Department of Civil Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.

Prof. Yuri Ribakov was born on 11 th of November 1967. He is a structural engineer, graduated from the National University of Water Management and Nature Resources Use in Rivne, Ukraine in 1991 and got a PhD degree in 2001 from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. Since 2000 he is a faculty member at the Department of Civil Engineering in Ariel University, Israel. Presently he is a Full Professor. His main scientific interests include seismic design, experimental investigation of high performance reinforced concrete elements and structures, steel fibre reinforced concrete, nondestructive testing, construction materials based on industrial wastes, etc