Fabio Biondini Editor

Fabio Biondini is a Professor of Structural Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is Founding Member and Executive Board member of the International Association for Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE) and Exceutive Committee Member of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS). He is the author/co-author of over 300 scientific publications in the fields of life-cycle civil engineering, structural reliability, structural optimization, and earthquake engineering. He is the recipient of several honors and awards from several professional organizations, including IABMAS, IALCCE, IABSE, IFIP. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of ASCE.

Dan M. Frangopol is the inaugural holder of the Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture at Lehigh University, USA. He is the Founding President of the IABMAS and IALCCE. He has authored/co-authored 3 books and over 370 articles in archival journals including 9 prize-winning papers. He is the Founding Editor of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering and of the Book Series Structures and Infrastructures. He is the recipient of several medals, awards, and prizes, from ASCE, IABSE, IASSAR, and other professional organizations, such as the OPAL Award, Newmark Medal, Ang Award, T.Y. Lin Medal, Khan Medal, and Croes Medal (twice), to name a few. He holds 4 honorary doctorates and 12 honorary professorships from major universities. He is a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea and the Royal Academy of Belgium, an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, and a Distinguished Member of ASCE.