Advanced Geotechnical and Structural Engineering in the Design and Performance of Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

Chapter 1. Resiliency of Power Grid Infrastructure under Extreme Hazards - Observations and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.- Chapter 2. Methodology that combines multi-criteria methods for decision-making, such as the Hierarchical Analytical Process (AHP) and the Goal Programming (GP), impacts the sustainability evaluation of hydroelectric projects in Mexico.- Chapter 3. A State of the Art Review of Buckling Restrained Brace: History, Application, and Design.- Chapter 4. Characteristics of Lithely arch bridges and case studies from Satara.- Chapter 5. The Design Parameters and Quality Requirements of Jet Grout Columns in the Stabilization of a Sloping Bermed Excavation.- Chapter 6. Performance of the Jet Grouted Sloping Berm as a Support to the Diaphragm Wall in an Excavation.- Chapter 7. Influence of Lime and Coal Gangue on the CBR behavior of Expansive Soil.- Chapter 8. Field soil electrical resistivity measurements of some soil of Iraq.

Prof José Neves is Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources, of the Faculty of Engineering (Instituto Superior Técnico) of the University of Lisbon, and sénior member of the Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS) (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7131-7967). He completed the PhD on Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Lisbon, and the MSc on Soil Mechanics at the New University of Lisbon. He is member of the Technical Committee on Transportation Geotechnics (TC202) of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE),and the Academy of Pavement Science and Engineering (APSE). He has authored, co-authored and edited over one hundred of scientific journal papers, books, book chapters, and conference papers. He is member of the Editorial Board of Springer Nature Applied Sciences Journal.
Prof BitangZhu is Directorof the Engineering Research & Development Centrefor Underground Technology of Jiangxi Province, China. He is a chartered professional engineer with 10-year experience in engineering consultancy on tunnelling. His research interestsare in tunnelling, piling, deep excavation engineering andtechnology onreal-time remote monitoring. He has been the principal investigators or technical investigators for 2research grantsfunded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and 18industry jointed Projects. He was awarded both his bachelor's and master's degrees at the Wuhan Universityanddoctoraldegree at the Tongji University, China, and has authored/co-authored more than 50 journal and conference papers andauthored one book on laterally loaded piles.He is a Fellow of the Engineers Australia. 

Prof Paulus PramonoRahardjo completed undergraduate study at Universitas KatolikParahyangan (UNPAR) and since then has been faculty member at the university. He pursued graduate study in highway engineering at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), then