Matiur Rahman is a leading applied mathematician and an expert in wave mechanics and wave loads on offshore structures. He retired as a professor of applied mathematics at Dalhousie University in Canada, after a long, distinguished career as an educator.

Dr Rahman is also the Chairman of the International Conference on Advances in Fluid Mechanics. He has written a number of best- selling titles for Wessex Institute of Technology Press, including Mathematical Methods with Applications (a Choice Outstanding Academic Title), Complex Variables and Transform Calculus, and Applied Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers.

Santiago Hernández Ibañez has been a professor of bridge engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Universidade da Coruña since 1993, where he is in charge of the aerodynamic wind tunnel. He has over 25 years of experience in teaching, research, and writing on structural optimization and has also conducted research on the aeroelastic design of cable suspension bridges. Hernández Ibañez has worked on the structural restoration of buildings of historical importance, including a number of well known churches.

Professor Hernández Ibañez is well known as a lecturer throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas and has been a pioneer in structural engineering education in Europe.