Tan Kiang Hwee
National University of Singapore

Biography: Prof TAN KIANG HWEE is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he has worked since July 1981. He obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1985. He specialises in the area of structural concrete and composites and has carried out extensive research on external prestressing, fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement, fibre-reinforced concrete, and sustainable concrete and construction. He has published more than 300 refereed technical papers, a book entitled “Beams with Openings: Analysis & Design” (CRC Press LLC, USA, 1999), “Design Guide for Fibre-Reinforced Concrete Structures to Singapore Standard SS 674:2021” (Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore, 2021), and edited the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures (World Scientific, 2003). He was awarded the Frederick Palmer Prize 2021, by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK.

Prof Tan is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) and Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE). He is a member of editorial boards for numerous international journals, including ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction, JCI Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, and others. He is a registered professional engineer and has also been a consultant in structural engineering for several agencies in Singapore and the region. Currently, Professor Tan is the Chairman for Singapore Standards Council’s Technical Committee on Structures and Sub-Structures, and a member of the Investigation Panel for Professional Engineers Board, Singapore.

Yuanbing Mao
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Biography: Dr. Yuanbing Mao is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Illinois Institute of Technology. He received his B.Sc. degree from Xiangtan University, M.Sc. degree from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Ph.D. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He then finished his postdoc training at the University of California at Los Angeles. His research interests include nanomaterials, solid-state science, and nanoscience with expertise in optoelectronics, energy storage and conversion, and environmental remediation. As of today, he has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles with 10,000+ citations, two edited books, four book chapters, and a few patents. He has earned several awards, including the Department of Defense Young Investigator Award and the Outstanding Mentorship Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research, and was a recipient of the Department of Energy Visiting Faculty Program.

Weina Meng
Stevens Institute of Technology, USA

Biography: Dr. Weina Meng is an Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology and the Founding Director of the Advanced Concrete Technology lab, specializing in Sustainable and Resilient Civil Engineering Materials. Dr. Meng has received numerous prestigious awards, including NSF CAREER award in 2021 and Early-Career Research Fellow in Offshore Energy Safety by the National Academies in 2024. She has been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University since 2023. Her academic contributions include 78 peer-reviewed journal articles, a US patent, two edited books, and over 6,000 citations and an H-index of 38. Dr. Meng was honored as "2020 Educator of the Year" by the ASCE New Jersey Section. She holds memberships on ACI, ACS, and AcerS, editorial positions on Journal of Case Studies in Construction Materials and Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials, and contribute to American Concrete Institute standards. Dr. Meng’s research focuses on four areas: advancements in Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC), pioneering waste utilization and CO2 sequestration in low/negative carbon concrete, developing biomimetic concrete, and utilizing AI for enhanced concrete design and analysis.