2026 10th International Conference on Civil Construction and Structural Engineering (I3CSE 2026) 

 

📅 Basic Conference Information

• Conference Name: 2026 10th International Conference on Civil Construction and Structural Engineering (I3CSE 2026)
• Date: May 28 – 31, 2026
• Location: Guangzhou, China
• Official Website: http://www.i3cse.com/

📝 Conference Introduction

I3CSE 2026 provides a global platform for experts and researchers in civil engineering, architecture, and structural engineering to exchange ideas and foster deep cooperation between academia and industry. As urbanization accelerates and infrastructure demands grow, the field faces challenges and opportunities in new materials, intelligent construction, sustainable development, and seismic design.
The conference focuses on the latest advancements in modern engineering technologies, exploring frontier research and applications in smart cities, green buildings, and structural health monitoring. By sharing innovative research findings and experiences, I3CSE 2026 aims to promote international collaboration, disseminate professional knowledge, enhance the overall capabilities of the civil construction industry, and contribute wisdom and strength to global sustainable development.

 

🏢 Organizing Units

• Hosted By:
  • Guangdong Geotechnical Mechanics and Engineering Society
  • South China Agricultural University
• Supported By:
  • College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, South China Agricultural University
  • Tech Science Press
  • ICE Publishing

 

👥 Keynote Speakers

• Prof. Zhenyu Yin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK, China

• Zhenyu Yin, Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Yin received his Bachelor's Degree in Architectural Engineering from Zhejiang University in 1997, and then worked in Zhejiang Jiahua Architectural Design Co., Ltd. for 5 years. He received his Master's Degree and Ph.D. Degree in Geotechnical Engineering from Ecole Centrale Polytechnique de Nantes, France, in 2003 and 2006, respectively (with a joint training program at Tongji University during his Ph.D. period). He was selected as one of the "Oriental Scholars" by Shanghai Municipality in 2011. He is also an associate editor of European Journal of Environment and Civil Engineering (EJECE), Geotechnique Letters, ASCE-IJOM, and an associate editor of Canadian Geotechnical Engineering (Can. Geot. J.), Acta Geotechnica, Transportation Geotechnics, Computers and Geotechnics, GeoRisk, IJNAMG and other journals editorial board; mainly engaged in teaching and research in geotechnics and geotechnical engineering, in recent years, he has published more than 300 SCI papers in international core journals. Prof. Zhenyu Yin's main research interests include: (1) macro and micro properties of soils and constitutive relationships; (2) model testing and numerical analysis of large deformations in geotechnical engineering; (3) application of artificial intelligence in geotechnical engineering.

 

• Senior Engineer (Professor Level) , Guanghua Yang, Guangdong Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower, China

• Guanghua Yang, male, born in 1962, is a member of the Communist Party of China. He holds a Ph.D. and is a professor-level senior engineer, doctoral supervisor, and nationally certified civil engineer (geotechnical and hydroelectric engineering). He is also an inaugural Guangdong Provincial Engineering Survey and Design Master, Honorary President and Director of the Academic Committee of the Guangdong Research Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower, Chief Science and Technology Advisor to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Water Resources, and Chairman of the Guangdong Society of Rock Mechanics and Engineering. With a long-term dedication to geotechnical engineering, he discovered and established a new theory—the Generalized (Plastic) Potential Theory. He proposed the incremental calculation method considering the entire construction process, the in-situ soil tangent modulus method for nonlinear settlement calculation of foundations, and a new approach for determining foundation bearing capacity based on the load-settlement curve of actual foundations. Additionally, he introduced the stress-displacement field method for slope stability analysis. He has participated in or led over 300 engineering research, treatment design, and consulting projects, published four monographs, and authored more than 300 academic papers. He has presided over three National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and served as the chief editor of two Guangdong provincial local standards while contributing to the review and compilation of multiple local standards in Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City.

 

• Prof. Guoxiong Mei, Zhejiang University

• Guoxiong Mei was born in August 1975 in Huangmei, Hubei Province. He received his PhD in April 2002 from the State Key Discipline of Geotechnical Engineering at Hohai University. In December 2003, he received the Huo Yingdong Young Teachers Award; in December 2004, he was specially promoted to professor; in July 2008, he received the Youth Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering; in August 2013, he received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars; in December 2014, he was appointed a Distinguished Professor under the Changjiang Scholars Program; in November 2018, he was selected as a member of the Civil Engineering Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education; in March 2019, he received the Mao Yisheng Young Award for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering; and in May 2020, as a key member, he won the medal for one of the Top 10 Teams in the Second National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (ranked fourth, and the only geotechnical engineering representative in the team). Prof. Mei has been listed for many consecutive years among the world’s top 2% scientists, and in 2022 he was appointed as a Qiushi Distinguished Professor at Zhejiang University. He has led projects that won first prizes for provincial science and technology progress, technological invention, and teaching achievements. He has published four monographs with Science Press and over 100 papers. He has also been listed for many consecutive years among the world’s top 2% scientists. He holds one patent each in the United States, Australia, and the Netherlands; 32 Chinese invention patents, 14 of which have been transferred for commercialization; and he has obtained three national construction methods and nine provincial construction methods.

 

• Prof. Junjie Zheng, Wuhan University

• Junjie Zheng, PhD in Engineering, is a professor at Wuhan University and a doctoral supervisor. He is also a recipient of the National High-Level Talent Program. Currently, he serves as an executive director of the Foundation and Underground Engineering Branch of the China Architectural Society, an executive director of the Geotechnical and Geoengineering Branch of the China Civil Engineering Society, and sits on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Geoengineering, the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, and the journal of Geotechnical Mechanics. He has engaged in teaching and research in the fields of geotechnical engineering, roadbed engineering, and tunnel engineering for a long time, publishing over 450 papers in domestic and international academic journals, with more than 240 indexed by SCI and EI. He has led eight key and general projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, as well as over 30 provincial and ministerial-level and industry-specific research projects. He has received eight First Prize and five Second Prize awards for scientific and technological advancement at the provincial and ministerial levels. He holds 40 authorized national patents and has seven software copyrights. Additionally, he independently authored one textbook and contributed to another. He has also participated in the development of five national, industry, and local standards.

 

🗓️ Conference Topics 

The conference covers the following key research areas:

1. Structural Stability

   • Structural Reliability and Stress Analysis
   • Structural Diagnostics
   • Structural Health Monitoring
   • Structural Analysis and Design
   • Damage Analysis and Assessment
   • Loads and Load Combinations

2. Structural Materials and Durability Analysis

   • High-Performance Structural Materials
   • Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Materials
   • Effects of Composite Materials on Cementitious Materials
   • Plasticity, Fatigue, and Fracture of Civil Engineering Materials
   • Strength Analysis and Design of Structural Materials
   • Structural Repair, Retrofitting, and Strengthening

 

📚 Submission

Conference Proceedings

All papers will be reviewed by two or three expert reviewers from the conference committees. After a careful reviewing process, all accepted papers will be published by IOS Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering(ISSN: 2352-751X) in the Conference Proceedings, and submitted to EI Compendex, Scopus for indexing.

 

Online Submission

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SCI Journal (ICE Publishing)

We are pleased to announce a joint call for papers for a special issue in collaboration with two leading SCIE-indexed journals from ICE Publishing: Structures and Buildings and Geotechnical Engineering.

This special issue aims to disseminate high-quality research and innovative practices presented at the conference, fostering knowledge exchange in civil engineering.

Structures and Buildings

ISSN：0965-0911 E-ISSN：1751-7702 Index: SCIE, EI, Scopus

Geotechnical Engineering

ISSN：1353-2618 E-ISSN：1751-8563 Index: SCIE, EI, Scopus

 

EI Journal (Tech Science Press)

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring (SDHM)   ISSN: 1930-2983    |     E-ISSN: 1930-2991

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring (SDHM) is an interdisciplinary journal that serves as a platform for publishing high-quality research on the performance, safety, durability, and sustainability of structural systems across their full lifecycle. While continuing to emphasize structural durability, fatigue, damage mechanics, and health monitoring techniques, the journal also welcomes original studies in the broader fields of structural engineering.

 

Key topics include but are not limited to:

●Structural durability and service life prediction under environmental and mechanical stressors

●Structural health monitoring (SHM): sensing technologies, signal processing, and damage diagnostics

●Structural analysis and design optimization

●Structural safety under seismic, wind, impact, and other extreme events

●Smart and adaptive structures with real-time response capabilities

●Digital construction, construction automation, and 3D-printed structures

●Advanced construction materials and their long-term degradation behavior

●Structural informatics: BIM, digital twins, and AI-driven decision-making

●Infrastructure resilience, probabilistic risk assessment, and lifecycle performance

 

Indexed: EI, Scopus(Citescore: 2.5), SNIP (0.604), RG Journal Impact, Engineering Index, Applied Mechanics Reviews, and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

 

💰 Registration Fees & Important Dates

Items	Registration Fee
Registration for Conference Proceeding (6 pages)	545 USD/ paper
Extra Pages (Begin at Page 7)	55 USD/ paper
Attendees without a Submission	215 USD/ person
Purchase Extra Proceedings	70 USD/book

* If paper is accepted by committee and you registered for the conference, a 30% processing fee will be deducted if a retraction is requested.

Online Registration

 

🗓️  Agenda

Dates	Time	Agenda
May 28, 2026	13:30-17:30	Registration
May 29, 2026	08:15-09:00	Registration
May 29, 2026	09:00-12:00	Speeches of Keynote Speakers
May 29, 2026	12:00-14:00	Lunch
May 29, 2026	14:00-17:30	Parallel Session (Invited Speech & Oral Presentation)
May 30, 2026	09:00-12:00	Parallel Session (Invited Speech & Oral Presentation)
May 31, 2026	09:00-18:00	Academic Investigation / Return Trip

 

📞 Contact Information

• Conference Secretary: Claire Chen 

• WhatsApp: +86-18138787370

  

• E-Mail: i3_cse@outlook.com

The above information is summarized from the I3CSE 2026 official homepage. For complete committee lists, specific keynote speakers, detailed registration fees, and the full daily schedule, please visit the corresponding sub-pages on the official website.