| Prof. Zilong ZhaoBeihang University Zi-Long Zhao obtained his doctoral degree in 2016 from Tsinghua University (China). Since 2021, he has been a full Professor at Beihang University (China). He is elected as a high-level young talent of China (2020), an ARC DECRA fellow (2019), an innovative and entrepreneurial talent of Jiangsu Province (2024), and a young top talent of Beihang University (2022). He is an expert of the Chinese Ministry of Education, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Australian Research Council, and the Jiangsu Association of Science and Technology. He is an editorial advisory board member of Engineering Fracture Mechanics. His research interests include solid mechanics, biomechanics, structural topology optimization, and aircraft design. By 2025, he has published more than 60 papers in internationally prestigious SCI journals. He is the general chair or co-chair of multiple international conferences such as ICoACE 2024, AITCE 2025, and ICAMME 2025.
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| Prof. Bin WangFuzhou University, China Bing Wang is an Associate Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge and received his Ph.D. and postdoctoral degrees from the University of Hull. He is currently employed at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Fuzhou University, where he serves as a distinguished professor of the Minjiang Scholars Program in Fujian Province, a doctoral supervisor, and an assistant dean. He is also the deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Terahertz Functional Devices and Intelligent Sensors and a member of the academic committee. Wang is a lifelong member of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge and a member of the Young Engineers Committee of the Materials Division of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society. He serves as a subject editor and guest editor for the SCI journal Materials, and he is the chair of the MDMA2022 international academic conference, the co-chair of the CAMME2023 conference, and a collaborating chair for CoMEA2024, as well as the chair of several technical committees for international academic conferences. He has been engaged in research on the structural strength and theory of aerospace technology for many years, primarily focusing on collaborative design of structures and functions, multi-scale structural mechanics modeling, deployable structure design for aerospace applications, advanced composite materials, and their non-destructive testing. He has hosted multiple major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, provincial and ministerial departments, and the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council. Wang has published over 50 papers as the first or corresponding author, with 2 papers selected as ESI highly cited papers, the most cited of which has over 320 citations. He has published 6 academic monographs/chapters and applied for 15 national invention patents. Several of his research results have been transformed into industrial applications, including uses in the Airbus A350, and his research achievements have been awarded by the UK EPSRC.
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 | Prof. Maged Al-BarashiGuilin University of Aerospace Technology, China Maged Al-Barashi, Ph.D., is a Professor of Aircraft Quality and Reliability at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology (GUAT), Guilin, China. He has been engaged in teaching and research in electrical engineering for many years and has published more than 20 papers indexed in SCI and EI. He received his B.Sc. in Power Systems Engineering from Aleppo University, Syria (2009), his M.Sc. in Power and Machines Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt (2015), and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2023). From 2010 to 2017, he served as a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Dhamar Industrial Technical Institute, Yemen. Between 2009 and 2012, he worked as a Sales Support Engineer and Legrand Showroom Supervisor at MAM International Corporation, Sana’a, Yemen. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Senior Technical Engineer at NEDCO for Engineering Contracting and Supplies, Cairo, Egypt. He has participated as a general contributor in one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project, one Guangxi Key R&D Plan project, one Guangxi regional science and technology innovation platform capacity-building project, one joint special project of Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, one horizontal project, and one project sponsored by the Department of Education of Guangxi Province aimed at enhancing the basic capabilities of young and middle-aged teachers. Dr. Al-Barashi currently serves as a reviewer for several international journals and has acted as a session chair, committee member, and reviewer for multiple international conferences. He has received several academic awards. His current research interests include power quality in electronic-based power systems, aircraft quality and reliability, passive filters and their applications in high-speed railways, electric power utilization, and renewable energy.
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| Assoc. Prof. Ji ZhangYanshan University, China Ji Zhang is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. supervisor in the Department of Engineering Mechanics at Yanshan University. He is recognized as a Provincial Young Top Talent and a Yanshan University Distinguished Young Scholar (Category B). He received his Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology and was a joint-training Ph.D. candidate at the University of Trento. His research focuses on the intelligent design of origami structures, nonlinear mechanics, multiphysical field coupling, and structural optimization. He has authored more than 30 SCI-indexed papers as the first author, published in leading journals such as Composites Part B: Engineering, Engineering Structures, Aerospace Science and Technology, and International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. He has also been granted over 10 invention patents. He has led projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Program, provincial talent programs, and several provincial and ministerial research projects. He has received more than 30 awards at national, provincial, and university levels for research and teaching achievements. He teaches courses such as Mechanics of Materials and Intelligent Materials and Structures.
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