Reyes Garcia is Associate Professor in Structural Engineering at the University of Warwick (UK). He obtained his 5-year Degree in Civil Engineering (Graduated with Honours) from the University of Michoacan (Mexico), his joint MSc from the ROSE School (Italy) and Grenoble Alpes University (France), and his PhD from the University of Sheffield (UK).

Reyes has 25+ years of research/consultancy experience in the fields of structural and sustainable concretes, FRP composites for construction, and earthquake engineering. He has been heavily involved in management and coordination of multi-partner EU and Research Council-funded projects in excess of £5M. He has designed/coordinated large-scale shake table tests in large scale facilities in Europe (CEA Saclay, France; Iasi, Romania).

He has published over 140 articles, papers and book chapters. He has contributed actively to the UK TG tasks for Eurocode 8-3, and he is a member of the fib TG 5.1 "FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures". He regularly reviews research grant proposals and sits on panels for national/international research councils in the UK (EPSRC), Europe, Asia and Latin America, as well as manuscripts for more than 20 international journals.

He is Associate Editor of the ICE's journal Structures and Buildings, and Editor Board Member of Springer's Discover Polymers and Discover Civil Engineering. He has been member of committees, keynote speaker and chair in various international conferences in Latin America and Asia. He is also Visiting Professor at Walailak University, Thailand.

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Prof. Sandeep Chaudhary is currently working as a Professor (HAG) in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Indore.

His research group conducts pioneering work in structural engineering, concrete technology, and sustainable development, focusing on innovative solutions such as steel-concrete composite structures and the sustainable use of waste materials in construction, with a strong emphasis on product development and translational applications.

His key achievements include IIT Indore's first technology transfer, recognised among the top forty technologies published by IIT Madras in the coffee table book Prabhav, and the recent adoption of one of his technologies by a prestigious Indian government organisation for a large-scale construction project, fostering pride in institutional progress.

Prof. Chaudhary serves on several committees of the Bureau of Indian Standards and the Asian Concrete Federation. He has established international collaborations, including joint research projects and academic exchanges, and was recently invited by the Government of the Russian Federation to develop a world-class research lab at NPI, Russia, as part of the Mega Grant scheme, highlighting his global research leadership.

His work has significantly advanced the field, as evidenced by his more than 120 research papers in SCI/SCI(E) journals and fourteen sponsored research Projects as Principal Investigator. He has recently coauthored a textbook on “Concrete Technology”, which has been published by McGraw-Hill Publications.

Prof. Chaudhary's mission is deeply rooted in addressing global challenges through sustainable engineering practices.

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Professor Geng's research has strongly focused on railway track design, railway embankment stability analysis, in-situ testing, instrumentation, retaining structures, ground improvement techniques, geohazards, and constitutive and numerical modelling. Her research contributions have been instrumental in changing the often conservative industry practices, including revisions to Australian Standards.

One of her major research interests and also one of the key strengths is the willingness and ability to work closely with industry in understanding and finding solutions to the real field problems and being able to disseminate the salient research outcomes to considerable and tangible industry benefits. She received the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Partnership (University of Wollongong, Australia) for her research impact in industry.

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Prof Pavan Kumar Kankar is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore.

He has 25 years of research and industry experience. He specialises in the application of machine learning for product/process optimisation, condition-based maintenance for circular economy practices, and Machine Design, Vibration, Soft Computing, and Nonlinear Dynamics. He holds over 150 publications in the form of journal articles, conference proceedings, books and book chapters. He has also applied for six patents. He also holds industry experience as a member of the Board of Directors of Shree Engineers & Contractors Private Limited.

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Dr Sanchit Gupta is working as a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore. 

He is an early-career researcher in the domain of sustainable construction materials, working on upcycling C&D waste, identifying novel bio-admixtures, developing assessment tools, cement rheology, supplementary cementitious materials, and product engineering with translational applications. He primarily focuses on interdisciplinary collaborative research for the translational application of sustainable solutions. So far, he has developed six sustainable products, three technological solutions, applied for five patents, and executed multiple field trials, with one of the technologies being used in a live construction project. 

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Dr Ashita Singh is working as a Project Manager at the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore. 

She is an early-career researcher in the domain of sustainable binders, working on the development of geopolymers and clinker manufacturing using limestone extracted from Ca rich agro-waste. She specialises in industry-academia R&D projects.

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Dr Saeed Pourfalah is a chartered engineer from the Institution of Civil Engineers. He has 21 years of experience in innovative and sustainable design, including research and development for contractors, design firms, construction manufacturers and academic institutes. Sid has built two successful start-ups managing multidisciplinary, large-scale projects (+£100M). He is an expert in the development and commercialisation of new sustainable building material technologies. He is currently a part-time research fellow at the University of Sheffield, an honorary associate professor at the University of Warwick and is also the founder of Concrete4Change, a company that is tackling the climate crisis by reducing the carbon emissions of construction.

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Dr Jagbandhu Kole is Senior Vice President and Head of R&D at JSW Cements Limited. He is an R&D leader with over 35 years of expertise in building materials, cement, construction chemicals, and sustainable structural materials. He specialises in circular economy solutions, slag utilisation, carbon capture & utilisation, and development of ultra-low/zero-carbon cementitious products. With more than 25 patents, Dr Kole has developed 150-200 products across the building and construction sectors, with a strong emphasis on waste utilisation. His innovations include cement additives, admixtures, grinding aids, and various construction chemicals, covering a wide range of waterproofing systems, performance-based coatings, flooring products, etc., based on materials like bitumen, SBR latex, acrylics, epoxy, polyurethane, poly-aspartic, polyester, poly-urea, and PCE.

He is an active member of several organisations, including BIS, CMA, the Indian Chemical Society, the Indian Ceramic Society, the Faculty of Dr Fixit Institute, and the ISO certification body.

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Mr Abhishek Purohit is the Managing Director of Abhishek Bricks and also the Vice President of Brick Manufacturing Association of Indore. He has over 25 years of expertise in manufacturing, supplying, trading and R&D of different types of bricks and blocks. He also has experience and expertise in establishing, upgrading and operating brick manufacturing units. 

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