Dr Wu is Professor of Structural Engineering at University of Technology Sydney Australia. He is currently the Chair of the Australian Chapter of the International Association of Protective Structures (http://iapsaustralia.org/ (external link)). Since Dr Wu obtained his PhD from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore in 2002, he has developed recognized and diverse research on blast-induced ground vibrations, structural response to blast loading, mitigation of blast effects on structures, blast resistance of ultra-high performance concrete etc. So far Dr Wu has attracted more than 4 million dollars research funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Defence Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) Australia and other organizations. He is the editors of three conference proceedings, two ASCE special issues, author or co-authors of more than 220 referred international journal papers and conference papers in blast and impact areas. Dr Wu has served on a number of international conference committees and chairmanship, undertaken guest editorships. Dr Wu is also currently an associate editor of ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities and an editorial board member of International Journal of Protective Structures. Dr. Jun Li is a Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at the University of Technology Sydney. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Central South University in China, and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from the University of Western Australia. Dr. Li has contributed to over 30 journal publications, 15 Conference papers and some of his research interests include: blast effects simulation, the development of ultra-high performance concrete, sacrificial metallic foam and meso-scale modelling for concrete and steel fibre concrete. Dr. Yu Su is a visiting research fellow in School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at University of Technology Sydney and he worked as a research associate at the University of Adelaide before joining UTS. Dr Su received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Civil/Structural Engineering from the University of Adelaide. Dr. Su gained profound experiences in mix design of high performance materials including UHPC and polymer composites and the UHPC he developed has successfully been applied in protective structures.