Junbo Jia is an engineering expert at Aker Solutions, Norway. He is currently a committee member of ISO TC67/SC7 Offshore Structures and an invited expert group member of Eurocode 3. He has been invited as guest professor and key speaker by various organizations and research institutes. Dr. Junbo Jia has received several national and international awards such as the Vice Admiral E.L. Cochrane award from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and the Best Paper Award from the journal Ships and Offshore Structures. He is the sole author of three Springer monographs and is listed in several global versions of the Who's Who publications. Dr. Jia is an elected member of Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.

Jeom Kee Paik, Dr. Eng., DHC (ULieg), CEng, FREng, FRINA, LFSNAME, is Professor of Marine Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College London, UK, and Professor of Safety Design and Engineering in the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Pusan National University, South Korea. He also holds positions in other academic institutions. Prof. Paik serves as director of the International Centre for Advanced Safety Studies and as editor-in-chief of Ships and Offshore Structures. He has authored several books published between 2003 and 2018. He has received both the William Froude Medal from the UK Royal Institution of Naval Architects (2015) and the David W. Taylor Medal from the US Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (2013), the two most prestigious medals in the global maritime community, in recognition of his contributions to naval architecture and ocean engineering, along with several other merit awards. Prof. Paik is an elected member of Royal Academy of Engineering United Kingdom.