48th CONFERENCE FOUNDATION ENGINEERING 2020 by Editorial Foreword

“…Selected experts from abroad are invited for Keynote lecture for each conference. This issue of Acta Polytechnica Proceedings includes selected scientific papers that were presented at the 48th Conference of the Foundation Engineering held On line in 2020. …”
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47th CONFERENCE FOUNDATION ENGINEERING 2019 by Editorial Foreword

“…Selected experts from abroad are invited for Keynote lecture for each conference. This issue of Acta Polytechnica Proceedings includes selected scientific papers that were presented at the 47th Conference of the Foundation Engineering held in Brno in 2019. …”
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Engineering Classes as a Tool of Professional Navigation by O. N. Vasilieva, N. V. Konovalova

“…Attention is paid to the low level of demand for engineering professions among potential entrants, as well as to the issue of developing competencies needed for a modern engineer, taking into account the requirements of the labour market. …”
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ISSUES AND TRENDS OF PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN ROMANIA by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE

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ISSUES OF CLIMATE VULNERABILITY IN ROMANIA - A SPECIAL MENTION FOR AGRICULTURE by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE, Victor PLATON, Andreea CONSTANTINESCU

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THE ISSUES OF THE SUBSTANTIATION OF PEER AGRICULTURAL LAND PLOTS EXCHANGE IN UKRAINE by Mykola MALASHEVSKYI, Andrii TARNOPOLSKYI, Olena MALASHEVSKA

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Engineered reduction of S-adenosylmethionine alters lignin in sorghum by Yang Tian, Yu Gao, Halbay Turumtay, Emine Akyuz Turumtay, Yen Ning Chai, Hemant Choudhary, Joon-Hyun Park, Chuan-Yin Wu, Christopher M. De Ben, Jutta Dalton, Katherine B. Louie, Thomas Harwood, Dylan Chin, Khanh M. Vuu, Benjamin P. Bowen, Patrick M. Shih, Edward E. K. Baidoo, Trent R. Northen, Blake A. Simmons, Robert Hutmacher, Jackie Atim, Daniel H. Putnam, Corinne D. Scown, Jenny C. Mortimer, Henrik V. Scheller, Aymerick Eudes

“…Due to its interconnections with cell wall polysaccharides, lignin plays important roles during plant growth and defense, but also has a negative impact on industrial processes aimed at obtaining monosaccharides from plant biomass. Engineering lignin offers a solution to this issue. …”
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Experimental Investigation of 2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate Effects on Engine Performance and Exhaust Emissions in Biodiesel-2-Methylfuran Blend for Diesel Engine by Balla M. Ahmed, Maji Luo, Hassan A. M. Elbadawi, Nasreldin M. Mahmoud, Pang-Chieh Sui

“…These findings demonstrate that adding 2-EHN to BMF30 blends enhances engine performance, reduces key emissions, and offers a promising alternative fuel for diesel engines.…”
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INSTRUMENTS OF ENGINEERING-ECONOMIC STABILIZATION OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS by Alexander N. Kuzminov, Vladimir M. Dzhukha, Sergey V. Filippov

“…Some issues of forming an approach to the engineering - economic security of the enterprise on the basis of the d eveloping engineering ideas of ‘self - preservation’ are considered. …”
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V.A. Kipriyanov - engineer, paleontologist and geologist by I. A. Starodubtseva, I. L. Soroka

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Engineering properties of geopolymer concrete: a review by Eliana Parcesepe, Carmine Lima, Giuseppe Maddaloni, Maria Rosaria Pecce

“…In this paper, the state-of-the-art review of GPC is presented through an extensive literature analysis to determine the most recent information regarding the engineering properties of geopolymer concrete and the critical issues that prevent its widespread use and to put forward suggestions for future research. …”
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Research on engineering cost prediction based on similarity by Xue Ping Jia, Yong Zhi Liu

“…Abstract To address the issues of inaccurate predictions and computational complexity in the rapid quotation process for construction projects, this paper proposes a method for construction cost prediction based on Vague similarity(VS). …”
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Glimpses into the Life of an Engineer, Scholar and Public Intellectual by Roland Lardinois

“…An engineer by training, a scholar presently teaching at the Goa Institute of Management, and a public intellectual who writes on Dalit issues, Anand Teltumbde opens up about his life experience. …”
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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for Civil Engineering Applications by Ledia Shehu, Jung Heum Yeon, Yooseob Song

“…PEH has emerged as a promising technology in the field of civil engineering, offering a sustainable approach to generating energy from ambient mechanical vibrations. …”
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Engineering Pedagogy in Vocational Education: Methodological Aspect by P. F. Kubrushko, D. O. Eprikyan

“…The authors argue that methodological issues of engineering pedagogy should be viewed from the position of the whole system of vocational pedagogical education including the levels of initial, secondary and higher education, taking into account the general patterns and regularities characterizing its structure and functioning. …”
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An Overview of The Significance and Application of Constructability in Value Engineering by Samereh Jadidoleslami, Mojtaba Azizi

“…Value Engineering (VE) and constructability are not distinct; instead, they are complementary work processes that may be used as vital elements in achieving total quality. …”
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Enhancing ESG practices in STEAM and engineering education by Veronika Vadimovna Abduazizova, Gulnoza Tashmukhamedova

“…Teachers reported improved teaching experience and increased motivation, while students showed greater awareness of sustainability issues. Additionally, the research points out connections between ESG efforts and improved retention rates in engineering programs. …”
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A classification scheme of active faults in engineering. by Qingyun Zhou, Suge He, Zhenyu Zou

“…This study is still quite preliminary, and there are many issues that need further study.…”
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Conceptual Engineering and Parrhesia: To the Problem of Managing Subjectivity by Natalya Yu. Kozlova

“…It is shown that the connection between the political and issues of knowledge permeates the problematic field of conceptual engineering and, given the focus of the direction on the transformation of social and political relations by changing intellectual and semantic strategies, is formalized in the question of the formation of subjectivity and its management. …”
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Directing classical geotechnical engineering to future challenges by Gunilla Franzén, Håkan Garin

“…This paper will give an overview of the issues geotechnical engineers have to address and master, if they are to take a lead in projects that seek to meet future challenges. …”
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