The 18th East Asia-Pacific International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-18) was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from November 12th to 15th, 2024. More than 300 scholars from 21 countries and regions around the world gathered together to discuss the latest research results and technological progress in the field of structural engineering. Academician Yang Yongbin of the SCE of Chongqing University was invited to attend the conference as the honorary chairman.

Academician Yang presided over the report of Academician J.N. Reddy

Group photo of the editorial board meeting of IJSSD journals

During the conference, Academician Yang Yongbin gave a special report entitled "Cancellation of Resonance for Elastically Supported Beams Subjected to Successive Moving Loads", which deeply analyzed the resonance and vibration cancellation problems of high-speed rail elastic support beams under a series of moving loads. He also presided over two lectures by Professor JN Reddy, Academician of the National Academy of Engineering (USA), and Professor Caijun Shi of Hunan University, President of the Asian Concrete Federation (ACF). In addition, as the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics (IJSSD), Academician Yang Yongbin organized a conference of the editorial board of the journal. At the conference, the editorial board reviewed the achievements of the journal in the past year and planned the future development.