Springer Advances in Structures, Systems and Materials: Select Proceedings of ERCAM 2019 (Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering)

This book comprises select peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on Emerging Research in Civil, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering (ERCAM-2019). The contents focus on the latest research trends in engineering materials, mechanics, structures and systems. A wide variety of interesting problems in civil, aeronautical and mechanical engineering have been addressed in this book through various experimental, numerical and analytical methods. The topics covered also provide insight into the challenges prevailing in the aforementioned engineering domains and the potential solutions to address those. Given the contents, the book is a valuable resource for students as well as researchers. From the Back Cover This book comprises select peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on Emerging Research in Civil, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering (ERCAM-2019). The contents focus on the latest research trends in engineering materials, mechanics, structures and systems. A wide variety of interesting problems in civil, aeronautical and mechanical engineering have been addressed in this book through various experimental, numerical and analytical methods. The topics covered also provide insight into the challenges prevailing in the aforementioned engineering domains and the potential solutions to address those. Given the contents, the book is a valuable resource for students as well as researchers. About the Author Dr. Amélia Loja is presently Adjunct Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Engineering Institute of Lisbon (ISEL/IPL), and Senior Researcher of the Mechanical Engineering Institute (IDMEC/IST). Her academic background integrates a BSc with honours in Marine Engineering from the Portuguese Nautical School and a BSc in Computer Science. Her MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering was conferred by the Technical University of Lisbon, and later she obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering also from this University. Her major areas of interest include the scientific areas of Computational Solids Mechanics, Optimization and Reverse Engineering. Until now she published 41 papers in scientific international journals. Amélia Loja is also Chairperson of the ECCOMAS thematic conference SYMCOMP (International Conference on Numerical and Symbolic Computation: Developments and Applications) and since 2017, she has been invited by the European Commission to evaluate project proposals in different subjects related to her competences. Dr. Krishna Reddy is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory, and also the Director of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. Dr. Reddy received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA. He received gold medals for being first in his class of B.E. (Civil Engineering) at Osmania University and M.E. (Civil Engineering) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.  Dr. Reddy has over 25 years of teaching, consulting and research experience within the fields of geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, and sustainable engineering. Specifically, his expertise includes: (1) remediation of polluted soils, sediments, groundwater and stormwater, (2) waste management and landfill engineering; (3) life cycle assessment and sustainable engineering; and (4) geotechnical engineering (foundations, earth structures, etc.). His research is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, several prominent state and local government agencies, and industries. He has published 4 books, 206 journal papers, and 182 full conference papers (with h-index of 52). Dr. Reddy has given 185 invited presentations in the USA and 18 other countries