Prof. Xiaoyan Liu is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the College of Civil Engineering and Transportation at Hohai University. She received her PhD degree in Materials Science from Tongji University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University, USA. Her research mainly focuses on new materials for hydraulic and marine engineering, intelligent concrete, solid waste synergistic utilization and carbon fixation and reduction technology, ecological permeable concrete, sponge city construction and engineering health monitoring, hydraulic structure inspection and evaluation and safety appraisal.