train; magnetic levitation motor; magnetic levitation vibration isolation platform; magnetic levitation flywheel

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Embodied Intelligence and Its Application in Robotics

edited by

Xiaojie Su

, Tao Jiang, Tao Song, Yufeng Tian and

Jiangshuai Huang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: embodied intelligence; autonomous navigation; vision language mode; robotic control systems; human– robot collaboration; intelligence control; decision making; reinforcement meta-learning; field robotics

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

Sustainable Recovery of Bioactive Compounds from Food Industry By-Products

edited by Gloria Domínguez-Rodríguez

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced extractions; green chemistry; food by-products; sustainability; bioactive compounds; green solvents; human health

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

Enhancing Concrete Sustainability: Innovative Materials and Technologies for Greener Concrete

edited by

Maria Mavroulidou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; sustainability; innovative cements and supplementary cementitious materials for concrete; innovative concrete aggregates; self-healing concrete; circular economy; waste materials and by-products; sustainability assessment

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

State-of-the-Art Earth Sciences and Geography in China

edited by

Hua Zhong

and

Difei Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 28 articles | Viewed by 48475 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Civil Infrastructures Engineering

edited by

José Neves

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 37021 | Submission Open

Keywords: airfields; artificial intelligence; bridges; buildings; climate changes; dams; decarbonization; environment; extreme events; geotechnics; materials; pavements; railways; research; resilience; roads; society; sustainability; sustainable development goals; transport infrastructures; tunnels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

State-of-the-Art Agricultural Science and Technology in China

edited by

Xiumin Wang

and

Encai Bao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 27364 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; crop protection; food sciences and food technology; agricultural statistics; agricultural biotechnology; protected agriculture; agricultural machinery; bioinformatics; farm structure; farm power and machinery; irrigation and drainage; engineering of land and water resources; aquaculture and fisheries; renewable energy; agro-industrial engineering; horticultural and greenhouse engineering; pre- and post-harvest engineering; environment and agricultural information technology

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

Measurement and Assessment of Environmental Radioactivity

edited by

Filomena Loffredo

and

Maria Quarto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 18770 | Submission Open

Keywords: radioactivity measuring; radioactivity sources; radiological monitoring; environmental and health impacts of radioactivity radioactive contamination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Resource Utilization of Agricultural Wastes

edited by

Tarek Rouissi

, Selma Etteieb and Moncef Chouaibi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12700 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial and agricultural residues; biotechnology; environmental chemistry; bioprocess engineering; bioenergy; bioplastics; biopolymers

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

Novel Insights into Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Diyuan Li

Quanqi Zhu

and

Pengzhi Pan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11702 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; mechanical properties; deformation and fracture; constitutive model; laboratory test; theoretical analysis; numerical simulation; geotechnical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Applied Electronics and Functional Materials

edited by

Žydrūnas Kavaliauskas

and Vitas Valincius

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10064 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied electronics; functional materials; interdisciplinary research; optoelectronics; sensors; energy harvesting; wearable technology; advanced fabrication techniques; hybrid materials; device integration

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

Feature Review Papers in ‘Transportation and Future Mobility’ Section

edited by David Fernández-Llorca,

Suchao Xie

and

Nadia Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10042 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation; traffic; future mobility

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

Intelligent Logistics and Supply Chain Systems

edited by

Panagiotis Tsarouhas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9126 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart logistics; E-supply chains; ICT systems; risk management; supply chain network design; green logistics; data analytics; demand forecasting; inventory management; innovation; lean and agile; TQM; sustainability; IoT; big data and robotics; planning and scheduling

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

Advances in Acoustic Emission Technique: Tests Interpretation and Numerical Simulations

edited by

Giuseppe Lacidogna

and

Ignacio Iturrioz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7407 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage; nondestructive testing; wave propagations; acoustic emission; fracture mechanics; numerical simulations; mechanics theory and modelling

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

Empowering Interactions: Advancing Human-Centred AI for Transparent, Collaborative and Accessible Applications

edited by Ioannis Doumanis and Daphne Economou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7258 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI transparency; human– AI collaboration; user experience optimization; public health AI applications; cognitive AI modelling; trust and security in AI; AI accessibility; AI in governance; child-friendly interface design; biometric AI analysis

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

Advances in Powerplant Technologies for Decarbonization in Transportation and Industrial Sectors

edited by

Pedro Piqueras

and

Joaquin de la Morena

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6576 | Submission Open

Keywords: decarbonized powertrains; fuel cells; batteries; hybridization; emission control; exhaust after-treatment systems; catalysts formulation; advanced combustion; low-carbon fuels; on-board diagnostics; CO2 capture

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

Communication Networks: From Technology, Methods to Applications

edited by

Mirosław Klinkowski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6002 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical networks; wireless communication; 5G/6G technologies and applications; access; aggregation; and core networks; cloud computing; edge computing; data-center networking; network security; network optimization; machine learning and data analytics in networks

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

Earthquake Engineering: Geological Impacts and Disaster Assessment

edited by Abbas Abbaszadeh Shahri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4906 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; geological impacts; disaster assessment; prediction model; computational approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Advances in Geochemistry

edited by

Ningqiang Liu

and

Qingjie Gong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3936 | Submission Open

Keywords: resource prospecting; element behavior and migration mechanism; ecological risk assessment; geo-health; source tracing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Infrastructure Resilience Analysis

edited by Jianfeng Zhao, Henry Liu and

Jingfeng Yuan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3808 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; performance measures; frameworks; optimization approaches; risks and uncertainties; case studies; socio-economic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency

edited by

Jingguang Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3274 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield; crop nutrition; fertilizer use

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

Application of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics in Aerospace

edited by Yue Zhang and Zhenlong Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3137 | Submission Open

Keywords: supersonic flow; hypersonic flow; flow control; propulsion; shock wave; aerodynamics; scramjet; ramjet

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

Mechanical Properties and Characterization Technologies of Composite Materials

edited by

Sebastiano Candamano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3075 | 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)

Advanced Digital Design and Intelligent Manufacturing

edited by

Jozef Svetlík

Rudolf Jánoš

and Ján Semjon

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3062 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced digital design; intelligent manufacturing; automation; robotics; Industry 4.0; 3D printing; sustainable manufacturing; digital twin; CNC machines; computer aided design (CAD)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Monitoring, Diagnosis, Analysis, and Control of Stability in Power Systems

edited by Ningning Ma and Lei Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2818 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system stability; frequency stability; transient stability; voltage stability; wideband oscillation; stability monitoring; stability diagnosis; stability analysis; stability control

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

Deep Learning for Signal Processing Applications-2nd Edition

edited by

Valentina E. Balas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2522 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; signal processing; object detection; image reconstruction

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

Soil Liquefaction in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Yu Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1495 | 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)

Advances in Internet of Things (IoT) Security: Challenges and Applications

edited by

Hoon Ko

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1074 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-security; smart-city; human relationships; relational contexts; meta-analysis

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

New Insights into Astronomy and Astrophysics

edited by Chenhui Niu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 806 | 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)

Structural Design of Buildings and Civil Engineering Constructions

edited by Shuling Hu and Ruizhao Zhu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 656 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Feature Review Papers in Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Ruggiero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 604 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 580 | 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)

Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Technology and Application in Environmental Detection

edited by

Tingyao Wu

, Ling Ji and Yuqing Xia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 507 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

New Trends in Slope Stability

edited by

Hang Lin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 395 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Timber Structures and Materials in Building Engineering

edited by

Bidur Kafle

Srikanth Venkatesan

and

Sathees Nava

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable material; engineered timber; experimental investigation; mechanical properties; novel material; timber structures; timber composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Human–Robot Deep Learning and Interaction on Edge AI

edited by

Yi-Zeng Hsieh

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge AI; human-robot; deep learning

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

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 295 | 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)

Risk Assessment for Hazards in Infrastructures

edited by

Kleopatra Petroutsatou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrastructure vulnerabilities; resilience; multi-hazard risk assessment; response and recovery planning; inspection and monitoring; financial sustainability of infrastructures; life-cycle cost estimation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Machine Learning in Medicine and Health: Data, Methods and Applications

edited by Grażyna Suchacka,

Ioana Boeraş

and

Ionela Maniu

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

Keywords: machine learning; laboratory (bio)markers; risk factors/risk scores; classification; prediction; (disease) profiling; diagnosis; prognosis; artificial intelligence; medicine; bioinformatics; bibliometric

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

Advanced Materials Machining—Recent Advances, Applications and Challenges

edited by Jin Wang,

Valentino Paolo Berardi

and

Paulo J. Bártolo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: grinding; forging; welding; surface treatment; laser processing; electrical discharge machining; electron beam processing; metal; non-metal; composite material

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

Cloud Computing: New Network Technology and Information Security

edited by

Madhuri Siddula

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud computing; security models; networks; information security

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

Cutting-Edge Methods in Thin Film Deposition and Characterization

edited by Carlos Luna

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 222 | 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)

Feature Review Papers in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Francesco Cappello

Alessandra Maria Vitale

and

Stefano Burgio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: histology; embryology; microscopic anatomy; tissue bioengineering; bioinformatics; regenerative medicine; biomaterials; translational bioengineering; personalized medicine

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

Mechanical Properties of Concrete: Advances, Applications and Challenges

edited by Linfei Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 201 | 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)

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 195 | 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)

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

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: aircraft; engine; propulsion; aerodynamics; flight control; astrodynamics; space science; artificial intelligence

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

Advances in Phytochemicals: Extraction, Isolation, and Identification

edited by

Radu Racovita

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 146 | 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)

In Situ and Laboratory Tests for Analysis and Application in Soil Mechanics

edited by

Antonio Cavallaro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: in situ tests; laboratory tests; soil mechanics; calculation models; earthquake hazards; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

New Horizons in Structural Health Monitoring of Railway Infrastructure

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: railway infrastructure; structural health monitoring; AI; monitoring technology; data mining; condition assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Emerging Concrete Technologies and Applications

edited by Ilinca Cornel and

Chiara Giosuè

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance concrete; sustainable and green concrete; smart concrete; monitoring and mathematical modeling of concrete structures; durable concrete solutions; circular economy in the construction of concrete structures; machine and deep learning in concrete technology and applications; prestressed concrete; post-tensioned concrete; fiber-reinforced concrete; precast; prefabricated; and pre-engineered concrete structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

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