Dr. Sakdirat Kaewunruen joined the University of Birmingham in early October 2014, within the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education. Before that, he had over 14 years of industry experience and recently spent over 6 years as a Technical Specialist (Senior Project Manager Level), Track Engineering, with RailCorp, Sydney Trains, and Transport for NSW (TfNSW) in Sydney. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering with particular expertise in Structural Engineering (Railway Infrastructure) from the University of Wollongong and completed a Leadership program at John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a Chartered Engineer in both Civil and Structural Colleges. He has over 300 technical publications and evidence-based consultancy reports and has served on the editorial boards of many international journals, including Structural Monitoring and Maintenance, Shock and Vibration, Journal of Structures, and International Conferences of Railway Technology and Rail Transportation. He is a member of ISO and BSI standard committees for railway sleepers (using concrete, plastic, and composite materials) and recycling of rolling stocks. He successfully coordinates EU-funded RISEN and is a CI of S-CODE. He is also a committee member of Concrete Society Midlands and is the Chief Editor of Frontiers in Transportation and Transit Systems.