Azer Arastunoglu Kasimzade is a Professor in the Department of Mechanics and Director of the Earthquake Engineering Scientific Research Center at Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction (AzUAC), Baku, Azerbaijan (https://azmiu.edu.az/upload/ckeditor/573826565.pdf ). He is also a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil Engineering at Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey. He currently serves as consultant, peer reviewer and as coordinating member of seismic code committee to the internationally partnerships projects subjected to Structural Seismic Isolation System and Modelling, Monitoring, Model Calibration, Assessment for Highly Reliable Structures. He has received his PhD and DSc degrees in Structural Mechanics from Moscow Civil Engineering University, Russian Federation, USSR. They are related to the subject on modelling, safety and analysis problems of offshore platforms. He has worked with several international foundations around the world on earthquake resistant design problems and has authored several scientific publications. He was awarded many research grants and Director of valuable projects in Japan, Turkey, and other countries. He is the recipient of the Science Promotion Award of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Division, Science for Peace Award, USSR’s Ministry of High Education the Science Promotion Awards, Awards from many International Conferences. His professional expertise encompasses: Modelling, Monitoring, Model Calibration, Simulation, Seismic Protection, Seismic Retrofitting, Analysis and Performance Based Assessments for earthquake resistant design of Highly Reliable Structures.