Dr. Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Engr. Sohail Bashir, Abdul Jabbar Sangi and Dr. Shamsoon Fareed

April 2025

This edition comprises papers presented at the 14th International Civil Engineering Conference (ICEC 2024) held on November 15-16, 2024, in Karachi, Pakistan. The conference theme, "Advancing Civil Engineering: Innovation for Achieving UN Sustainable Goals", underscores the pivotal role that civil engineering plays in realizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It highlights the intersection of technological advancement, sustainable practice, and global development. The conference aimed to showcase cutting-edge research, share best practices and foster collaboration among professionals, researchers, and policymakers, particularly in the civil engineering field.

Huy-Bich Nguyen, Keiji Yamada, Ju Yi Lee and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thanh Long Le

April 2025

This edition includes the selected papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Machining, Materials, and Mechanical Technologies (IC3MT 2024), held in Phan Thiet City, Vietnam, on September 11-15, 2024. We hope this collection will be interesting and useful to many researchers and engineers from various fields of machining, materials, and mechanical technologies.

Dr. Spiridon (Spiros) Koutsonas, Dr. Gulshan Kumar and Dr. Syahida Suhaimi

April 2025

The recent advancements and innovations in technology and engineering have significantly transformed various scientific currents and industrial domains. This special edition presents a comprehensive exploration of key topics in modern materials science and engineering, covering functional nanostructures, nanomechanics, alloys, building materials, construction mechanics, and engineering design. The collected articles highlight emerging trends and offer practical applications of the received research results, making this edition an invaluable resource for researchers and engineers alike.

Dr. Konstantinos Georgarakis, Prof. Nadezhda L. Voropaeva and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fauziah Binti Sulaiman

April 2025

The 41st volume of the Journal of Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials presents articles that analyse distinct melting models of aluminium, silver, gold and lead nanoparticles and the photocatalytic (dye degradation) activity of green synthesised paramagnetic nanoparticles for the water purification process, synthesis method of nanocomposite coating for corrosion protection, preparation of silver-graphene oxide nanocomposite for antibacterial applications and manganese-doped copper sulphide nanoparticles for thin film application. The presented publication will be helpful to many specialists in applied materials science and nanotechnologies.

Miguel Ángel Sellés Cantó and Samuel Sánchez-Caballero

April 2025

We are pleased to present this collection of the selected contributions to the 10th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes and Advanced Surface Engineering (ICTMP2024), held from June 26th to 28th, 2024, at the Campus of Alcoy of the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. The conference served as an international platform, fostering the exchange of innovative methodologies and practical applications in the field of tribology.

Prof. Afrooz Barnoush, Prof. Elena Gordo Odériz, Prof. José Luis Ordóñez-Ávila, Prof. Ian McAndrew, Rizki Agam Syahputra, Dr. Ambuj Sharma and Prof. Lee Zhi

April 2025

The 14th volume of the journal Engineering Innovations includes articles that accent the reader's attention on the latest advances and results of research in materials science, construction and architecture, renewable energy, development and applications of IoT systems, mechatronics and data and image processing. The presented articles will be helpful to many engineers and researchers in engineering sciences.