| description abstract | In an Editorial [1] that appeared in the April 2020 issue of the journal, I noted that it is the dedication of an international team of Associate Editors, each with his or her own individual expertise in different areas, that helps keep the journal vibrant and ensures quality in the dissemination of knowledge in the field. The journal today has 38 Associate Editors who cover the breadth of areas in offshore mechanics and arctic engineering. They represent 15 countries—namely, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It is these behind-the-scenes Associate Editors and the many hard-working reviewers who support them that make the journal what it is. In this issue, I continue an aperiodic series began last year [1] where my goal is to acknowledge contributions of the Associate Editors, while highlighting their own technical expertise areas and accomplishments. Accordingly, in this issue, I am pleased to present to you two Associate Editors—Dr. Sören Ehlers, a Professor and the current Head of the Institute for Ship Structural Design and Analysis at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and Dr. Qing Xiao, a Reader in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. | |
