Prof. Zhaoyang Shi, Beijing University of Technology

Zhaoyang Shi, Ph.D., doctoral supervisor, expert receiving special government allowance from the State Council, leading talent in the national machinery industry science and technology innovation during the "12th FiveYear Plan" period, and Scientific Chinese (2010) Person of the Year.  

Member of ISO TC60 (Gears), Chinese member of the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM), member of the International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT), member of the International Committee on Measurements and Instrumentation (ICMI), Chairman of the Mechanical Measurement Instrument Branch of the China Instrument and Control Society, Vice Chairman of the Metrological Instrument Committee of the China Metrology and Testing Society, Vice Chairman of the Mechanical Transmission Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Vice Chairman of the National Gear Standardization Technical Committee of the Standardization Administration of China, member of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, and editorial board member of journals such as Journal of Instrumentation.  

He has led over 40 national and provinciallevel as well as enterprise research projects, including the National Science and Technology Major Project, the National Major Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project, the National Key Research and Development Program, the National Science and Technology Support Program, the National 863 Program, and key and general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has long been engaged in research on gear engineering and precision measurement technology, achieving innovative results in gear precision theory, testing technology and instruments, precision gear transmission, and precision mechanical design, which have been widely applied in major equipment.  

To date, he has obtained 42 authorized invention patents, published over 150 papers and 1 monograph, and received the first prize of China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award twice and the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award twice.

Prof. Hao Li, Zhongyuan University of Technology

Hao Li, Ph.D. from Zhejiang University, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge, secondlevel professor, doctoral supervisor. Selected as a nationallevel young talent (2020), expert receiving special government allowance from the State Council (2024), and Henan Province Outstanding Expert (2021). Ranked among the top 1% of nationally highly cited scholars (2024, 2025). Leader of the Henan Provincial University "Digital Twin for HighEnd Equipment" Science and Technology Innovation Team. Main research interests: customized design of complex products, industrial digital twin and AI intelligence, intelligent operation, maintenance and control of largescale equipment. He has led over 10 projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, subtopics of the National Science and Technology Support Program, and key provincial and ministerial projects. He has received 13 national and provincial/ministerial awards. He has published over 120 papers, of which 19 were published in IEEE Transactions and other CAS Zone 1 top journals, and 18 papers were selected as ESI highly cited papers, CNKI highly cited papers, excellent papers of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and annual excellent papers of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems. He has received 9 national and provincial/ministerial science and technology awards.  

Vice Chairman of the Digital Twin Professional Committee of the China Graphics Society, Standing Committee Member of the Intelligent Manufacturing Professional Committee of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, member of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Mining Heavy Equipment, member of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Mass Customization System and Technology, Vice Chairman of the Digital Work Committee of the China Heavy Machinery Industry Association, and member of the Mechanical Design Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.

Prof. Shanliang Yao, Wuhan Institute of Technology

Shanliang Yao, male, born in August 1979, from Xinyang, Henan Province. Professor, senior engineer, master's supervisor. Currently Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Intelligent Equipment, and faculty member of the School of Art and Design, Wuhan Institute of Technology. He also serves as design consultant at Foshan Yuandao Industrial Design Co., Ltd. He completed his bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral studies and research at Wuhan University of Technology and Tsinghua University. He has long been engaged in teaching and research in product innovation design, enterprise design management, and system image design, teaching courses such as Product Design Process and Analysis, Product Design Principles, Design Ecology, and System Design Research. He is a member of the China Industrial Design Association, member of the Human Resources Working Committee of the National Semiconductor Lighting Engineering R&D and Industry Alliance, expert of Wuhan City of Design, Deputy SecretaryGeneral of the Wuhan Industrial Design Association, science and technology decisionmaking consulting expert of Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau, and serves as design director or strategic expert for multiple enterprises. To date, he has obtained 3 US design patents, 7 Chinese invention patents, 16 utility model patents, and 33 design patents. He has published 4 academic monographs and numerous core and indexed papers, led or participated in 17 horizontal projects, provided over 100 new product development and brand planning/design services for 60 domestic and international enterprises, and received multiple honors including the "Central South Star Award" Gold Award, "China IndustryUniversityResearch Cooperation Innovation Award", Third Prize of the "China Packaging Creative Design Competition", and Second Prize of the Hubei Province "Chutian Cup" Industrial Design Competition.