Assoc.Prof. Bui Quoc Tinh

Director of DTRICE Research Institute, DTU

Assoc. Prof. Bui Quoc Tinh is Director of the Institute of Computational Engineering (DTRICE) at Duy Tan University (DTU), Viet Nam, and formerly an Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research spans computational mechanics, fracture/damage mechanics, computational biomechanics, algorithm development for engineering problems, AI applications in solid mechanics, and optimization of structures and composite materials. He earned the Dr. techn. (PhD) in Computational Mechanics from Vienna University of Technology (2009), an MSc in Mechanics of Constructions from the University of Liège (2006), and a BSc in Mathematics & Computer Science from VNU-HCMC (2002). Prof. Tinh has (co-)edited several Springer volumes, including Structural Health Monitoring and Engineering Structures (LNCE) and CIGOS 2021: Emerging Technologies and Applications for Green Infrastructure (LNCE), and serves on multiple editorial boards such as Applied Mathematical Modelling (Subject Editor), Thin-Walled Structures, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, SN Applied Sciences, and Scientific Reports. His distinctions include the 2018 JACM Young Investigator Award and two JSPS fellowships (Postdoctoral; Pathway for Senior Scientists). He has authored 250+ ISI/Scopus papers with 14,000+ citations and an H-index ≈70 (Google Scholar). In this volume, Prof. Tinh will contribute the Introduction, drawing on his editorial experience and broad international collaborations to highlight emerging methods for resilient, low-carbon civil infrastructure.

Prof. Philippe Gourbesville

Professor, Côte d'Azur University; President, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)

Philippe is a professor of Hydroinformatics at Polytech Nice Sophia, the graduate school of engineering of Université Côte d’Azur, France, since 1997. He graduated from Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France) in 1993 and started his career as a hydraulic engineer in a French consulting company and was involved in projects in Europe, Africa and Asia. After joining University Côte d’Azur (former University of Nice Sophia Antipolis) as associate professor and professor in 2006, he managed a wide range of research projects on hydro-environmental modelling within different frameworks including 16 European Commission projects as member, work package leader or coordinator. In 2004, he coordinated a consortium of 5 Europeans universities, 9 international institutions, 60 water sector industrial actors for establishing the EuroAquae joint M.Sc. on Hydrodroinformatics and water management. This M.Sc. was the first jointly awarded in Europe under the Erasmus Mundus framework and has received continuous support from the European Commission for two decades. This program has welcomed about 3.500 students from more than 80 nationalities who joined the M.Sc. or attended some of the various regional activities organized by the consortium such as HydroEurope, HydroAsia and HydroLatinAmerica. In 2012, Philippe initiated the Tianjin International Engineering Institute (TIEI) at Tianjin University (TJU), China and served as French director of the school that was the first Chinese institution to be accredited by French Government for engineer title. He regularly advices international institutions, public bodies and consulting companies on water related projects and serve as legal expert for several major flood events. In 2015, Philippe was one of the founders of the Asian Water Council (AWC) promoting innovative solutions for water issues in Asia and currently serving as Vice President. In addition to IAHR activities, he is actively engaged at the national level with the Societé Hydrotechnique de France (SHF – French Hydrotechnic Society) as a management board member, division chair and initiator of the SimHydro biannual conferences since 2010. Philippe is currently serving as associate editor for the Journal of Hydroinformatics, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, River, and as co-editor in chief for La Houille Blanche / Hydroscience Journal. He has published extensively in the field of water engineering, crisis management and resilience assessment. Philippe received several awards from scientific and professional organisations including the “Grand Prix de l’Hydrotechnique” award.

Assoc. Prof. Vinh Dao

Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queenland

Vinh Dao is an Associate Professor and Structures Discipline Lead in the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland, where he has been since 2009. He is currently the UQ-IITD Research Academy Theme Lead for Advanced materials and manufacturing. He was the Director of Teaching and Learning (UQ Civil Engineering, 2020-2021) and the Deputy Director of Research (UQ Civil Engineering, 2019).

He has been an elected National Councillor of the Concrete Institute of Australia (2013-2023, 2025-ongoing), responsible for "Concrete In Australia" Magazine (2013-2019) and "Technical & Publications" portfolio (2019-2023). He is currently also (i) an Associate Editor of Australian Journal of Structural Engineering and (ii) the General Secretary of EASEC International Steering Committee. He was (i) the Vice-Chair of the 16th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering & Construction and (ii) an invited presenter of the National Seminar Series on "Early-age cracking in concrete structures" in capital cities around Australia, besides many state/industry seminars.

Vinh's research interests are in the broad areas of structural engineering and fundamental behaviour of concrete/structures. The focus of his research has been on connecting materials behaviour to structural response of concrete in order to address major issues facing construction industry; with current emphasis on (i) performance of concrete structures at early ages and at elevated temperatures and (ii) low carbon concretes.

In teaching, he has been lecturing in the areas of structural mechanics, reinforced and prestressed concrete design, concrete technology, and advanced structural engineering. He has received a few nominations for the most effective lecturer from UQ-EAIT Dean's commendation students and was profiled in Learning@UQ for having contributed to high quality of the student experience at UQ.