Newsletter November 2025 📩

ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems - Call for Papers

Part A: Civil Engineering, and Part B. Mechanical Engineering

The Editorial Board of the ASCE-ASME Journal invites contributions presenting state-of-the-art research and best practices for addressing risk, disaster and failure-related challenges arising from uncertainty. We particularly welcome emerging research relating to availability and processing of big data, including data driven decision support, machine learning and further computational intelligence tools relating to risk and uncertainty.

How to submit:

Part A: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/ajrua6

Part B: ASME Digital Collection - Part B

Editorial Message

The trajectory of our journal is going upwards in a robust and sustainable manner. The impact factors have increased for both parts of the journal, now being 2.7 for Part A and 2.3 for Part B. Both parts of the journal are ranked in Q2. Part A is ranked 68/183 in Civil Engineering, which relates to 63.1% with an increase from 60.2% in the previous year. Part B is ranked 56/175 in the category of Multidisciplinary Engineering, which relates to 68.3% with an increase from 63.8% in the previous year. The number of submissions, as well as the number of published papers is going up in both parts. In both parts, we are operating with high quality standards, reflected in rejection rate around 65%, comparable to other well-recognized journals in the area. After Part A of the journal is already in SCI, Part B is moving towards SCI, as well. Our citations in Part B have increased by 24% with respect to the previous year, and our impact factor relative to other journals in the field is very close to those journals that are directly ahead of us for moving into Q1. Moving into Q1 would likely bring us into SCI with Part B. In this regard I would like to encourage you to submit top-quality papers to Part B that are likely to attract high citations. Please consider the submission of review papers in your specific research area. Guest Editors of Special Issues are encouraged to submit review papers in the area of their Special Issues as lead papers of the Special Issues. This is a quite straight-forward pathway into Q1, perhaps already next year. Note that Special Collections, Special Sections and Special Issues facilitate a structured and bundled presentation of selected key developments on dedicated topics, which amplifies the exposure of contributions to our communities to significant extent. This mechanism is beneficial for both the impact development of the contributions and the promotion of the journal. Please pay attention to the currently running Special Issues and Special Collections on emerging topics. At this occasion, I would like to thank the Guest Editors for their outstanding work on these developments and all authors who have already contributed. Let us support these developments with innovative and path-paving contributions.

Please contact the Editor or the Managing Editors by email if you have an interest to guest edit a special collection (Part A) or a special issue (Part B).

Both Part A and Part B are listed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index by Clarivate Analytics , formerly Thomson Reuters, with Part A being indexed since 2019. From 2016 onward, all articles are included in Web of Science and Scopus .

Statement on Open Access

The editorial team motivates authors to share their pre-prints and/or accepted versions of their paper via institutional or other repositories, scientific social networks or personal websites in the spirit of Open Science. Please make sure to abide by embargos and other Journal Policies, which can be found here for part A  and  here for part B .

Based on the latest Journal Citation Report by Clarivate Analytics , Part A has an impact factor for 2024 of 2.7.

Part A Civil Engineering - News

Update your library with the latest reading from the ASCE-ASME JRUES journals:

LATEST ISSUES

❖ V12-1: March 2026

❖ V11-4: December 2025

❖ V11-3: September 2025

❖ V11-2: June 2025

❖ V11-1: March 2025

❖ V10-4: December 2024

❖ V10-3: September 2024

❖ V10-2: June 2024

❖ V10-1: March 2024

LATEST REVIEWS

• Geotechnical “Facial Recognition” Challenge Kok-Kwang Phoon, Yongmin Cai, Chong Tang

• Variability in Geostructural Performance Predictions Chong Tang, Kok-Kwang Phoon, Jun Yuan, Yuanqin Tao, Honglei Sun

• Advantages and Limitations of Bayesian Approaches to Decision-Making in Construction Management: A Critical Review (1988–2023) Guillermo Mejía, Jaime A. Gutiérrez-Prada, Oscar H. Portilla-Carreño, Jonathan Soto-Paz

• Comparison between Distance Functions for Approximate Bayesian Computation to Perform Stochastic Model Updating and Model Validation under Limited Data Adolphus Lye, Scott Ferson, Sicong Xiao

• What Geotechnical Engineers Want to Know about Reliability Kok-Kwang Phoon

• Resilience-Based Design of Infrastructure: Review of Models, Methodologies, and Computational Tools Mahdi Shadabfar, Mojtaba Mahsuli, Yi Zhang, Yadong Xue, Bilal M. Ayyub, Hongwei Huang, Ricardo A. Medina

• Time-Dependent Reliability of Aging Structures: Overview of Assessment Methods Cao Wang, Michael Beer, Bilal M. Ayyub

• Structural System Reliability: Overview of Theories and Applications to Optimization Junho Song, Won-Hee Kang, Young-Joo Lee, Junho Chun

• Emerging Technologies for Resilient Infrastructure: Conspectus and Roadmap Mahmoud Reda Taha, Bilal M. Ayyub, Kenichi Soga, Sherif Daghash, Daniel Heras Murcia, Fernando Moreu, Eslam Soliman

• Probabilistic Inference for Structural Health Monitoring: New Modes of Learning from Data Lawrence A. Bull, Paul Gardner, Timothy J. Rogers, Elizabeth J. Cross

LATEST SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

• Advances in Numerical and Experimental Methods for Uncertainty Quantification in Engineering Pengfei Wei, Zhiqiang Wan, Marcos Valdebenito, Masaru Kitahara, Alice Cicirello, Matthias Faes

• Uncertainty Modeling and Quantification of Numerical Methods in Geotechnics Kok-Kwang Phoon, Chong Tang, Xiaowei Feng

• Vulnerability Analysis, Risk Management, and Uncertainty Modelling Analysis , Jie Li, Michael Beer, Yong-Bo Peng, Jian-Bing Chen

• Uncertainty Quantification for Machine Learning in Engineering , Wang-JI Yan, Costas Papadimitriou, Michael Beer, Feng Ke

• Risk and Reliability Analysis of Resilient Civil Engineering Structures with Vibration Control Devices , Said Elias Rahimi, Mario D’Aniello, Hussam Mahmoud

• Resilience of Power Infrastructure , Wei Zhang, Ge Ou, Youngjib Ham, Zongjie Wang

• Non-Deterministic Model Updating and Structural Health Monitoring for Existing Structures , Sifeng Bi, Matteo Broggi, Takayuki Shuku

• New Technologies in Risk Assessment of Maritime Transport , Qing Yu, Jakub Montewka, Floris Goerlandt, Chengpeng Wan, Zhisen Yang, Zaili Yang

• Extreme Damage Mechanics for Lifecycle Fatigue Resilience of Infrastructure Systems , Xuhong Zhou, Yongtao Bai, Frederic Ragueneau, Julio Florez-Lopez

• Advances in Efficient Methods in Random Fields Modeling and Analysis , Zhenhao Zhang, De-Cheng Feng, You Dong, Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga

• Benchmarking Data-Driven Site Characterization , Kok-Kwang Phoon, Takayuki Shuku, Jianye Ching, Ikumasa Yoshida

• Structural Time-Dependent Reliability Assessment: Advanced Approaches for Engineered Structures , Cao Wang, Hao Zhang, Michael Beer

Full list of Special Collections

Please contact the Editor or Managing Editors by email if you are interested in guest editing a Special Collection (Part A)

CALL FOR PAPERS - Part A

• Special Collection on Advances in Bayesian Approaches for Reliability Updating of Safety-Critical Structures Under Limited Data . Paper submission deadline: April 30, 2026.

• Special Collection on Advances in Bayesian Inference for Structural Health Monitoring . Paper submission deadline: January 31, 2026.

• Special Collection on Advanced Numerical Techniques and Engineering Applications for Uncertainty Propagation in High-Dimensional Stochastic Systems . Paper submission deadline: December 31, 2025.

• Special Collection on Forward Uncertainty Quantification for Aleatory & Epistemic Uncertainties: Methodologies, Tools, and Applications . Paper submission deadline: December 31, 2025.

Part A - Awards & Recognitions

Editor’s Choice Paper

Geotechnical “Facial Recognition” Challenge Kok-Kwang Phoon, Yongmin Cai, Chong Tang

Most Read Paper

Variability in Geostructural Performance Predictions by Chong Tang, Kok-Kwang Phoon, Jun Yuan, Yuanqin Tao, Honglei Sun

Most Cited Paper

What Geotechnical Engineers Want to Know about Reliability by Kok-Kwang Phoon

Editor’s Choice Collection

For each issue of the journal, the Chief Editor may select a paper to be featured on the journal homepage in the ASCE Library. The paper is available for free to registered users for 1 to 4 months, depending on how frequently the journal is published. A list of Editor’s Choice selections is available here .

2024 Outstanding Reviewers

Babatunde Oluwaseun ■ Ajayi Ali Amini ■ Marco Behrendt ■ Sifeng Bi ■ Jiayao Chen ■ Caroline Pinheiro Maurieli de Morais ■ Maxim A. Dulebenets ■ Peiyuan Lin ■ Marcos Valdebenito ■ Xinjian Wang ■ Jiayao Chen

Bilal M. Ayyub Research Award for Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering

Established in 2019, the Editor’s Award is given annually to one paper in Part A appearing in the preceding volume year. Starting from 2022, the Editor’s Award for Part A was named “Bilal M. Ayyub Research Award” in recognition of the outstanding professional leadership of the founding Editor-in-Chief, Professor Bilal M. Ayyub, Dist. M. ASCE and Hon. M. ASME.

The awarded papers are made freely available from the ASCE Library for one year to anyone interested once registered and logged in to download.

*Recipients of the 2024 Bilal M. Ayyub Research Award:

Authors: Bilal M. Ayyub, Ramsay Sawaya, David T. Butry, Jennifer Helgeson, Yumi Oum, Vincent Loh Title: Risk Tolerance, Aversion, and Economics of Energy Utilities in Community Resilience to Wildfires

The award will be presented to the authors in attendance at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) , held November 16–20, 2025, in Memphis, TN, USA.

Based on the latest Journal Citation Report by Clarivate Analytics , Part A has an impact factor for 2024 of 2.3.

Part B Mechanical Engineering - News

Update your library with the latest reading from the ASCE-ASME JRUES journals:

LATEST ISSUES

❖ V12-1: March 2026 (in progress)

❖ V11-4: December 2025 (in progress)

❖ V11-3: September 2025

❖ V11-2: June 2025

❖ V11-1: March 2025

❖ V10-4: December 2024

❖ V10-3: September 2024

❖ V10-2: June 2024

❖ V10-1: March 2024

LATEST REVIEWS

• A Recent Review of Risk-Based Inspection Development to Support Service Excellence in the Oil and Gas Industry: An Artificial Intelligence Perspective , by Taufik Aditiyawarman, Agus Paul Setiawan Kaban, Johny Wahyuadi Soedarsono

• Prognostics and Health Management of Wind Energy Infrastructure Systems , by Celalettin Yüce, Ozhan Gecgel, Oğuz Doğan, Shweta Dabetwar, Yasar Yanik, Onur Can Kalay, Esin Karpat, Fatih Karpat, Stephen Ekwaro-Osire

• Uncertainty Quantification for Additive Manufacturing Process Improvement: Recent Advances , by Sankaran Mahadevan, Paromita Nath, Zhen Hu

• Optimizing Predictive Maintenance With Machine Learning for Reliability Improvement , by Yali Ren

• Path Integral Methods for the Probabilistic Analysis of Nonlinear Systems Under a White-Noise Process , by Mario Di Paola and Gioacchino Alotta

LATEST SPECIAL ISSUES

• Reliability Modeling and Assessment of Complex Engineering Systems with Mixed Uncertainty Lechang Yang, Matthias Faes, Yi Zhang, Xiaoge Zhang, Min Xie

• Uncertainty-Aware Diagnostics and Prognostics for Health Monitoring and Risk Management of Engineered Systems Chen Jiang, Zhen Hu, Alba Sofi, Liang Gao, Haobo Qiu, Byeng D. Youn

• Probabilistic Digital Twins in Additive Manufacturing Zequn Wang, Zhen Hu, Moon Seung Ki, Qi Zhou, Hong-Zhong Huang

• Modeling and Analysis of Inspection Uncertainties in Structural Health Monitoring Yi Zhang, Chul-Woo Kim, Yan-Gang Zhao, Pei-Pei Li

• Digital Twins: A New Frontier in Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Nii Attoh-Okine

• Decommissioning and Life Extension of Complex Industrial Assets Raphael Moura, Michael Beer, Gilberto Francisco Martha de Souza, and Edoardo Patelli

• Risk, Resilience, and Reliability for Autonomous Vehicle Technologies: Trend, Techniques, and Challenges Mohammad Pourgol-Mohammad, Arun Veeramany, Bilal Ayyub

• Probabilistic Approaches for Robust Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Energy Infrastructure Imad Abdallah and Eleni Chatzi

• Uncertainty Quantification and Management in Additive Manufacturing Zhen Hu, Saideep Nannapaneni, Sankaran Mahadevan

• Risk and Uncertainties in Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Systems Vikram Pakrashi, Jimmy Murphy, Budhaditya Hazra

• Nonprobabilistic and Hybrid Approaches for Uncertainty Quantification and Reliability Analysis Matthias G.R. Faes, David Moens, Michael Beer, Hao Zhang, Kok-Kwang Phoon

Please contact the Editor or Managing Editors by email if you are interested in guest editing a Special Section/Issue (Part B).

Call for Papers - Part B

• Special Issue on Cognitive Digital Twins for Predictive Maintenance: Uncertainty and Risk Analysis . Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2026.

• Special Issue on Design of Large-scale Complex Systems under Uncertainty: Translating Theory to Practice . Paper submission deadline: February, 2026.

Part B - Awards & Recognitions

Most Read Paper

Sensemaking in Critical Situations and in Relation to Resilience—A Review Stine S. Kilskar, Brit-Eli Danielsen, Stig O. Johnsen

Most Cited Paper

Digital Twins: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions for Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Dynamics Applications , by D. J. Wagg, K. Worden, R. J. Barthorpe, P. Gardner

Featured Article

Digital Twins: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions for Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Dynamics Applications , by D. J. Wagg, K. Worden, R. J. Barthorpe, P. Gardner

Reviewers of the Year 2024

Zan Yang (Nanchang University, China) ■ André T. Beck (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

Associate Editors of the Year 2024

Zhen Hu (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) ■ Sifeng Bi (University of Southampton, UK)

Bilal M. Ayyub Research Prize for Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering

Established in 2019, the Editor’s Award is given annually to one paper in Part B. Starting from 2022, the Editor’s Award for Part B was named “Bilal M. Ayyub Research Prize” in recognition of the outstanding professional leadership of the founding Editor-in-Chief, Professor Bilal M. Ayyub, Dist. M. ASCE and Hon. M. ASME.

The awarded papers are made freely available from the ASME Digital Collection (Part B) for one year to anyone interested once registered and logged in to download. Moreover, ASME offers the authors a one-year free subscription to Part B.

Recipients of the 2024 Bilal M. Ayyub Research Prize

Authors: Luca Caracoglia Title:Improving Output Power of a Torsional-Flutter Harvester in Stochastic Thunderstorms by Duffing—Van Der Pol Restoring Torque

The award will be presented to the authors in attendance at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE ) which will be held during the period November 16-20, 2025, Memphis, TN, USA,

EARLY CAREER EDITORIAL BOARD

Starting in 2020, the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems in its two parts has implemented the Early Career Editorial Board (ECEB)  program to bring young members onboard its editorial board under the mentorship of the journal leadership.

ECEB members typically have a net academic age of 1-3 years. The term of an ECEB member is 2 years with the possibility for renewal into a second term.

New Cycle of the ASCE Journals’ Early Career Editorial Board

The goal of the journal is to further welcome two to four ECEB members on the editorial board. Potential candidates are required to have at least six publications within the last 5 years, which may include their Ph.D. study dissertation. The submission deadline is May 31, 2025. Applications will be reviewed by an ad hoc committee from the journal leadership. Applicants will be informed about the decision by end of June 2025.

Editor:

• Michael Beer, Leibniz University Hanover, beer@irz.uni-hannover.de  

Managing Editors:

• Eleni Chatzi, ETH Zurich, chatzi@ibk.baug.ethz.ch
• Alba Sofi, University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, alba.sofi@unirc.it alba.sofi@unirc.it

Associate Managing Editors:

• Matthias Faes, KU Leuven, matthias.faes@tu-dortmund.de
• Zhen Hu, University of Michigan-Dearborn, zhennhu@umich.edu
• Ketson Dos Santos, University of Minnesota, dossantk@umn.edu
• Yi Zhang, Tsinghua University, zhang-yi@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
• Cao Wang, University of Wollongong, wangc@uow.edu.au

New Cycle of the ASCE Journals’ Early Career Editorial Board After a selection procedure (https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/AJRUA6.RUENG-1577 ) , the following eleven new ECEB members have been appointed for the next two years:

• Marco Behrendt, Ph.D., Rice University
• Chao Dang, Ph.D., TU Dortmund
• Marc Fina, Ph.D., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Yuguang Fu, Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University
• Danko Jerez, Ph.D., Federico Santa Maria University
• Pei-Pei Li, Ph.D., Beijing University of Technology
• Meng-Ze Lyu, Ph.D., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Chiara Masnata, Ph.D., University of Palermo
• George D. Pasparakis, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
• Luca Rosafalco, Ph.D., Politecnico di Milano
• Jize Zhang, Ph.D., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Founding Editor (2014-2021):

• Bilal M. Ayyub, University of Maryland College Park

Editorial Board members: Part A  & Part B

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