Conference Chair
Prof. Hui Li
Northeastern University, China
Biography:
Hui Li, Doctor of Engineering, Postdoctoral Fellow, Professor of School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, PhD supervisor, Senior Member of Chinese Composite Materials Society, Senior Member of Chinese Mechanics Society, Senior Member of Chinese Vibration Engineering Society, Executive Director of Liaoning Vibration Engineering Society, Executive Director of Liaoning Mechanics Society, now working in Institute of Mechanical Design and Theory, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University and he is one of the main members of Key Laboratory (Class B) of Ministry of Education, "Aerospace Power Equipment Vibration and Control", in Northeastern University. He is currently working in the Institute of Mechanical Design and Theory, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, and is one of the main members of the Key Laboratory of Aviation Power Equipment Vibration and Control (Class B) of the Ministry of Education. His main research interests include: (1) nonlinear vibration of composite plate and shell structures; (2) high-temperature vibration and shock resistance of coating-composite structures; (3) intelligent composite material preparation, mechanical property evaluation, and active vibration control; and (4) advanced composite material structural design theory and integration of material, structure, functionality, manufacturing, etc. In recent years, he has been the first author or corresponding author in the research on "Vibration and Control of Aerospace Power Equipment." More than 100 papers have been published, including more than 70 SCI papers (including 45 papers in JCR I and 7 papers in JCR II), and more than 40 EI papers, with the highest SCI impact factor (2022) of 13.1 for a single paper, of which 4 SCI papers were selected as ESI highly cited papers. The highest number of SCI citations for a single paper was 90, and the total number of other citations included in SCI was more than 1400, with an H index of 22.
Prof. Ramesh Agarwal
Washington University in St. Louis Campus, USA
Biography:
Professor Agarwal is a Fellow of 23 societies including: American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (CSAA), Institute of Physics (IOP), UK, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Energy Institute (EI), Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Academy of Science of St. Louis, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), etc. and World Innovation Foundation (WIF). He has received many honors and awards for his research contributions including the ASME Fluids Engineering Award (2001), ASME Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award (2006), Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Award (2007), AIAA Aerodynamics Award (2008), AIAA/SAE 2009 William Littlewood Lecture Award (2009), James B. Eads Award of Academy of Science of St. Louis (2009), ASEE/AIAA John Leland Atwood Award (2009), SAE Clarence Kelly Johnson Award (2009), SAE Franklin W. Kolk Award (2009), AIAA Lindbergh Award (2010), SAE Aerospace Engineering Leadership Award (2013), SAE Excellence in Engineering Education Award, SAE International Medal of Honor (2015) and AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award (2015) among many others.
Over a period of 45 years, Professor Agarwal has worked in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), computational magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and electromagnetics, computational aeroacoustics, multidisciplinary design and optimization, rarefied gas dynamics and hypersonic flows, bio-fluid dynamics, and flow and flight control. More recently, he has devoted some of his efforts to nanotechnology and renewable energy systems, in particular wind, solar, and biomass. He is the author and coauthor of over 600 publications and serves on the editorial board of more than 20 journals. He has given many plenaries, keynotes, and invited lectures at various national and international conferences in over 60 countries worldwide. Professor Agarwal continues to serve on many professional, government, and industrial advisory committees.