Technical Committee Research Articles

ALI JE SPREMEMBA TOČKOVNEFGA PRAVILNIKA V SKOKIH NA VELIKI PROŽNI PONJAVI 2022-2024 SPREMENILA REZULTAT TELOVADCEV?

e evaluation rules for trampoline gymnastics were revised by the technical committee post-Tokyo 2020 Olympics, notably affecting the qualifying round. Previously, only four elements were considered for difficulty points in the first routine, but now all elements count in both routines. To assess the impact, data from the 28th/29th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions and 35th/36th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in 2021/2022 were analyzed. A t-test compared scores in Execution (E), Difficulty (D), Time Of Flight (TOF), and Horizontal Displacement (HD) between 2021 and 2022. In the senior men's category, average values increased in D, HD, and total scores in 2022, with significant differences in Execution and near-significant in TOF scores. Across all other categories, mean values of D, E, TOF, HD, and total scores rose in 2022, though without statistical significance. The trend towards higher scores under the new rules suggests their influence, yet unexplored factors may also play a role. Further research is needed for a comprehensive understanding.

EMC Research Efforts in the IEEJ Technical Committee and State‐of‐the‐Art Case Studies on ESD Found in its Technical Papers

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) has been known to cause electromagnetic noise against electronic equipment and devices even before the technical concept of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) was established 68 years ago in the United States and 48 years ago in Japan, while the ESD still continues to be studied as one of the most significant issues that should be solved in EMC areas. This is largely because the underlying nature of ESD has yet to be essentially elucidated from an EMC perspective. On the other hand, as an academic research organization on EMC in Japan, a Technical Committee named ‘EMCJ’ on ‘Environmental Electromagnetic Engineering’ was founded in 1976 in both the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) and the Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers or the present IEICE (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) to address EMC concerns. Since then, the EMCJ has been jointly conducting EMC research activities under the IEICE as the nominating body and the IEEJ as the associative body, whereas the EMCJ of IEEJ was dissolved in 1999 to form a new Technical Committee on EMC (TC‐EMC) in order to deal with EMC issues appropriate to the IEEJ. In this review, to mark the 25th anniversary of the IEEJ Technical Committee on EMC (TC‐EMC) in 2024, the EMC research efforts and activities that the TC‐EMC has conducted over the past 25 years from January 2000 to March 2024 are surveyed from 1272 technical papers presented at the technical meetings. Furthermore, among the ESD issues identified in these technical papers, the latest case studies utilizing ‘spark resistance laws’ that allow the analysis of the initial behavior of sparks, in which a spark is the essence of ESD and is the key to open the door to elucidate the phenomenon, particularly from an EMC perspective, are reviewed. © 2024 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan and Wiley Periodicals LLC.

Bulb growth parameters of wild geophyte, giant snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.) in different media and nutrient solution recipes

Giant snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii Hook. f.) is reported on CITES lists as the most important wild-collected export flower bulb of Turkey. After the destruction caused by extensive collecting for many years, collection and trade have been controlled by the government since the late 1980’s. Export quotas are annually set by a technical committee, following field inspections by scientific teams. Small bulbs (under-sized) are also unintentionally collected from nature together with marketable sized bulbs (> 4 cm). Low success rate at cultivation of field grown snowdrop and loss of these small bulbs reveals the necessity of the studies on soilless culture. This study aimed to select the suitable growing media and mineral nutrition for snowdrop bulb production. Under-sized (unmarketable) bulbs of Galanthus elwesii Hook. f. were cultivated in four different growing media (perlite, coco-peat, soil, or spent mushroom compost + perlite) with four different nutrient solutions. The growing media affected most of the investigated parameters (sprouting time, sprouting ratio, total weight and increase ratio, number of harvested bulbs, and bulb grades). No significant effect of nutrient solutions was determined on the parameters. Spent mushroom compost + perlite appeared to be the most effective growing media.

Approaches for the production of reference materials with qualitative properties—The new International Standard ISO 33406

The number of reference materials (RMs), including certified reference materials (CRMs) characterized for qualitative properties, has steadily increased in recent years. In response, the Technical Committee for Reference Materials of the International Organization for Standardization, ISO/TC 334, developed ISO 33406 to provide guidance to reference material producers (RMPs) on producing qualitative RMs. ISO 33406 builds on the general requirements in ISO 17034:2016 for RMP competence and offers specific guidance on value assignment, assessment of homogeneity and stability, statement of metrological traceability, and measurement uncertainty evaluation for RMs with qualitative property values.

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS12–2023): Foreword

In this foreword, the Symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS12–2023), which was held by Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Tsinghua University in Beijing from July 2 to 7, 2023, was in details introduced. It was the first time that EIS12 -2023 took place in China since it was established in France 1989. At the opening ceremony, a film illustrating the history of the conference on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was also shown. Meanwhile, the Claude Awards were given to Prof. Annick Hubin from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and Prof. Jianqing Zhang from Zhejiang University in China. During EIS12–2023, 15 plenary talks, 21 invited talks in the corrosion session and in memory of Prof. Chunan Cao, 10 keynote talks in the energy and measurement sessions were presented. There were also 51 posters and 54 talks. Xingyue Yong from Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Assistant Professor Burak Ulgut from Bilkent University, Turkey were elected as new members of the Technical Committee of International Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Additionally, it was decided that the 13th International Symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy will be held in Brazil in November 2026. EIS12–2023 organizing committee sincerely thanks everyone for supporting EIS12–2023 and express its great gratitude to Prof. Sotiris Sotiropoulos, the Special Issues Editor of Electrochimica Acta, for his contribution in making this Special Issue possible.

2024 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest: Rapid Flood Mapping [Technical Committees

2024 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest: Rapid Flood Mapping [Technical Committees

Technical Committee on Healthcare and Medical Systems

Technical Committee on Healthcare and Medical Systems

2023 IEEE GRSS Summer School on Modeling in Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing [Technical Committees

2023 IEEE GRSS Summer School on Modeling in Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing [Technical Committees

The Preface: IICESSD 2023

On behalf of the conference committee, I would like to extend my warmest welcome to all of the attendees to our 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development (IICESSD 2023) which was held on 25-26 September 2023 at Best Western Plus Coco Hotel, Palu, Indonesia in a hybrid format. The conference theme is “Towards networking for the environment and sustainable development issues in the digital era“. The objective of the conference is to share knowledge and research network between institutions nationally and internationally. The participants attend from Australia and Asia as the representatives of the lecturers, students, and researchers. The keynote speakers were Prof. Dr. Ir. Amar, M.T (Rector of Tadulako University), Prof. Tim Robert (Newcastle University), Prof Sukree Langputeh (Fatoni University Thailand), Prof. Roseline A Saufi (University Malaysia Kelantan), Dr. Albertus Denny Handoko (STAR A Singapore), and Dr John Holdsworth (Newcastle University) who sharing their valuable insight of promoting networking on environmental and sustainable development concerns. Our technical program was rich and varied with 6 keynote speakers and around 70 technical papers split between 4 parallel oral sessions each day: (1) Agriculture and forestry for the environment and sustainable development; (2) Health for the environment and sustainable development; (3) Engineering science for environment and sustainable development; and (4) Green economy, entrepreneurship and good governance for sustainable development. The conference of IICESSD 2023 was organized and sponsored by the Postgraduate Universitas Tadulako, Palu Indonesia as well as the local organizing committee members who have all worked extremely hard on the details of important aspects of the conference programs and social activities. Special thanks go to the IOP Publishing EES that agreed with the works of this proceeding conference in an open-access volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Prof. Daud K. Walanda, IICESSD 2023 Chair List of Organizing and Scientific Committee, Secretariat committee, Accomodation/venue committee, Publication committee, Programme committee, Technical committee, List of Editors, List of Reviewers are available in this Pdf.

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The International Conference on Power Electronics and Energy System (ICPEES 2024) has been held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during March 1-3, 2024 in hybrid format, including both on-site and cloud meeting. This conference aimed to provide an attractive platform for academics, scientists, researchers, experts, and students to express and discuss their interests in power electronics and energy system. The participants were from almost every part of the world, with various background, including China, Malaysia, Morocco, Indonesia, India, Turkey, Brunei, South Sudan and more. There were two renowned speakers who illustrated their latest research, to include Prof. Ismail Musirin from Universiti Teknologi MARA and Prof. M A Hannan from Sunway University. The conference also had 2 technical sessions. ICPEES 2024 became an effective communication platform for all the participants who took the opportunity to share their research results and discuss potential scientific and engineering developments from their work. This contributed to the success of the conference. The conference proceedings are a compilation of the accepted papers and represent an interesting outcome of the conference. All papers in the proceedings have passed the vigorous review process involving reviewers by the technical program committee. The variety of research topics presented in the conference and novelty exhibited in the papers published in the proceedings demonstrated the impact of ICPEES 2024. We would like to acknowledge all of those who supported ICPEES 2024. Each individual and institutional help were very important for the success of this conference. Especially we would like to thank the committee chairs, committee members and reviewers, for their tremendous contribution in conference organization and peer review of the papers. We sincerely hope that ICPEES 2024 was a forum for excellent discussions that put forward new ideas, promote collaborative research, and support researchers as they take their work forward. We are sure that the proceedings will serve as an important research source of references and knowledge, which will lead to not only scientific and engineering progress but also other new products and processes. List of Committees are available in this pdf.

Flexural and Shear Strengthening of Reinforced-Concrete Beams with Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC)

Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is considered to be a promising material for the strengthening of damaged reinforced concrete (RC) members due to its high mechanical strength and low permeability. However, its high material cost, limited code provisions, and scattered material properties limit its wide application. There is a great need to review existing articles and create a database to assist different technical committees for future code provisions on UHPC. This study presents a comprehensive overview focusing on the effect of the UHPC layer on the flexural and shear strengthening of RC beams. From this review, it was evident that (1) different retrofitting configurations have a remarkable effect on the cracking moment compared to the maximum moment in the case of flexural strengthening; (2) the ratios of the shear span and UHPC layer thickness have a notable effect on shear strengthening and the failure mode; and (3) different bonding techniques have insignificant effects on shear strengthening but a positive impact on flexural strengthening. Overall, it can be concluded that three-side strengthening has a higher increment range for flexural (maximum, 81%–120%; cracking, 300%–500%) and shear (maximum, 51%–80%; cracking, 121%–180%) strengthening. From this literature review, an experimental database was established, and different failure modes were identified. Finally, this research highlights current issues with UHPC and recommends some future works.

Strengthening regional commitment to ensuring access to medical abortion medicines in WHO’s South-East Asia region: report of a participatory assessment and workshop

BackgroundIn 2019, the World Health Organization identified improving access to safe abortion as an important priority toward improving sexual and reproductive health and rights and achieving Sustainable Development Goals. One strategy for addressing this priority is strengthening access to medicines for medical abortion. All 11 countries in the South-East Asia Region have some indications for legal abortion and permit post-abortion care. Therefore, strengthening access to medical abortion medicines is a reasonable strategy for improving access to safe abortion for the Region.MethodologyWe applied an adapted version of an existing World Health Organization landscape assessment protocol for the availability of medical abortion medicines at the country-level in the South-East Asia Region. We collected publicly available data on the existence of national health laws, policies, and standard treatment guidelines; inclusion of medical abortion medicines in the national essential medicines list; and marketing authorization status for medical abortion medicines for each country and verified by Ministries of health. The findings were once more presented, discussed and recommendations were formulated during regional technical consultation workshop. Each country teams participated in the process, and subsequently, the suggestions were validated by representatives from Ministries of Health..ResultsFew countries in the Region currently have national policies and guidelines for comprehensive safe abortion. However, either mifepristone-misoprostol in combination or misoprostol alone (for other indications) is included in national essential medicines lists in all countries except Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Few countries earmark specific public funds for procuring and distributing medical abortion commodities. In countries where abortion is legal, the private sector and NGOs support access to medical abortion information and medicines. Several countries only allow registered medical practitioners or specialists to administer medical abortion.ConclusionFollowing this rapid participatory assessment and technical consultation workshop, the World Health Organization South-East Asia Regional Technical Advisory and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights technical committee recommended priority actions for policy and advocacy, service delivery, and monitoring and evaluation, and indicated areas for support.

Preface: ISPRS Technical Commission I Midterm Symposium on “Intelligent Sensing and Remote Sensing Application”

Abstract. The ISPRS Technical Commission I Midterm Symposium on "Intelligent Sensing and Remote Sensing Application" was held in Changsha, China, during May 13–17, 2024, aiming to provide a platform to share the latest researches, advanced technologies and application experience, to discuss the future development and to seek international cooperation in various forms. The Symposium has received 229 full paper and abstract s, among them 45 double-blind peer-reviewed full papers were published in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information, and 165 papers accepted through abstract review were published in the International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. These papers are mostly dedicated to topics of the 8 TC I Working Groups, 3 Inter-commission Working Groups, including Satellite Missions and Constellations for Remote Sensing, Mobile Mapping Technology, Multispectral, Hyperspectral and Thermal Sensors, LiDAR, Laser Altimetry and Sensor Integration, Microwave and InSAR Technology for Earth Observation, Orientation, Calibration and Validation of Sensors, Data Quality and Benchmark of Sensors, Multi-sensor Modelling and Cross-modality Fusion, Robotics for Mapping and Machine Intelligence, Autonomous Sensing Systems and their Applications, Digital Construction: Reality Capture, Automated Inspection and Integration to BIM, Point Cloud Generation and Processing, Artificial Intelligence Technology Related to Sensor Systems, Multi-sensor Remote Sensing Applications.. These papers presented the latest trends of sensor systems. The full papers and abstracts were reviewed by the members of the Symposium Scientific Committee comprised of Working Group officers and invited experts. We would like to take this opportunity to express our great gratitude to the Scientific Committee, Local Organizing Committee, Sponsors, Exhibitors and all those who have contributed to this successful Symposium. We also want to express our thanks to the authors for their excellent papers and presentations. Tang Xinming, Antonio Maria Garcia Tommaselli, Zhang Tao, Xie JunfengISPRS Technical Commission I on Sensor SystemsMay 2024, Changsha, China

Preface: ISPRS Technical Commission I Midterm Symposium on “Intelligent Sensing and Remote Sensing Application”

Abstract. The ISPRS Technical Commission I Midterm Symposium on "Intelligent Sensing and Remote Sensing Application" was held in Changsha, China, during May 13–17, 2024, aiming to provide a platform to share the latest researches, advanced technologies and application experience, to discuss the future development and to seek international cooperation in various forms. The Symposium has received 229 full paper and abstract s, among them 45 double-blind peer-reviewed full papers were published in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information, and 165 papers accepted through abstract review were published in the International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. These papers are mostly dedicated to topics of the 8 TC I Working Groups, 3 Inter-commission Working Groups, including Satellite Missions and Constellations for Remote Sensing, Mobile Mapping Technology, Multispectral, Hyperspectral and Thermal Sensors, LiDAR, Laser Altimetry and Sensor Integration, Microwave and InSAR Technology for Earth Observation, Orientation, Calibration and Validation of Sensors, Data Quality and Benchmark of Sensors, Multi-sensor Modelling and Cross-modality Fusion, Robotics for Mapping and Machine Intelligence, Autonomous Sensing Systems and their Applications, Digital Construction: Reality Capture, Automated Inspection and Integration to BIM, Point Cloud Generation and Processing, Artificial Intelligence Technology Related to Sensor Systems, Multi-sensor Remote Sensing Applications.. These papers presented the latest trends of sensor systems. The full papers and abstracts were reviewed by the members of the Symposium Scientific Committee comprised of Working Group officers and invited experts. We would like to take this opportunity to express our great gratitude to the Scientific Committee, Local Organizing Committee, Sponsors, Exhibitors and all those who have contributed to this successful Symposium. We also want to express our thanks to the authors for their excellent papers and presentations. Tang Xinming, Antonio Maria Garcia Tommaselli, Zhang Tao, Xie JunfengISPRS Technical Commission I on Sensor SystemsMay 2024, Changsha, China

Performance Comparison of CFD Microbenchmarks on Diverse HPC Architectures

OpenFOAM is a CFD software widely used in both industry and academia. The exaFOAM project aims at enhancing the HPC scalability of OpenFOAM, while identifying its current bottlenecks and proposing ways to overcome them. For the assessment of the software components and the code profiling during the code development, lightweight but significant benchmarks should be used. The answer was to develop microbenchmarks, with a small memory footprint and short runtime. The name microbenchmark does not mean that they have been prepared to be the smallest possible test cases, as they have been developed to fit in a compute node, which usually has dozens of compute cores. The microbenchmarks cover a broad band of applications: incompressible and compressible flow, combustion, viscoelastic flow and adjoint optimization. All benchmarks are part of the OpenFOAM HPC Technical Committee repository and are fully accessible. The performance using HPC systems with Intel and AMD processors (x86_64 architecture) and Arm processors (aarch64 architecture) have been benchmarked. For the workloads in this study, the mean performance with the AMD CPU is 62% higher than with Arm and 42% higher than with Intel. The AMD processor seems particularly suited resulting in an overall shorter time-to-solution.

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The 14th Asia Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ACMAE 2023), which was held in Hong Kong, China, during December 22-24, 2023, following the successful conferences in Chengdu (Online) last year, Nanjing in 2021, online in 2020, Bangkok, Thailand in 2019, Singapore in 2018 and Yokohama, Japan in 2017. ACMAE 2023 is sponsored by Science and Engineering Institute and Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), co-sponsored by Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Moscow Bauman State Technical University, technically supported by Capitol Technology University, Washington University in St. Louis.This international conference was over three-days and provided a forum for discussion of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Submitted papers were received and sent for preliminary and peer review conducted by the technical committees. Professional comments are given according to the aspects of originality, innovation, applicability, technical merit, organizing and writing, relevance to conference. After several rounds of review procedure, some excellent papers have been received to get published in the conference proceedings. The proceedings contains a collection of research papers, organized with 10 chapters: aircraft design and flight control, design and analysis of vibration systems in aviation systems, aeroengine model and power device design based on thermochemistry, aerodynamics and applied mechanics, design and control of micro drones, system design and safety analysis in aerospace engineering, communication and electronic system design in aviation systems, engineering materials and mechanical properties analysis, advanced control technology and system analysis, modern mechanical system design and performance simulation and so on.The conference invited five internationally recognised experts in their fields of mechanical and aerospace engineering to deliver keynote and invite speeches, including Jinjun Shan, York University, Canada; Osama Tabata, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Japan; Rui Zhao, Beijing Institute of Technology, China; Ben Guan, Harbin Engineering University, China; Jiaao Hao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. Each speaker has delivered the speech more than 30 minutes. In addition, around 80 experts and scholars and listeners from the world’s top research institutes of aerospace technology attend the conference onsite and online.We would especially like to thank the organization committees, the members of the program committees and technical committees. They have worked very hard in reviewing papers and making valuable suggestions for the authors to improve their work. Without a peer review no quality can be assured and research ignored by others. We also would like to express our gratitude to the external reviewers, for providing extra helps in the review process, and the authors for contributing their research result to the conference. Without such support a conference cannot maintain quality or add real original contributions to knowledge. It goes without saying, it is core to success, but here we re-iterate that point.On behalf of organizing committees, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all participants and speakers who contribute to make this event a great success and look forward to the future years expanding our outreach even more.Conference ChairProf. Ian McAndrewList of Organizing Committees, Statement of Peer Review are available in this pdf.

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Geoshanghai 2024 International Conference Volume 2: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Shanghai, 26-29 May, 2024 GeoShanghai 2024 International ConferenceCollege of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 2024All Rights ReservedGeoShanghai is a series of international conferences on geotechnical engineering held in Shanghai quadrennially. The conference was inaugurated in 2006 and was successfully held in 2010, 2014 and 2018, with more than 1600 participants in total. Since the last conference, the geotechnical community has witnessed many advances both in fundamental understanding and engineering practices. To demonstrate the latest developments and promote collaborations in geotechnical engineering and related fields, we launch the 5th GeoShanghai International Conference to be held in May 2024.This volume contains two themes: rock mechanics and rock engineering, as well as Mining geomechanics, including the following aspects: rock mechanics, constitutive models, new technologies and theories in underground and mining engineering. As we convene for this international conference, let us delve into these pages with the aim of fostering a deeper understanding and sparking innovative solutions in the ever-evolving landscape of rock engineering and mining engineering.This volume received a total of 34 papers from countries such as China, the United States, Canada, and Iran, totaling 30 papers accepted. All papers were reviewed and the accepted papers will be submitted to IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science indexed by Scopus.Cordially yours,Jianfeng Chen, Qinghua Lei, Yafei Qiao, Louis Wong, Jinquan Xing, Nariman MahabadiThe editors of Volume 2: Rock Mechanics and Rock EngineeringList of Tracks, Conference Steering Committee, International Advisory Committee, Technical Committee, Organizing Committee are available in the pdf

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GeoShanghai 2024 International Conference Volume 3: Transportation Geotechnics Shanghai, 26-29 May, 2024 GeoShanghai 2024 International ConferenceCollege of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 2024All Rights ReservedGeoShanghai is a series of international conferences on geotechnical engineering held in Shanghai quadrennially. The conference was inaugurated in 2006 and was successfully held in 2010, 2014 and 2018, with more than 1600 participants in total. Since the last conference, the geotechnical community has witnessed many advances both in fundamental understanding and engineering practices. To demonstrate the latest developments and promote collaborations in geotechnical engineering and related fields, we launch the 5th GeoShanghai International Conference to be held in May 2024.Transportation geotechnics is a vitally interdisciplinary aspect encompassing engineering, geology, and materials science, exploring the durability, safety, and efficiency of transportation networks. Within this domain, pavement materials and structures, railroad engineering, airfield construction, and pipeline infrastructure represent the focal points. Pavements, serving as crucial interfaces between vehicles and the ground, demand attention to material properties and structural integrity. Railroads require resilient tracks capable of withstanding dynamic loads, while airfields necessitate robust pavements to support heavy aircraft. Similarly, pipelines rely on reliable foundation designs to ensure stability and mitigate risks. This topic delves into the latest advancements, challenges, and innovations within transportation geotechnics, with a specific focus on these critical themes. Through collaborative discussions and knowledge exchange, we aim to enhance the resilience, sustainability, and performance of transportation infrastructures worldwide.This volume received a total of 47 papers from countries such as China, United States, Russia, Australia, Thailand, Portugal and others, totaling 41 papers accepted. All papers were reviewed and the accepted papers will be submitted to IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science indexed by Scopus.Cordially yours,Feipeng Xiao, David Connally, Peerapong Jitsangiam, Lin Cong, Fan Gu, Yao ShanThe editors of Volume 3: Transportation GeotechnicsList of Tracks, Conference Steering Committee, International Advisory Committee, Technical Committee, Organizing Committee are available in this pdf.

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Geoshanghai 2024 International Conference Volume 8: Frontiers in GeotechShanghai, 26-29 May, 2024GeoShanghai 2024 International ConferenceCollege of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 2024All Rights ReservedGeoShanghai is a series of international conferences on geotechnical engineering held in Shanghai quadrennially. The conference was inaugurated in 2006 and was successfully held in 2010, 2014 and 2018, with more than 1600 participants in total. Since the last conference, the geotechnical community has witnessed many advances both in fundamental understanding and engineering practices. To demonstrate the latest developments and promote collaborations in geotechnical engineering and related fields, we launch the 5th GeoShanghai International Conference to be held in May 2024.Frontiers in Geotech contains a moral invitation to geotechnical engineering to embark on a transformative journey at the intersection of innovation and sustainability by considering the following aspects: (1) Intelligent geotechnics; (2) In-situ testing & monitoring; (3) Bio-mediated and bio-inspired geotechnics; (4) Case studies; (5) Sustainability in geotechnical engineering; and (6) Other new frontiers in geotechnology. This sector is dedicated to providing the state of art and practice on multi-interdisciplinary subjects intersected by AI, biology, and sensing technologies for sustainable geotechnical engineering. The ultimate objective is to promote and guide new geotechnical engineering processes and solutions inspired by the human intellect and wisdom of nature. By embracing innovation and sustainability, we aspire to shape a future where infrastructure harmonizes seamlessly with the natural world, fostering resilient and sustainable social development for generations to come.This volume received a total of 82 papers from countries such as China, United States, Norway, United Kingdom, and others, totaling 75 papers accepted. All papers were reviewed and the accepted papers will be submitted to IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science indexed by Scopus.List of Conference Steering Committee, International Advisory Committee, Technical Committee, Organizing Committee are available in this Pdf.

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GEOSHANGHAI 2024 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Volume 4: Tunneling and Underground Construction Shanghai, 26-29 May, 2024 GeoShanghai 2024 International ConferenceCollege of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 2024All Rights ReservedGeoShanghai is a series of international conferences on geotechnical engineering held in Shanghai quadrennially. The conference was inaugurated in 2006 and was successfully held in 2010, 2014 and 2018, with more than 1600 participants in total. Since the last conference, the geotechnical community has witnessed many advances both in fundamental understanding and engineering practices. To demonstrate the latest developments and promote collaborations in geotechnical engineering and related fields, we launch the 5th GeoShanghai International Conference to be held in May 2024.With cities facing pressing issues like congestion, pollution, and land scarcity, subterranean solutions have emerged as a compelling alternative, unlocking new avenues for urban expansion while minimizing surface disruption. This volume presents a culmination of recent advancements in tunneling and underground engineering, reflecting global efforts to address evolving challenges and opportunities in subterranean endeavors. Utilizing cutting-edge digital and deep learning techniques, inspiring case studies, and theoretical advancements in tunnel-related simulations offers a comprehensive understanding of the field.This volume received a total of 60 papers from countries such as China, Germany, Switzerland, Thailand, and others, totaling 60 papers accepted. All papers were reviewed and the accepted papers will be submitted to IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science indexed by Scopus.Cordially yours,Zhiguo Yan, Qianbin Zhang, Mingliang Zhou, Zili Li, Zhongkai Huang, Fan ZhuThe editors of Volume 4: Tunneling and Underground ConstructionList of Tracks, Conference Steering Committee, International Advisory Committee, Technical Committee, Organizing Committee are available in the Pdf