Prof. Zhongxiao Peng

The University of New South Wales, Australia

Dr Zhongxiao Peng completed her PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Australia in 2000. She joined James Cook University (JCU) as a lecturer in August 1999 and worked at JCU for 12 years. She led the Mechanical Engineering discipline over the period from 2008 to early 2011. Dr Peng joined the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW Sydney in August 2011. She leads the Tribology and Machine Condition Monitoring, opens in a new window research group at UNSW Sydney and works closely with EmProf. Robert (Bob) Randall, Dr Pietro Borghesani and Dr Wade Smith on a number of projects in the field of machine condition monitoring.

Prof. Steven Li

Western New England University, USA

Dr. Zhaojun Li (Steven Li) is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington (Seattle). Dr. Li is a certified Reliability Engineer by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and holds a Caterpillar Six Sigma Black Belt certification. His research interests include artificial intelligence/machine learning, data analytics, applied statistics, operations research, and reliability engineering. Dr. Li served as the Chair of the IEEE Reliability Society from 2022 to 2024 and currently holds the position of Immediate Past Chair. He was recently elected Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Reliability Society's flagship journal, IEEE Transactions on Reliability. Dr. Li is also the founding editor of the Reliability Society column in IEEE Access.

Prof. Yuqing Li

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Yuqing Li, male, professor and doctoral advisor, is the Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Institute of Vehicles Dynamics and Control at the School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology. He is an external expert of the Science and Technology Committee at the General Department of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, a member of the Space Intelligence Professional Committee, a member of the Emergency Response Professional Committee, and one of the first high-level talents in Heilongjiang Province. Relying primarily on foundational theories such as big data, artificial intelligence, signal analysis, and cybernetics, he conducts research on health management and intelligent control technologies for complex equipment.

In recent years, he has led and undertaken over 60 research projects including those under the national key R&D program, pre-research projects from national ministries, basic research, the National Natural Science Foundation, and provincial key R&D plans. He has published more than 40 academic papers and holds 15 authorized national invention patents. He has received two second-class and one third-class provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards and has authored the academic monograph "Satellite On-Orbit Fault Diagnosis Technology and Applications."

Prof. Yongbo Li

Northwestern University of Technology, China

Dr. Yongbo Li is a tenured professor and doctoral advisor at Northwestern Polytechnical University and a nationally recognized high-level young talent. He is currently on secondment at the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute. He earned his Ph.D. from the School of Astronautics at Harbin Institute of Technology, completed joint doctoral training at the University of Alberta in Canada, and was a visiting scholar at the University of Huddersfield in the UK. His main research areas include intelligent sensing, health monitoring, digital twin technology, and intelligent operation and maintenance for advanced aircraft.

Dr. Li has served as the principal investigator for three National Natural Science Foundation of China projects (including youth and general programs), four projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and five provincial and ministerial-level projects such as the Shaanxi Key R&D Program. He has also participated in two national 973 projects, one 863 project, and two key projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation. As first or corresponding author, he has published over 70 SCI papers, including 10 ESI highly cited papers and one ESI hot paper; twelve of his papers have been cited over 100 times each, with total SCI citations exceeding 3,000.

He currently serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IF=11.7), Measurement (IF=5.2), IEEE Sensors Journal (IF=4.3), and IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (IF=5.6). He is also a young editorial board member of the Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering and Aircraft Design.

Dr. Li has received numerous honors, including the Discipline Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, selection for the China Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Support Program, first prize in Science and Technology from Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions, second prize for scientific and technological progress from the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and second prize from the Chinese Society of Vibration Engineering.