**Dr. Muhammad Wakil Shahzad**

Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

> **Mike Dixon** Synauta Inc., Calgary, Canada

**Giancarlo Barassi** Aquatech International LLC, United States of America

**Ben Bin Xu** Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

### **Dr. Yinzhu Jiang** Zhejiang University,

Hangzhou, China

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