This work summarizes the valuable investigations of the authors in the fields of geological and geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, reliability, durability and rehabilitation of structures, monitoring and control of structures, tunnel, subway and underground facilities, road and railway engineering, bridge engineering, seismic engineering, hydraulic engineering, water supply and drainage engineering, heating, gas supply, ventilation and air conditioning works, natural and technogenic disaster prevention and mitigation, survey engineering, cartography and geographic information systems, multi-field coupling theory and its applications, applied and computational mechanics, noise and vibration control, computer applications in industry and civil engineering, and engineering management.Review from Book News Inc.: Following up on a similar volume in 2008, scientists and engineers review current developments and ongoing research into treating surfaces so they have have different qualities than the underlying substrate. In 11 invited and peer-reviewed papers, they discuss such topics as cold spray technologies, applying supersonic flame spraying for next-generation cylinder liner coating, advanced ceramic/metal polymer multilayer coatings for industrial applications, developing bioactive hydroxyapatite coatings on titanium alloys, and characterization and tribological performance of copper-based intermetallic layers.