We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Manoj Khandelwal from Federation University, Australia, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr Manoj Khandelwal is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate and Postgraduate Program Coordinator of mining engineering at Federation University Australia and is an Australian Endeavour Fellow. Before joining Federation University Australia, Dr Khandelwal worked as an Assistant Professor of mining engineering at Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, India. Dr Khandelwal was a postdoctoral researcher at Monash University, Australia and a Senior Research Fellow at the Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad, India. Dr Khandelwal has more than twenty years of research and teaching experience in Australia and India. Dr Khandelwal has been recognized as a leading expert in mining geomechanics and rock blasting. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Manoj Khandelwal for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Alireza Rashki from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Alireza is currently Associate Professor and head of International Cooperation and Development and Community relations of the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment. In 2019, he was chosen as TOP RESEARCHER of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. His research areas are on sand/dust, aeolian sediments and RS & GIS in changes of environments. Many of his works have been published in relatively high impact international journals. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Alireza Rashki for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Tarek Rouissi from Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Quebec, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. With an engineering degree in food technology, a master's degree in industrial engineering and a doctorate in water science, Professor Rouissi is a multidisciplinary researcher with over 10 years' experience in environmental chemistry and biotechnology, bioremediation, biocomposites and waste reclamation-bioconversion. He has worked in several institutions and held a number of positions, including research professional at UQAC and UQTR, research associate at INRS, research coordinator at CTRI, and recently as innovation director at CRIBIQ. He is currently Associate Professor at Laurentian University, and has been Associate Professor at UQAC and INRS in the past. Prof. Rouissi has co-supervised the work of 5 PhDs, a Master's degree and supervised the work of over 20 graduate students. He is the author/co-author of over 70 scientific publications, and co-inventor of the enzymatic bioremediation technology patented by INRS's Centre Eau Terre Environnement. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Tarek Rouissi for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Xianbo Zhao from CQUniversity Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Zhao joined Central Queensland University in 2014. He holds Bachelor and Master qualifications in construction management from Southeast University (China), and a PhD degree in building awarded by the National University of Singapore (NUS). Dr. Zhao has been conducting research into the issues surrounding the management of civil and building construction and built environment. Dr. Zhao has led or participated in research projects relating to enterprise risk management, risk prediction techniques, risk network evolution, political risk management in international construction and safety risk. Dr. Zhao has also investigated the issues relating to diffusion of innovative technologies (e.g., BIM, 3D printing, machine learning, etc.) in the building and construction sector as well as sustainable construction. Dr. Zhao was selected as Australia’s Top Researcher in the field of architecture and one of the Rising Stars of Research in the field of sustainable development in The Australian’s Research Magazine in 2021. He was among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the field of Building & Construction compiled by Stanford University in 2020-2024. At CQUniversity, he received Vice-Chancellor’s and Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Researchers in 2021 and Publication Recognition Awards in 2017-2019. He received the Excellent Paper Award at the 19th International Symposium on the Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate (CRIOCM2014) and Merit Paper Award at the 27th and 29th International Symposium on the Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate (CRIOCM2022 and 2024). We appreciate Prof. Dr. Xianbo Zhao for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Chow Ming Fai from Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, MONASH UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Ir. Ts. Gs. Dr. Chow Ming Fai is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Discipline of the School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia. His research interests are mainly focus on (i) Sustainable urban stormwater management, (ii) hydrological & water quality modeling, (iii) flood forecasting and inundation modeling and (iv) hydropower and dam management. He completed bachelor degree of civil engineering and PhD degree from University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) in 2007 and 2012, respectively. Since then, he had worked in Academia Sinica, Taiwan and Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). To date, he had successfully secured five government grants (3 FRGS and 1 PRGS from Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, 1 chair in energy economics (GCEE) grant from Energy Commission Malaysia) and 1 industry grant from Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) as project leader. He had obtained the professional engineer (Ir.), chartered engineer (CEng.), professional technologist (Ts) and professional geospatialist recognitions. In 2015, Dr. Chow was awarded the Green Talent award by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for his excellent in sustainability research. Besides that, he was awarded the Outstanding Young Academician Award (category research & publication) 2016 and Excellent Teaching Award 2019 by Universiti Tenaga Nasional. He has been involved in many consultancy projects with clients from TNB, TNBR, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (DID) and Lembaga Kemajuan Pertanian Muda (MADA). Ir. Ts. Gs. Dr. Chow is currently inviting potential postgraduate students (research) to join the water research group in Monash University Malaysia. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Chow Ming Fai for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Hanuman Singh Jatav from Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, India, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Hanuman Singh Jatav is a distinguished Assistant Professor with over 6 years of teaching and research experience in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry. He specializes in Soil Fertility Management, Sewage Sludge, Biochar, Micronutrients, and Heavy Metals. Dr. Jatav completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, and went on to earn his M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from the prestigious Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Jatav has emerged as a prominent researcher, consistently contributing to environmental sustainability and advancing scientific knowledge in his field. His work, which focuses on sustainable soil and plant health management, has been widely recognized. To date, he has published over 120 papers, including research papers, review articles, books, book chapters, and technical papers in renowned national and international journals and with esteemed publishers. He has held key editorial roles, serving as an Academic Editor and subject expert for several leading publishers, including Springer, Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, Frontiers, PLOS One, MDPI, IWA, CSIRO, HINDAWI, CARJ, JEB, and ICAR Journals, where he has been actively involved for the past 8 years. In addition, Dr. Jatav is a member of more than 15 national and international scientific societies, further solidifying his influence in the academic community. Dr. Jatav’s remarkable contributions have earned him numerous accolades. He was awarded a Certificate of Gratitude as an Ambassador by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland, during the World Conservation Congress at the Global Youth Summit. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, where he shared his expertise in Sustainable Soil and Plant Health Management. Throughout his career, Dr. Jatav has been recognized for his outstanding research, winning awards for best paper and poster presentations. He has participated in over 40 conferences and completed more than 35 specialized trainings related to his research interests. His exemplary work has earned him the title of "Outstanding Assistant Professor" at Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Hanuman Singh Jatav for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Waheb A. Jabbar from College of Engineering, Faculty of Computing, Engineering, and the Built Environment, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. His research interests include Internet of Things, Wireless Networks, Mobile Communications, Smart Sensors and Control. He also has a keen interest in Low Power Wide Area Networks such as LoRa/LoRaWAN networks. Before joining BCU, Waheb served for six years in different academic, research and administrative positions at Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Malaysia that include Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Faculty of Engineering Technology (FTeK) (2016-2019) and the Faculty of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technology (FTKEE) (2019-2022), Research Fellow at the Centre for Software Development & Integrated Computing, Coordinator of Senior Design Projects for undergraduate students at FTKEE, and Head of Advanced Electronics & Automation Research Sector at FTeK. He has served as a Principal and Co-researcher of many research projects in the field of Wireless Networks and Internet of Things and registered four intellectual properties. He has received number of Excellence Awards in teaching and research development and many Gold/Silver/Bronze medals from several national and international exhibitions for innovative research and inventions. He was awarded a Top Peer Reviewer Award in 2019 as a part of the Global Review Awards by Publons, Web of Science. His academic research skills and hands-on practice in Electrical and Electronics Engineering are supported by six years (2002-2008) of industrial experience in power plants operation and maintenance as an Electrical Supervisor and Commissioning Engineer at Sana’a South Power Plant with the Public Electricity Corporation, Yemen prior to awarding scholarship and joining UKM for pursuing his postgraduate studies. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Waheb A. Jabbar for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Ying-Chien Chung from China University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Ying-Chien Chung gained his PhD degree from the National Chiao-Tung University in 1997. Professor Chung has served as Professor in the Department of Biological Science and Technology, China University of Science and Technology. He has authored over 150 papers (100 in SCI journals and 50 in Proceedings) in the past years. Among his editorial positions, he has served as editorial board member for several international journals in the fields of biotechnology, microbiology and natural resource management. Professor Chung has featured widely in environmental biotechnology, green technology, biosensor, biological engineering, bioremediation, microbial fuel cell and fermentation. Professor Chung has been the recipient of numerous academic awards, grants, and fellowships, including the Who's Who in the World (2009-2015, 2017-2020), Who's Who in Asia (2017), Scientific Award of Excellence for 2011, Man of the year 2012, Cambridge Certificate for Outstanding Scientific Achievement (2012, 2015) and Top 100 Scientists (2012, 2015)；He completed 50 R&D projects funded by various Government and private agencies；He was granted 35 patents for his invention and 10 technology transfers with the enterprises. Professor Chung has been ranked among the top 2% of scientists in the world for the fifth consecutive year, according to a recent report published by Stanford University. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Ying-Chien Chung for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Sze-Mun Lam from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, Malaysia, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Sze-Mun Lam is an outstanding scholar who experts mainly in Environmental Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Water and Wastewater Treatment We appreciate Prof. Dr. Sze-Mun Lam for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Angel Mena-Nieto from University of Huelva, Spain, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr Mena-Nieto is a senior lecturer in Project Management and Environmental Management Systems at the University of Huelva. Before shifting to academia, he worked as a construction project manager and as a legislative compliance inspector of industrial facilities in the north of Spain. He has published more than 100 articles, book chapters and conference papers (3 research sexenios). He is the head of the Spanish Standardization Committee of Project Management and represents Spain in ISO/TC 258. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Angel Mena-Nieto for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Daniela Haluza from Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Daniela Haluza is a medical specialist in microbiology and hygiene and works as habilitated associate professor of Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Her research focuses on environmental hygiene and Public Health, One Health and Health in all Policies. She is involved in research investigating how natural environments and biodiversity contribute to human health and wellbeing. Recently, she studies the effectiveness of the Open AI chatbot GPT-3 in research. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Daniela Haluza for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Abdelazim Negm from Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. He worked as a demonstrator in Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University in 1986 and continued till he occupied the position of Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affair. He was promoted as professor of hydraulics. His research areas are wide to include hydraulic, hydrology and water resources. He Published more than 350 scientific paper in national and international Journals and conferences. He published more than 50 book chapters. Also, he edited 30 books on water resources management and agriculture. The 30 books were published by Springer during the years 2017-2021. Prof. Negm is a reviewer for more than 30 national and international journals. He has a wide national and international technical network and currently working on editing several book projects in the Springer series Earth and Environmental Sciences, Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, ...etc. He participated in more than 80 conferences. He has awarded the prizes of best papers three times. He participates in the two EU funded international projects. He was nominated by American Biographical Institute (ABI) for the Award of ABI's 2011 Man of the year distinction, ABI's One of 1000 top thinkers and intellectuals to appear in the Great Minds of the 21st Century, ABI's Scientific Award of Excellence for 2011, ABI's Professional Hall of Fame Award, ABI's American Order of Merit Award. Also, he was nominated by the International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England for the award of IBC's 21st Award for Achievement, IBC's International Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement, IBC's International Educator for the Year 2011, IBC's Top 100 Educators of the Year 2011, IBC's Man of the Year 2011, IBC's Top 100 Engineers of the Year. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Abdelazim Negm for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Mahmood A. Al-Shareeda from Southern Technical University, Basra, Iraq, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Mahmood A. Al-Shareeda is currently a lecturer at Southern Technical University, Basra, Iraq. He previously served as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia. Dr. Al-Shareeda holds a BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. earned in Iraq, Lebanon, and Malaysia, respectively. He has been recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University/Elsevier, based on the impact of his published research. His research interests span diverse areas, including network monitoring, Internet of Things (IoT), Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET) security, and IPv6 security. We appreciate Dr. Mahmood A. Al-Shareeda for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Lip Huat Saw from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kajang, Malaysia, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr Bernard Saw Lip Huat is currently an associate professor and chairperson for the Centre for Sustainable Mobility Technologies in the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. degree from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2015. Besides, he is a Chartered Engineer registered with the Engineering Council (UK), Professional Engineer registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia, Professional Technologists registered with Malaysia Board of Technologists and associate fellow of Asean Academy of Engineering and Technology. His research interests include energy storage system, computational fluid dynamic, thermal management, renewable energy and ventilation. His research is well recognized as he is listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists published by Stanford University. He has been invited to deliver several keynotes and invited speeches in many conferences as well as public lectures. He has co-authored more than 90 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious international journals, 5 books/ book chapters, 4 patents and won more than 30 awards in the local and international competitions as well as outstanding reviewers for more than 10 international journals. He is serving as editorial member and guest editor of several international journals such as Sustainability, Frontiers in Energy Research, Journal of Renewable Materials, Energy Engineering, Fluid dynamic and material processing, Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management, etc. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Lip Huat Saw for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Amir Hossein Hamidian from Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Amir Hossein Hamidian is an outstanding scholar who experts mainly in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Amir Hossein Hamidian for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan from Department of Smart Engineering and Advanced Technology, Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Dr. C. Shreeshivadasan is currently a Professor at the Department of Engineering, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), UTM. He received his PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2006 from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. His PhD research was on the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater containing macrolide antibiotic using anaerobic digester. He obtained his Masters and Bachelor degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in the field of Chemical and Environmental Engineering in 1995 and 1997, respectively. His interests are largely concerned with the control of pollutants in the environment in relation to industrial wastewater using anaerobic process. Specifically, his research is more concentrated towards the control of pollutants from various wastewater such as pharmaceutical, paper mill, textile, landfill leachate and palm oil mill effluents. His latest project was the treatment of textile wastewater using modified anaerobic baffled reactor and treatment of landfill leachate using anaerobic stage reactor (ASR) combined with a membrane bioreactor (MBR) for the removal of selected micro-pollutants. He is very much active in the national and international arena promoting environmental awareness and the concept of sustainability. He is a committee member of the Malaysian Water Association (MWA) and Malaysian Water Academy (MyWA) under the section of industrial research and development. He is also the Editor-in-Chief for Malaysian Journal of Water published by the MWA. He has produced more than 100 research articles and conference proceedings in the field of environmental engineering, particularly using the anaerobic reactors. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Yanfang Sang from Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Yanfang Sang is an outstanding scholar who experts mainly in Hydroclimate, Natural Disasters and Risks, Urban Water Management, Climate Change, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Yanfang Sang for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Jose Navarro-Pedreno from Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Elche, Spain, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Jose Navarro-Pedreno is an outstanding scholar who experts mainly in soil-water-plant system (including horticultural crops), soils and land mangement (including GIS and Remote Sensing), waste management and recycling (including heavy metal pollution and salinity). We appreciate Prof. Dr. Jose Navarro-Pedreno for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Nasir Shafiq from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Dr Nasir Shafiq is a Professor in Structural Engineering and Sustainable development apart from research and academics. I am actively involved in administrative position. From 2014 to 2017 served as Director of Sustainable Resources Mission Oriented Research, Chairman Innovation Committee and Chief Editor of the Research Bulletin RESINEX. The administrative positions main KPIs are research management at MOR level, strategic and business planning, monitoring of IP filing, Research Commercialization and Technology Licencing. I am member of professional bodies; ACI, ASCE, BEM, and Pakistan Engineering Council. Currently I am vice president of the Concrete Society Malaysia, for the second consecutive of 2024 to 2026. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Nasir Shafiq for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Rachid Lahlali from Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture, Meknes, Morocco, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr. Lahlali is a Research Associate Professor of Plant Pathology & Microbiology at the Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknes (ENA-Meknes, Morocco) since 2016. He obtained his BSc in Plant Protection from ENA-Meknes, and his MSc and PhD degrees in Agronomy and Biological Sciences with major Plant Pathology from Gembloux Agro-Bio-Tech, University of Liege (Belgium). Dr. Lahlali worked as a Research Scientist in Plant Sciences at University of Saskatchewan (Canadian Light Source Inc.,) from 2012 to 2016 and he carried out several post-doctoral research positions in the Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre (4 years as postdoctoral fellow and Biologist from 2009-2013) as well as in Plant Research Institute, University of Montreal (2 years from 2007-2009) and Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech, University of Liege (1 year from 2006-2007). Dr. Lahlali's Lab main research interests include the study of plant microbe interactions, phytomycology, biological control of plant diseases, molecular plant pathology, mechanisms involved in the plant's response to biotic stresses (fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes), and the application of molecular tools and Agri-tech (remote sensing) for plant diseases diagnosis and plant improvement. Dr. Lahlali authored and co-authored more than 166 peer-reviewed papers and 10 chapters (4 published and 6 under process), supervised more than 35 Masters Diploma, and 10 Doctorate (4 already graduated and 6 enrollment). Dr. Lahlali participated in many projects related to the field of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and plant microbes interaction at National and International levels (Core organic co-Fund-resberry, SIRAM Prima, Optimus prime, FoodLand H2020 projects). He is a reputed scientist in his field of research and served as Editor for BMC Microbiology, Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers in Agronomy, Life, and Microbiology Insights and reviewer for several journals such as Plant Pathology, phytopathology, Crop Protection, Physiological and Molecular plant Pathology, Tropical Plant pathology, Plant Disease…etc. At ENAM, Dr. Lahlali teaches different courses including Introduction to Plant Pathology, Health security, General Plant Pathology, Phytopharmacy-Fungicides, Phytoepidemiology, Phytomycology, and Postharvest Plant Pathology and participate in supervising students at different levels. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Rachid Lahlali for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Paul Mativenga from The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. He holds a Chair in Multiscale & Sustainable Manufacturing at The University of Manchester after joining the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 2002. His expertise and research are in Manufacturing Technologies (machining science, micro manufacturing, laser processing, and sustainable manufacturing). He focuses on manufacturing at different length and speed scales. He obtained a PhD and MSc in Manufacturing Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Technology respectively from The University of Liverpool, UK. He is excited about developing engineering science solutions to the major challenges of resource efficiency and industrial sustainability. His research focuses on innovative manufacturing technologies and resource-efficient or green manufacturing. They research and understand how we can make the manufacturing industry technologically and economically competitive while operating within the boundaries of environmentally friendly manufacturing. He is a Member of the International Academy of Production Engineering, College International pour la Recherche en Productique (CIRP). The CIRP was founded in 1951 to address scientifically, through international cooperation, issues related to modern production science and technology. In the Faculty of Science and Engineering, his major administrative responsibility is strategic leadership of Social Responsibility and Equality Diversity, and Inclusion. The University has an important role to play in making a positive difference in society and knowledge creation, delivering industrial, environmental, and policy impact. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Paul Mativenga for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Michail Kalogiannakis from University of Thessaly, Greece, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Michail Kalogiannakis is an Associate Professor of the Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly in Greece and an Associate Tutor at School of Humanities at the Hellenic Open University. He graduated from the Physics Department of the University of Crete and continued his post-graduate studies at the University Paris 7-Denis Diderot (D.E.A. in Didactic of Physics), University Paris 5-René Descartes-Sorbonne (D.E.A. in Science Education) and received his PhD degree at the University Paris 5-René Descartes-Sorbonne (PhD in Science Education). His research interests include: science education in early childhood, science teaching and learning, e-learning, the use of ICT in science education, distant and adult education and mobile learning. He has published over 120 articles in international conferences and journals, and has served on the program committees of numerous international conferences. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Michail Kalogiannakis for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Ruxandra Mihaela Botez from Department of Automated Production Engineering, ETS, Montreal, Canada, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Dr Ruxandra Botez has been Full Professor at ÉTS University in Canada since 1998. Ruxandra has been a Canada Research Chair Tier 1 Holder in Aircraft Modeling and Simulation Technologies since 2011, and she has been the Head of the Laboratory of Applied Research in Active Controls, Avionics, and AeroServoElasticity LARCASE since 2003. Ruxandra is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), the Canadian Aeronautical Society Institute (CASI), the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and many other associations and institutions She is the Editor-in-Chief of the INCAS Bulletin. Ruxandra has supervised more than 22 PhD students, 100 Master’s students (projects and theses), and 260 internship students in her academic career. Ruxandra has published more than 175 archival original journal articles, 300 conference papers, and 7 invited book chapters. Ruxandra and her team have obtained more than 50 awards; she has also given more than 50 invited speaker presentations. Ruxandra works in collaboration with various aerospace companies in Canada, such as Bombardier Aerospace, CAE Inc., Esterline CMC Electronics, Bell Helicopter Textron, Thales Aerospace, GlobVision, FLIR Systems, and IAR-NRC; Presagis and NASA in the USA; Alenia and CIRA in Italy; Hydra Technologies in Mexico; DLR in Germany; and the National Institute for Aerospace Research “Elie Carafoli” in Romania. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Ruxandra Mihaela Botez for her participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Francesca De Masi from University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Dr. R Rosa Francesca De Masi is an outstanding scholar who experts mainly in Energy efficiency in building, Heat Transfer and Engineering Thermodynamics. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Rosa Francesca De Masi for her participation and support.

 We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Marco Roccetti from Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Since 2000, he has been Full Professor of Computer Science at Alma Mater Studiorum, where he taught several courses in computer science: he now teaches Human Data Science and Internet Architecture. Member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna since 2019, of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Space Agency since 2022, he was Visiting Scholar at UCLA (2011-15) and Visiting Scientist at ICSI Berkeley (1993). In 2017-18 he was Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Data Science and Computation, Alma Mater. Current research interests include human data science, human-AI teaming, predictive intelligence, data-driven prescient modeling, and digital medicine; he has authored more than 250 scientific contributions that have received various awards, including five best paper awards, a Microsoft Research Star Award, and a Web Accessibility Challenge Delegates Award from the W3C Consortium. The h-indexes of his scientific output are 34, 40 and 35, respectively, as calculated by Scopus, Scholar and ResearchGate. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Marco Roccetti for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Dr. Taha Selim Ustun from Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute (FREA), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Koriyama, Japan, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Taha Selim Ustun received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. He is currently a researcher with the Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute (FREA), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), where he leads the Smart Grid Cybersecurity Laboratory. Before that, he was a faculty member with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He has been invited to run specialist courses in Africa, India, and China. His research has attracted funding from prestigious programs in Japan, Australia, Europe, and North America. His current research interests include power systems protection, communication in power networks, distributed generation, microgrids, electric vehicle integration, and cybersecurity in smart grids. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Taha Selim Ustun for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Pascal Lorenz from University of Haute Alsace IUT - 34 rue du Grillenbreit, 68008 Colmar, France, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Pascal Lorenz (lorenz@ieee.org) received his M.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) from the University of Nancy, France. Between 1990 and 1995 he was a research engineer at WorldFIP Europe and at Alcatel-Alsthom. He is a professor at the University of Haute-Alsace, France, since 1995. His research interests include QoS, wireless networks and high-speed networks. He is the author/co-author of 3 books, 3 patents and 200 international publications in refereed journals and conferences. He was Technical Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine Editorial Board (2000-2006), IEEE Networks Magazine since 2015, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology since 2017, Chair of IEEE ComSoc France (2014-2020), Financial chair of IEEE France (2017-2022), Chair of Vertical Issues in Communication Systems Technical Committee Cluster (2008-2009), Chair of the Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee (2003-2009), Chair of the Communications Software Technical Committee (2008-2010) and Chair of the Technical Committee on Information Infrastructure and Networking (2016-2017), Chair of IEEE/ComSoc Satellite and Space Communications Technical (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Finance Committee (2022-2023), IEEE R8 Conference Coordination Committee (2023). He has served as Co-Program Chair of IEEE WCNC'2012 and ICC'2004, Executive Vice-Chair of ICC'2017, TPC Vice Chair of Globecom'2018, Panel sessions co-chair for Globecom'16, tutorial chair of VTC'2013 Spring and WCNC'2010, track chair of PIMRC'2012 and WCNC'2014, symposium Co-Chair at Globecom 2007-2011, Globecom'2019, ICC 2008-2010, ICC'2014 and '2016. He has served as Co-Guest Editor for special issues of IEEE Communications Magazine, Networks Magazine, Wireless Communications Magazine, Telecommunications Systems and LNCS. He is associate Editor for International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS-Wiley), Journal on Security and Communication Networks (SCN-Wiley) and International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking, Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA-Elsevier). He is senior member of the IEEE, IARIA fellow and member of many international program committees. He has organized many conferences, chaired several technical sessions and gave tutorials at major international conferences. He was IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour during 2013-2014. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Pascal Lorenz for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Amin Beiranvand Pour from Institute of Oceanography & Environment (INOS), Higher Institution Center of Excellence (HICoE) in Marine Science, University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Terengganu, Malaysia, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Amin Beiranvand Pour is a leading scientist and internationally established researcher in the field of geological and environmental remote sensing. He was listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University for the years 2019-2023. He is Co-Founder and Team Lead in ScanMiner Solutions. He is one of the highly cited researchers in the field of geological remote sensing in the world (ranked 2 in Google Scholar). He has ranked 1 among Top Scientists for year 2023 in Earth Science in Malaysia. He has a full academic background in remote sensing, geology, mineral exploration and environmental sciences. He was project Leader of numerous remote sensing research projects using multispectral and hyperspectral sensors for geological mapping, mineral exploration, environmental modelling and monitoring. His experience ranges widely, from geological mapping to environmental issues such as lithological and structural mapping, mineral exploration, environmental monitoring and modelling, geo-hazard, geothermal mapping, geomorphic and coastal geology investigations. He has published more than 200 research papers and 5 books in the field of geological remote sensing, mineral exploration and geohazard modeling. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Amin Beiranvand Pour for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Yuekuan Zhou from Sustainable Energy and Environment Thrust, Function Hub The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Nansha, China, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Zhou obtained his PhD degree in 2021 from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPolyU), Master’s degree from Hunan University in 2017 and Bachelor from PLA university of Science and Technology in 2014. Zhou conducted his PhD attachment program in 2019 in Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, under the supervision of Prof. Jan L.M. Hensen. He joined in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2021. He was awarded the Best Paper Award in CUE2020: Applied Energy Symposium: ¬Low carbon cities and urban energy systems, organized by Applied Energy journal. He has 3 highly cited papers (ESI 1%). He won the award ‘Outstanding PhD candidate in international conference on Energy and Built Environment’ in 2021. Dr. Zhou is invited as guest editor to launch a special issue ‘Energy Flexible Buildings with Energy Conversion and Management Technologies’ in the SCI journal, Applied Sciences, in 2021. Dr. Zhou was also invited to contribute chapters in 7 books (publishers: Elsevier, Springer and so on). Dr. Zhou’s research aims at achieving smart zero-energy and zero-carbon district energy systems for carbon neutrality and climate change mitigation, via cleaner power production, energy-efficient system design and operation, innovation in smart energy integration, multi-objective optimization on nonlinear dynamic behaviours with artificial intelligence. Cross-disciplinary areas and multidisciplinary research with cutting-edge technologies are required, including materials engineering, chemical engineering, thermodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, renewable energy engineering, energy economics, and artificial intelligence. His current research interests include electrochemical battery, hydrogen and pumped hydro storages in zero-energy buildings, life-cycle carbon-neutral buildings, peer-to-peer energy trading and inter-city energy migration energy network with hydrogen economy. Up until now, he has published over 35 SCI papers in high impact journals. He is currently serving as an editorial board member for Journal of Architectural Environment & Structural Engineering Research (JAESER). He also serves as reviewer for high-impact SCI journals, such as Nano Energy, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management; Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainable City and Societies, Energy; Renewable Energy; Solar Energy; Building and Environment; Journal of Energy Storage, and so on. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Yuekuan Zhou for his participation and support.

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Christian N. Madu from Pace University, New York, United States, to join the Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research. Prof. Christian N Madu is a leading scholar and expert in the areas of chemical safety and security management, sustainability management, disaster risk reduction, process change and quality control. In 2017, he was appointed by the United States Department of State - CDRF as the lead Subject Matter Expert to run training on chemical safety and security in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. This training which recently concluded took him through the entire country. He has published extensively in his areas of research interests and his recent books include the Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction & Management (2017) and Handbook of Sustainability Management published in 2012. Both books were published by the Imperial College Press and World Scientific Publishing, UK. He has written best seller books on sustainability management. Some of his books in the sustainability management area include the following titles Environmental Planning and Management (Imperial College Press, London, 2007 – best seller), Competing on Quality and Environment (Chi Publishers, CT, USA, 2004), Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, USA, 2001), Managing Green Technologies for Global Competitiveness (Quorum Books, Westport, CT, USA, 1995). He is currently working on a book titled Sustainability in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria and editing the 2nd edition of the Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing to be published by Springer Press, USA. Prof. Madu has published more than 150 articles in leading academic journals including Land Use Policy, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainable Cities and Society, Expert Systems with Applications, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Decision Sciences, Journal of Operational Research Society, Mathematical and Computer Modeling, Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operations Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics Letters, IIE Transactions, Long Range Planning, Socio-economic Planning Sciences etc. and more than 15 books by leading publishers in the world such as Springer, Kluwer, Greenwood, Imperial College Press, Chi Publishers, and World Scientific Publishing . He holds more than 6780 citations of his research works with an h-index of 42. He is also at 92.5 percentile of all the scholars at ResearchGate has more than 72 publications in Thomson Reuters indexed impact factor journals. He has also won several research and teaching awards and he is the recipient of several grant awards. He has reviewed for many international grant agencies including the United States National Science Foundation, SABIC Research Proposals in Saudi Arabia, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and has served as an external reviewer for PhD thesis in countries such as the United States, Australia, and India including three different centers of the Indian Institute of Technology. He was at one time, a Visiting Research Scholar at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong. Prof. Madu served as editor of the International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management for 20 years. He was also the Topic Editor of Environmental Decision Making, Encyclopedia of Earth (National Society for Environment, USA) in 2006. He is on the editorial board of more than thirty academic journals and receives numerous unsolicited invitations to serve on different boards and dissertation committees around the world. He has also presented frequently to several agencies of the Federal Republic of Nigeria including NESREA, NEMA, Raw Material Research Council, Federal Ministry of Science & Technology, Federal Ministry of Labor & Productivity, and the Federal House of Representatives Committee on the Environment. He is a Fellow of Nigeria Environmental Society (NES), Nigeria Institute of Strategic Management (ISM), and Institute of Policy Management Development. Prof. Madu has also consulted for several international organizations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Con Edison, International Bottled Water Association, Drinking Water Research Foundation. He also initiated and ran the Process Change Initiative workshops for several university including Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pace University, and University of Nigeria. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Christian N. Madu for his participation and support.