Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future comprises 275 papers that were presented at SEMC 2025, the Ninth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation.
Engineering Materials, Structures, Systems and Methods for a More Sustainable Future comprises 275 papers that were presented at SEMC 2025, the Ninth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation.
Alphose Zingoni is Professor of Structural Engineering and Mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. After completing a PhD on shells at Imperial College London in 1992, he won a Research Fellowship of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, and remained at Imperial College for a further two years, during which period his interest in symmetry began. Following a 3-year term as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Zimbabwe, he moved to the University of Cape Town, where he was promoted to Full Professor in 2002, and served as the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering from 2008 to 2012. His research has focused on two main areas, namely the development of analytical methods for shell structures, and the use of group theory in studying problems involving symmetry in structural mechanics. He has written over 100 papers on these topics, and authored 4 books, including "Shell Structures in Civil and Mechanical Engineering" (ICE Publishing, 2018) and "Vibration Analysis and Structural Dynamics for Civil Engineers: Essentials and Group-Theoretic Formulations" (Taylor & Francis, 2015). Over the past 25 years, he has also guest-edited 8 special issues of international journals. He is Founder and Chair of the Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC) series of international conferences, held in Cape Town every 3 years since 2001, and has edited the Proceedings of all 9 conferences held to date. He currently serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, and has served on the scientific committees of numerous international conferences. His honours and recognitions include being elected a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (London), a Fellow of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (Zurich), a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering, and a Member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa. In 2016, he was elected a Fellow of the University of Cape Town in recognition of "original distinguished academic work", and in 2019, he won the University of Cape Town Book Award for his book on shell structures. In 2023, he was awarded the A1 rating by the National Research Foundation of South Africa in recognition of being "an internationally leading scholar" in his field of research. Over the years, he has also contributed significantly to the professional development of civil and structural engineers in Southern Africa, by organising short industry courses on various specialist topics, in collaboration with international experts. He is registered as a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council of the UK, and as a Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa.
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1. Keynotes 2. Dynamic Analysis Vibration Response Vibration Control Noise Control Environmental Vibrations Fluid-Structure Interaction Seismic Response Seismic Analysis Earthquake-Resistant Design 3. Buckling and Stability of Beams, Columns and Thin-Walled Sections Plates Shells Membranes Lightweight Structures Form-Finding 4. Steel Structures Steel Connections Steel-Concrete Composite Construction Cold-formed Steel Structures 5. High Strength Steel High Performance Steel Stainless Steel Aluminium Structures 6. Reinforced Concrete Prestressed Concrete Mechanics of Concrete Properties of Concrete Cement-Based Materials Construction Materials 7. High Strength Concrete High Performance Concrete Fibre-Reinforced Concrete Fatigue Behaviour of HPC and UHPC Structural Applications of FRP Composites 8. Timber Structures Timber Technology Glass Structures Properties of Wood 9. Additive Manufacturing 3D Printing Machine Components Kinematics Damage Mechanics Damage Modelling Fracture Fatigue 10. Material Modelling Multi-Scale Modelling Numerical Modelling Numerical Simulations CFD Biological Tissue Biomedical Engineering 11. Safety and Reliability Loading Structural Design Structural Optimization Digital Twinning Machine Learning Construction Technology Bridge Design Building Performance Housing 12. Soil-Structure Interaction Foundations Underground Structures Geotechnical Investigations Geotechnical Engineering Tunnelling Rock Mechanics 13. Structural Health Monitoring Damage Detection System Identification Inspection Maintenance Durability Long-Term Performance 14. Structural Assessment Damage Assessment Historic Structures Masonry Structures Repair Strengthening Retrofitting 15. Sustainable Construction Green Technology Carbon Emissions of Structures Reuse of Materials and Structures Circular Construction
