Mehmet Serkan Kirgiz Editor

Paul Awoyera is a 2016 Commonwealth and University of Nottingham Split-site PhD Scholarship winner. He obtained his PhD in civil engineering (structures and materials) from Covenant University, Nigeria in 2018. He has previously worked as a professional civil engineer on numerous projects, covering structural design and construction, subsoil investigation, concrete waterproofing and non-destructive testing. His research interests include non-destructive testing/evaluation of reinforced concrete structures, forensic investigation of distressed structural members, and the use of recycled materials in civil engineering applications. Paul is a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), a member of the International Association for Engineers (IAENG), and a corporate member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE). He has published over 80 articles in high-profile journals and has also served as an editor/editorial board member and reviewer for numerous international journals. Carlos Thomas is an Associate Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Civil Engineering School of the University of Cantabria, Spain. He received his International PhD with cum Laude and Extraordinary Doctorate Award in 2013. His research activity has focused on the evaluation of construction, demolition and industry wastes for the manufacture of recycled mortars and concrete. In the last five years, he has participated as Principal Investigator in 5 R&D projects and as a researcher in another 10 R&D projects, with both public and private funding, related to recycled materials. He is the author of 20 JCR papers, one of them certified as one of the 25 most downloaded in ScienceDirect, and more than 80 congress communications and conferences. He has undertaken research stays in France, Germany, Brazil, and Portugal, and he is one of the promoters of the "Spanish Recycled Concrete Network". Mehmet Serkan Kirgiz is currently a professor at the Trakya University, Turkey. He was previously a professor at the Gazi and Hacettepe Universities, both in Turkey. He has served as Vice Dean, Member of Faculty Management Board, Member of Department Management Board at these institutions. He has authored several peer-reviewed articles and has a national patent on cement manufacturing through the burning of marble powder and brick powder as farina. His major research interests include Ecology based Construction Materials, and Minerals of Raw and By-Product, and upcycling of by-product for sustainable development.