CRC Press Advances and Trends in Engineering Sciences and Technologies II: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Sciences and ... Tatranské Matliare, Slovak Republic: 2

These are the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Sciences and Technologies (ESaT 2016), held from 29th of June until the 1st of July 2016 in the scenic High Tatras Mountains, Tatranské Matliare, Slovak Republic. After the successful implementation and excellent feedback of the first international conference ESaT 2015, ESaT 2016 was organized under the auspices of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic in collaboration with the University of Miskolc, Hungary. The conference focused on a wide spectrum of topics and subject areas in civil engineering sciences. The proceedings bringing new and original advances and trends in various fields of engineering sciences and technologies that accost a wide range of academics, scientists, researchers and professionals from universities and practice. The authors of the articles originate from different countries around the world guaranteeing the importance, topicality, quality and level of presented results. About the Author Mohamad Al Ali is Head of the Department of Steel and Timber Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia. He has a MSc and PhD degree. His research activities are oriented to the issues of welded and thin-walled structures. He was the principal investigator of the successfully completed national projects VEGA 1/0673/10 and VEGA 1/0582/13, and member of research teams in other national and international projects carried out in the frame of the Faculty and the University. Mohamad is the author and coauthor of over 85 publications. Peter Platko is member of educational and research team of the Civil Engineering FacultyTechnical University of Kosice, Slovakia. He has a MSc and PhD degree, and his research activities are oriented to the issues of cables and tensegrity structures. He is a member of research teams of national and international projects carried out in the frame of the Faculty and the University. Peter has authored and coauthored over 70 publications; two of them is in CC and 5 are in the indexed databases. He is the head of the Organizing Committees of many national and international conferences and seminars and editor of more than 20 proceedings of mentioned activities.