Special Issue on Current Challenges in Materials Design

This special issue of the International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research contains new contributions and the extended version of some selected papers presented in the 6th International Workshop on Design in Civil and Environmental Engineering (DCEE2017) held at the University of Cagliari during November 9 - 10 - 11, 2017. Previous conferences of this series have been successfully held in Rome (2016), Taiwan (2015), Lyngby (2014), Worcester (2013), Dajeon (2011).