Prof. Yajun Liu

South China University of Technology, China

Yajun Liu, Ph.D., Professor, is affiliated with the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at South China University of Technology. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), a senior member of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and a committee member of the Manufacturing Technology Professional Committee of the Chinese Automation Society. He also serves as a technical consultant for multiple leading enterprises in the industry.

His research focuses on the mechanisms of manufacturing system processes and optimization control technologies. He has received numerous academic awards, including the “Nanyue Outstanding Graduate and Zeng Xianzi Scholarship First Prize,” the “Elianda Innovation Award,” the “Modern Manufacturing Academic Paper Award,” and the “Excellent Paper Award at the 20th International Conference on Mechatronics in 2016,” among others.

Professor Liu has published over 150 papers in professional journals and international conferences in the fields of machining mechanics, mechanical system process mechanisms, and optimization control research, as well as more than 10 papers on scientific teaching research. He has led and undertaken more than 10 national and provincial-level projects, in addition to over 20 enterprise R&D projects.

Prof. Zhongren Wang

Hubei University of Arts and Science, China

Zhongren Wang is a professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Arts and Science. His research focuses on machine vision and intelligent robotics. He has undertaken more than 20 research projects, including national-level projects, provincial Natural Science Foundation projects, provincial Department of Education Natural Science Foundation projects, provincial Science and Technology Support Program projects (in collaboration with enterprises), and key projects of the municipal Science and Technology Bureau. He has established long-term, in-depth collaborations with well-known companies such as Sinopec Sixth Construction Co., Ltd. and Boya Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., with sufficient project funding.

As the first author or corresponding author, he has published more than 110 papers, including over 50 papers indexed by the three major citation databases and in Chinese core journals. As the first inventor, he has applied for more than 50 patents, of which 22 invention patents have been authorized. He also holds more than 30 utility model patents and software copyrights, and has co-edited and published two textbooks.

The intelligent pipeline welding robot developed by his team has been successfully promoted and applied. He has supervised 7 full-time master’s students who graduated from Wuhan University of Science and Technology, and 6 part-time master’s students from institutions such as Huazhong University of Science and Technology and South China University of Technology, as well as 7 master’s students currently in training.

He has received one third prize for Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked first) and one first prize for Hubei Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (ranked sixth).

Prof. Jin Xie

South China University of Technology, China

Jin Xie, Ph.D. in Mechanical Systems Engineering from Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan, is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, and the leader of the “Precision Microfabrication Technology and Intelligent Equipment” research team. His research focuses on precision microfabrication technologies and the automation and intelligent systems of manufacturing processes.

He serves as an editorial board member of the *International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture*, a committee member of the Precision Grain Engineering and Nanotechnology Professional Committee under the Production Engineering Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and a member of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering. 

Dr. Xie has received numerous honors, including the Japanese Ministry of Education Research Scholarship, the JASSO Research Fellowship, the Annual Award from the Japanese Abrasive Processing Society, the First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, and the First Prize in the Nanjing Overseas Scholars Entrepreneurship Competition.

He has led and completed multiple vertical research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Guangdong Provincial Key Natural Science Foundation, Guangdong Key Science and Technology Program, and the Guangzhou Major Industry-University-Research Collaborative Innovation Project for Foreign Cooperation. He has published over 30 SCI-indexed papers, including 10 in the *International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture*.