Major award:
Research & Innovation Award 2023, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates
Memberships:
Editorial duties:
Selected invited presentations:
Research & Innovation Award 2023, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates
Memberships:
- Fellow of Institution of Civil Engineers
- Rotary Club of Suzhou - Paul Harris Fellow, President Elect, Secretary, Chair for Administration
- Academic Board Member at XJTLU (elected for term of office: 2016-2018)
- Management Committee Substitute (representing Ireland) and Working Group Member of COST Action FP1402 Basis of structural timber design - from research to standards
- Member of Working Group 2 of COST Action FP1101 Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures
- Member of Task Group 1 of Timber Standards Consultative Committee of National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)
- Society of Wood Science and Technology
- Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland
Editorial duties:
- Editorial Board of Emirati Journal of Civil Engineering and Application
- Guest Editor of Special Issue of Sustainability Journal. Emerging Technologies to Promote Sustainability and Mitigate Climate Change through Asset Lifecycle
- Editorial Board of Materialy Budowlane
Selected invited presentations:
- Panelist at EXPO 2020 Dubai on Advanced sustainable trends in built environment to advance wellbeing
- Carbon Footprint Summit 2021
- International Conference on Smart Technologies for Energy, Environment & Sustainable Development (ICSTEESD-2020). Keynote, Novel construction materials and technologies with potential in post COVID-19 era
- 2020: Co-Chair: 44th International JVE Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- ‘International Conference on Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering and infrastructural developments (IC-RACEID-2019). Keynote, Emerging trends in sustainable construction materials, (Nagpur, India)
- Promatap 2019 (Lodz Expo, Poland)
- International Eco-Conference EKON 2018 (EKON Foundation, Poland)
- GLOBAL BAMBOO AND RATTAN CONGRESS 2018 (China National Convention Center, Beijing)
- International Eco-Conference EKON 2017: Circular Economy-The Economy of the Future (EKON Foundation, Poland)
- The National Sustainability Summit 2015 (Aviva Stadium, Dublin)
- Innovations in Timber Construction, Industry Seminar (National University of Ireland, Galway)
- Trainer at COST Action FP 1011 Training School on Reinforcement of timber structures (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2014)