Co-organised by the

Steering CommitteeInternational Conference

Civil Engineering for Sustainability

and Resilience

CESARE’14

Department of Civil Engineering Jordan

University of Science & Technology (JUST)

Conference Secretariat

c/o Prof. Dr. K. M. Abdalla Department of Civil EngineeringJordan University of Science and

Technology (JUST)Irdid - Jordan

Tel. :Fax:

E-mail: abdalla@just.edu.jo

G. Ayala (Mexico), G. Altay (Turkey), C.Baker (United Kingdom), D. Bikas (Greece), C. Borri (Italy), F. Mazzolani (Italy), A. Nuseirat (Jordan) M.T. Obaidat (Jordan), K. Pitilakis (Greece), M. Resheidat (Jordan), C. Rogers (United Kingdom), L. Silva (Portugal), P. Schaumann (Germany), T. Stathopoulos (Canada), G. Stavroulakis (Greece)

Amman

24-27 April 2014

Prof. Dr.-Ing. C. C. Baniotopoulosc.baniotopoulos@bham.ac.uk

Prof. Dr. K. M.Abdallaabdalla@just.edu.jo

School of Civil Engineering University of

Birmingham (UoB)

Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle

University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Scientific Committee

C. Anagnostopoulos (Greece), S.A. Barakat (UAE), D. Beg (Slovenia), J.Belis (Belgium), R.P. Borg (Malta), L. Braganca (Portugal), C. Chrysostomou (Cyprus), G. DeMatteis (Italy), G. Deodatis (USA), C. Gantes (Greece), Y. Hunaiti (Jordan), L. Gardner (United Kingdom), N. Gebberken (Germany), R.Hoeffer (Germany), G. Kaklauskas (Lithuania), C. Koroneos (Greece), U. Kuhlmann (Germany), H. Kukkari (Finland), R. Landolfo (Italy), E. Mistakidis (Greece), S.A. Mubarak (Qatar), J. Neugebauer (Austria), O. Rio (Spain), A. Shanableh (UAE), M. Sterling (United Kingdom), S.A. Taqieddin (Jordan), P. Teuffel (The Netherlands), O. Vassart (Luxem- bourg), M. Veljkovic (Sweden), V. Ungureanu (Romania), F. Wald (Czech Republic), J. Yang (United Kingdom)

Organising CommitteeK.M.Abdalla (Jordan), A.H. Almasri (Jordan), H.S. Al-Nimry (Jordan), N. Antoniou (UK), C.C. Baniotopoulos (United Kingdom), E. Eftymiou (Gree- ce), Y.A. Qawasmim (Jordan)

Conference Co-chairmen

Submission of Abstracts 30 September 2013

Preliminary Acceptance31 October 2013

Submission Full Papers31 December 2013Final Acceptance31 January 2014

LANGUAGEThe official language of CESARE’14 is English

PROCEEDINGSAll accepted papers will be presented during the working sessions. The Proceedings will be distri- buted at the registration desk at the beginning of CESARE’14.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Scope

Submission of Abstracts

The Abstracts will be submitted electronically

via a website that will be announced soon

The Conference will be held at a 5-stars Hotel in downtown Amman from 24-27 April 2014. Amman, Jordan’s capital, is one of the most important political, cultural and commercial centres in Middle East and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.Jordan being a land rich in history has to offer a wealth of archaeological sites, natural trea- sures, culture and friendly human environment. Giuded trips to Petra, Dead Sea, Jordan River and Jerrash will be organised after the Conference sessions for those participants who would be interested to visit these unique places.

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The CESARE’14 Conference will en-able scientists from the academia, research and practice of Civil Engineering to present their most recent research outcomes on Sustainability, Resilience and Robustness topics of modern urban habitat and future cities environment .

The Organising Committee is pleased to announce the International Conference “Civil Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience” CESARE’14 co-organised by the Department of Civil Engineering-JUST, the Department of Civil Engineering-AUTH and the School of Civil Engineering-UoB. The CESARE’14 Conference is devoted to the presentation of the most recent results and to the discussion of key issues concerning the contribution of Civil Engineering to Sustainability and Resilience in modern and future built environ-ment, constructions and infra-structure.

Main TopicsThe CESARE’14 Conference topics will cover the following Civil Engineering disciplines:

Structural Materials

Structural Engineering Geotechnical Engineering

Building Physics Environmental Engineering

Fluid Mechanics Transportation

Road Management Restoration of Monuments

and Historical Buildings Energy Systems

Wind Energy Structures Facade Engineering

within the framework of

SustainabilityResilienceRobustness