Editorial Board

Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

Members


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Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Interests: retrofitting of existing RC and masonry structures with innovative materials and systems; seismic vulnerability of structures and non-structural elements; short and long term behavior of structures and structural materials; sustainable structural materials
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School of Engineering, Institute for Materials and Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Sanderson Building, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK
Interests: biomimetic design; composite materials; bioinspired engineering; comparative biomechanics; mechanical metamaterials; cellular solids
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Institute of Materials Science, Joining and Forming, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
Interests: joining technology; additive manufacturing; materials science; welding metallurgy; polymer welding; composites; metals and hybrid structures
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Interests: smart structure/energy harvesting; computational NDE/SHM; material state awareness; mechatronics/robotics; biomimetic and metamaterials
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Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Interests: material testing; creep; fracture mechanics; material mechanical properties; FEM; theory of elasticity and plasticity

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College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: fuel cells; batteries; Lithium cells; Lithium/Sulfur cells; electrochemistry; energy storage; electrocatalysis

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Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, pad. 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: bionanocomposite films based on sustainable polymers and nanoclay; nanomaterials for cultural heritage; nanocarriers for drug delivery; adsorbent nanomaterials for remediation
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Physical Chemistry Department, Institute of Polymer Science and Technology, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain
Interests: nanostructured polymeric materials; mesoporous silica and its functionalization; polyolefins; recycling; structural characterization; mechanical behavior; polymer processing; confinement; additives; nano and microcomposites

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Department of Civil Engineering, NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
Interests: strengthening of structures; FRP composite structures; stone masonry structures; precast concrete structures; cyclic tests; materials and durability
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Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407, Taiwan
Interests: biomaterials; material analysis; polymer chemistry; medical engineering; functional fiber composites; nanomaterials; tissue engineering; hydrogels
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Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, F. Paul Anderson Tower, Room 177, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, USA
Interests: mechanical behavior of materials; nano-indentation; micro-indentation; electrochemical energy storage; batteries

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PIMM, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, CNRS, CNAM, HESAM University, 151 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
Interests: organic matrix composites; polymers; ageing and durability; kinetic analysis and modeling; embrittlement; lifetime prediction
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Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: polymer processing and micro-processing (monitoring, optimization, technology, biodegradable materials); compounding (preparation of composites and nanocomposites, polymer blending and modification); additive manufacturing; polymer characterization (rheology and morphology)
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Interests: fiber-reinforced polymer composites; fiber-reinforced cementitious composites; multiple functional coating; geopolymer concrete; durability and life cycle management of concrete infrastructure
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Interests: high-performance and smart/multifunctional concrete for smart infrastructure nano-engineered cementitious composites; smart materials and structures waste valorization and sustainable construction

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
Interests: composites; hybrid; natural; optimization
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School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Interests: polymer nanocomposites; green composites and biocomposites; electrospun nanofibres/nanocomposites; composite characterisation and modelling; nanomaterials and nanofillers; additive manufacturing for composite materials
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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 9, 38123 Trento, Italy
Interests: polymer; nanocomposites; composites; mechanical properties; thermal properties; thermal energy storage; LCA analysis
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Interests: numerical methods; composite structures; finite element methods; collocation with radial basis functions; plates and shells
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CICECO, Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: polyurethane; polymers; biorefinery; microporous materials; zeolites; powder X-ray diffraction

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Center for Composite Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Interests: additive manufacturing; textile-based functional device; fiber composite; energy
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0337, USA
Interests: solid and structural mechanics, multi-scale materials modeling, micro- and nano-mechanics, higher-order continuum theories; traumatic brain injury, biomechanics, mechanics of soft materials; 3-D printed materials; indentation/contact mechanics, impact mechanics, damage and fracture mechanics; nanocomposites, cellular and porous materials, textile and ballistic materials, modeling of manufacturing processes
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Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Interests: multi scale analysis and design of composites; multi physics modeling of composite manufacturing processes; failure analysis of heterogeneous materials

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INSA of Lyon, MATEIS Laboratory, UMR CNRS 5510, 69621 Villeurbanne, France
Interests: acoustic emission; damage mechanisms; mechanical behaviour; lifetime prediction; diagnostic and prognostic; modelling of AE in composite materials
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Composite Materials Group at IMDEA Materials, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), 28906 Getafe, Madrid, Spain
Interests: structural composites; micromechanics; computational mechanics; composite processing; virtual testing; virtual processing; multifunctional composites
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