POLYMAS Civil, Transportation & Infrastructure Engineering Welcomes Professor Jian Kang as Founding Editor-in-Chief

We are delighted to welcome Professor Jian Kang as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Civil, Transportation & Infrastructure Engineering (CTIE), a new international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by POLYMAS International Publishing Group Limited. We are honored to have Professor Kang's distinguished expertise and extensive academic experience guiding the journal's development.

Jian Kang is a Professor at The Bartlett Faculty of Built Environment, University College London. He is Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, a Member of Academia Europaea -The Academy of Europe, and an International Member (Academician) of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Tsinghua University and his PhD from the University of Cambridge, and has been a full professor since 2003. He has worked in environmental and architectural acoustics for more than 40 years, undertaking over 80 research projects, producing more than 800 publications, and participating in over 90 engineering and consultancy projects. He has received a European Research Council Advanced Grant and undertaken international collaborative research on the development of soundscape indices. He has served as President of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), Chair of the European Acoustics Association Technical Committee for Noise, and Chair of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action on Soundscape of European Cities and Landscapes. His awards include the Institute of Acoustics Rayleigh Medal in 2022 and Tyndall Medal in 2008, the Noise Abatement Society Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014, and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Napier Shaw Bronze Medal in 2013.

The journal is dedicated to publishing and promoting high-quality research in civil engineering, transportation engineering, infrastructure systems, and related interdisciplinary fields. Under Professor Kang's leadership, we aim to build a distinguished international editorial team and establish the journal as a respected platform for scholarly communication and exchange.

We warmly invite scholars worldwide to submit their manuscripts to the journal. We also welcome expressions of interest from researchers wishing to serve as Editorial Board Members. For further information, please contact the Editorial Office via ctie@polymas.org.

We sincerely thank Professor Kang for his support and look forward to working closely with him to advance the journal's long-term development and international impact.