**Meet the editors**

Dr. Salih Yılmaz, graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Middle East Technical University, Turkey, in 2001 and received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Pamukkale University in 2007. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Turkey. Also, Dr. Yılmaz is the founding head of the Department

of Civil Engineering and director of Earthquake Engineering Research Center. He was an assistant professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, and research associate at University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Yılmaz provided consultancy for many companies. He has more than 50 research papers published in international journals and has conducted many national-level research projects and was involved in many international projects. His main research areas are seismic performance evaluation and strengthening of structures including material-related problems, urban regeneration, and passive energy design of buildings.

Dr. Hayri Baytan Özmen Dr. Özmen is currently an associate professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Uşak University, Turkey. He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Middle East Technical University, Turkey, in 2001. He received his PhD in the same field from Pamukkale University in 2011. His research interest includes reinforced concrete structures,

earthquake engineering, seismic evaluation, and retrofit. He has more than 50 research papers published in international journals and conferences and has conducted or was involved in more than 10 national and international research projects. He performed seismic evaluation or design of seismic retrofit system of more than 150 RC buildings and provided consultancy for structural engineering studies. He is one of the editors of an international journal on materials and structural engineering.
