Dr. S.A. Sherif is a tenured Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and is the Founding Director of the Wayne K. and Lyla L. Masur HVAC Laboratory, the Director of the Industrial Assessment Center and the Director of the Mobile Energy Laboratory at the University of Florida. He served as Co-Director of the Southeastern Center for Industrial Energy Intensity Reduction at the University of Florida (2009-2013). He also served on the faculties of the University of Florida (1991-present), University of Miami (1987-1991), and Northern Illinois University (1984-1987). He is a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); a Life Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society; an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); a Vice President of Commission B-2 on Refrigerating Equipment of the International Institute of Refrigeration; a Member of the Advisory Board of Directors of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy; and a Founding Member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (2014-2019), Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (2020-2025), and as Subject Editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2005-2011). He has also served as Subject Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Board Member of 30 other archival journals. He has one book, 24 book chapters, 20 bound volumes, 350 refereed papers, 200 technical reports, and two US patents.

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After completing a post-doctoral appointment at MIT, William E. Singhose joined the School of Mechanical Engineering faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998. Singhose's research focuses on the dynamics and control of flexible machines. The performance of many types of machines is limited by the vibration and deflection that occur during their operation. For example, when a crane is used to transport material, the payload often oscillates when it reaches the desired location. The workers must then wrestle with the payload to bring it to rest, which slows down the transfer process and also presents a safety hazard. Singhose has developed a control scheme that alters the voltages sent to the motors of cranes, so that the human operator is able to move the payload without oscillation. In a more general sense, his work attempts to predict and minimize the damaging effects of machine flexibility. Simple models are used to capture the important dynamic effects. These models are then used to develop special commands for moving the machine about its workspace without vibration. Using this approach, he has also implemented control schemes on silicon handling robots, scanning devices, and many types of automated manufacturing equipment. In addition to command generation, Singhose's research projects include design of vibration absorbers, spacecraft thruster control, robot manipulator design and control, minimization of friction effects, and compensation for actuator saturation.

Weidong Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the founder and director of its Dynamic Systems and Vibrations Laboratory and Laser Vibrometry and Optical Measurement Laboratory. He received his double major BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Computational Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1986, and his MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and the University of California at Berkeley in 1988 and 1994, respectively. He is a recipient of the 2004 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He has been an ASME Fellow since 2010, and has served as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics and the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, and as a Subject Editor of the Journal of Sound and Vibration and Nonlinear Dynamics. His research spans the fields of dynamics, vibration, control, applied mechanics, metamaterials, structural health monitoring, and wind energy, and involves analytical development, numerical simulation, experimental validation, and industrial application. He has published 277 SCI-indexed journal papers in these areas and holds nine U.S. patents. He is a recipient of the 2020 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research.

Dr. Dan Zhang is a Kaneff Professor and Tier 1 York Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at York University. Dr. Zhang was a Canada Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Automation, was a founding Chair of the Department of Automotive, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Engineering with the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science at Ontario Tech University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Laval University, Canada, in June 2000. Dr. Zhang's research interests include synthesis and optimization of parallel and hybrid mechanisms; generalized parallel mechanisms research; reconfigurable robots; innovation design of parallel robots: parallelization of serial robots; micro/nano manipulation and mems devices (e.g., sensors); rescue robots; smart biomedical instruments (e.g., exoskeleton robots and rehabilitation robotics); AI/robotics/autonomous systems; Aerial and Underwater Robotics; Artificial Intelligence for Robotics; intelligent reconfigurable adaptive landing gear and manipulator (manipulander). Dr. Zhang's contributions to and leadership within the field of robotic and automation have been recognized with several prestigious awards, within his own university (Kaneff Professorship, Tier 1 York Research Chair in Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Research Excellence Award both from university level and faculty level), the Province of Ontario (Early Researcher Award), the professional societies (Fellow of CAE, Fellow of the ASME, Fellow of the EIC and Fellow of the CSME), and federal funding agencies (Canada Research Chair in January 2009 and renewed in January 2014). Besides, he was awarded the Inaugural Teaching Excellence by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science of Ontario Tech University in 2006 and the Best Professor Award by Ontario Tech University Engineering Students' Society in 2012. Dr. Zhang has published 228 journal papers and 187 conference papers, 12 books, 9 book chapters and numerous other technical publications. Dr. Zhang has served as a General Chair for 67 International Conferences and delivered 116 keynote speeches. Dr. Zhang is listed as the World’s Top Two Percent Researchers by Stanford’s Standardized Citation Indicators in 2020 and 2021. Dr. Zhang is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a Fellow of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME), a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Senior Member of SME.

Dr Chua Kian Jon is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore. He has been conducting research on renewable energy systems and heat recovery systems since 1997. He has conducted both modelling and experimental works for specific thermal energy systems. He is highly skilled in designing; fabricating; commissioning and testing many sustainable energy systems to provide for heating, cooling and humidity control for both small and large scale applications. He has been elected to several fellowships including Fellow of Royal Society, Fellow of Energy Institute and Fellow of IMechE.He has more than 200 international peer-reviewed journal publications, 6 book chapters and tworecent monographs on advances in air conditioning (https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811584763 and https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030808426). He was highlighted among the top 1% of scientists in the world by the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network and top 0.5% in the Stanford list of energy researchers. His works has garnered more than 11,500 over citations with a current H-index of 56. Further, he owns more than 10 patents related to several innovative cooling and dehumidification systems. On a regular basis, he has been invited to deliver many plenary and keynote talks on his research findings. He is the Principal Investigator of several multi-million competitive research grants. Additionally, he has been awarded multiple local, regional, and international awards for his breakthrough research endeavours.

Dr X.J. Jing received his B.S. degree from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, M.S. degree and PhD degree in Robotics from Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, respectively. Thereafter, he received a PhD degree in nonlinear systems and signal processing from the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. His current research interests are generally related to Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration, and Control focusing on theory and methods for employing nonlinear benefits in engineering, including nonlinear frequency domain methods, nonlinear system identification or signal processing, vibration control, robust control, sensor technology, energy harvesting, nonlinear fault diagnosis or information processing, bio-inspired systems and methods, bio-inspired robotics and control etc.

Len Gelman, PhD, Dr. of Sciences (Habilitation) joined the University of Huddersfield as a Professor, Chair in Signal Processing and Condition Monitoring and the Director of Centre for Efficiency and Performance Engineering, in 2017 from Cranfield University, where he had worked as a Professor and Chair in Vibro-Acoustical Monitoring since 2005, creating a team focused on vibro-acoustical condition monitoring of complex systems with an emphasis on their practical deployment. During his time at Cranfield, Len has developed technologies which have been field trialled in applications ranging from aircraft engines, gearboxes, bearings, steam turbines, composite materials and centrifugal compressors. He has managed as the Principal Investigator contributions to multiple EU funded programs, UK DTI programs (4 grants), multiple EPSRC grants, Royal Society grant, USA National Academy of Sciences grant, USA National Research Council grant, and multiple industrial contracts, including multiple contracts with Rolls-Royce (6 contracts), contracts with SKF, Shell, Scottish Southern Energy (two contracts), Caterpillar (USA, two contracts), London Underground (three contracts) and Cranfield Boeing Centre of Excellence (3 contracts). Before joining Cranfield University, Len was the Principal Investigator of USA International Science Foundation grant, USA Civilian Reserach and Development Foundation grants (two grants), USA MacArthur Foundation grant, Israel Lady Davis grant and Italian Landau Centro Volta grant.

James Gao holds the Medway Chair of Manufacturing Engineering, and leads the Design, Manufacturing and Innovative Products Theme, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich. Prof Gao is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Associate Editor of the Proceedings of IMechE Part B -Journal of Engineering Manufacture, and a member of the editorial board of several international journals. He has over 230 publications in international journals and conferences, and directed a large number of research projects in the areas of knowledge management, intelligent manufacturing, collaborative product development, computer aided design and manufacturing, and product lifecycle management.

Dr. Yang is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto in 2016 and his Bachelor degree from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 2012. His research interests are vibration and mechatronics with a special focus on the development of smart structures and dynamical systems for energy harvesters, sensors and actuators. This interdisciplinary research area requires combining the knowledge and skills in mechanical design, electrical circuit, smart materials, and dynamic analysis. He has published over 100 academic papers on prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Comm., Science Robotics, Science Advances, Joule, and Energy & Environmental Science. He founds and directs the Smart Transducers and Vibration Lab (STVL) that is the most comprehensive research group in the Greater Bay Area focusing on energy harvesting and self-powered electronics.

Dr. Dargazany joins the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as an Assistant Professor in April 2014. Prior to that, he worked as the material specialist in a leading tire manufacturing company and also served as the supervisor of a research group on polymers in RWTH Aachen University. Dr. Dargazany received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany and did his postdoc at the Department of Material Science and Engineering at MIT. Dr. Dargazany's interests are in the area of the micro-mechanics of soft and bio-inspired high performance materials. He is particularly interested in the mechanics of nano-composites such as elastomers, gels, biological tissues, and ultra-tough composites. His work focuses on the understanding of the multi-scale, multi-paradigm mechanics of materials that can undergo large deformations and its implementation on development of new constitutive methods to predict the response of these materials. By incorporating concepts from structural engineering, materials science and biology, his goal is to bridge the understanding in different scales ranging from molecular to macro-scales to provide a complete picture of the hierarchical mechanisms that characterize the high-performance of these materials.

Maki Habib obtained his Doctor of Engineering Sciences (DES) in Intelligent and Autonomous Robotics from the University of Tsukuba in 1990, Japan. He was a selected research scientist at RIKEN, Japan, and senior researcher at RISO-Laboratories, Japan, and visiting researcher at EPFL, Switzerland. He was a visiting expert under Asian Development Bank (ADB), Associate Professor at UTM, Malaysia, and a Senior Manager at MCRIA for engineering projects and industrial consultation, Malaysia. He was a leading senior research scientist with GMD-Japan, Japan leading Telecooperation research group. Associate Professor with Monash University (Australia/Malaysia), he developed and led the Mechatronics Engineering program. He was appointed as a full Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at Swinburne University (Australia/Malaysia). Then, he was an invited Professor at KAIST, South Korea, Residing Professor at Saga University, Japan, and since Sept. 2007 he is a full Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at AUC. Habib was a visiting professor (short term) at many Universities around the world, such as, Nagasaki University-Japan, Hokkoido University-Japan, Orebro University – Sweden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology – Norway, etc. Habib served as a consultant and Technical advisor to well-known international companies including Toyota group and ABB. Habib is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Regional Editor and Associate Editor of 10 International Journals, and Editorial Board member of another 10 International Journals beside his leadership as a member of international organizing/program committee of more than 20 International Conference every year. Habib edited more than 14 books, published more than 26 book chapters and also more than 275 papers at international journals and international conferences.

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Paul Grunow has completed his Ph.D at the age of 30 years from Technical University Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and postdoctoral studies from the COPPE/UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the general manager of Trinity Solarbeteiligungen GmbH, an investment company in renewable energies. Before, he co-founded three companies in the area of photovoltaics based in Berlin, i.e. Solon, Q-Cells, PI Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin. He has published more than 12 papers in reputed journals.

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Dr Hocine Imine, received his PhD in Robotics and Automation from the Versailles University, France, in 2003 and the Accreditation to Supervise Research (Habilitation a Diriger des Recherches - HDR) on March 2012 from Valenciennes University. In 2005, he joined IFSTTAR (French institute of science and technology for transport, development and networks), and Gustave Eiffel University in 2021, where he is currently a Research Director. He is Member of IFAC Technical Committee on Transportation systems (TC 7.4) and editorial board member for the Automotive Innovation and Hindawi Journals. He is Cohead of NEXTRIM Associated International Laboratory, created in 2021 with University of Bologna, Italy. His research interests include Intelligent Transportation Systems, Simulators and Vehicles modeling and stability, non linear observation, nonlinear control. He published 2 books and several papers.

Dr. Yingjia Zhang is a full professor of School of Energy and Power Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University, He serves as a colloquium co-chair for Chemical Kinetics at China National Symposium on Combustion in 2019-2021, a Convener for Laminar Flame and Chemical Kinetics at National Young Scholar Meeting on Combustion Research in 2020-2023,a section chair for the 38th International Symposium on Combustion and the 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion. He also awards board members of internal journals related to combustion, engine fuels and chemical kinetics. He earned this Ph.D in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics in 2011 at Xi’an Jiaotong University. Prior to promote professor in 2018, Dr. Zhang contributed multiple research projects at NUI Galway as a postdoctoral researcher. His main research interests are in the fields of combustion chemistry, laser diagnostics in reacting flow and nano technologies for propulsion and energetic applications. He has published over 60 papers in archival journals. With the research contributions above, Dr. Zhang has won the National Natural Science Award in 2015 and the MOE Natural Science Award in 2013.

Hao Wang is Assistant Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Visiting Professor of Universite Paris 13 (France), Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (Germany), Research Affiliate of The International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), MASME, and MSME. He is the principal investigator of multiple grants supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). He has published over 100 papers in renowned peer-review journals. His research interests include ultra-precision machining and polishing, hybrid manufacturing and post-processing for metal additive manufacturing aiming to provide innovative solutions to the critical engineering problems of advanced manufacturing. He is currently associate editor of Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, invited youth editor of International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, editorial board member of International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology, and co-editor-in-chief of Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems.

Dr. Abeer Al Anazi is an assistant professor at the Australian University (AU) - Kuwait. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire – UK for her work on the control of electro- kinetic microfluidic biochemical systems. Since then, she worked on many research projects on fluidics, micro, nano and bio-fluidic applications to process and device fabrication technologies, with emphasis on modelling and simulation - aided design methodologies. Her past research includes experimental heat transfer of Nano-fluids, carbon-based Nano electro-mechanical systems and design optimization. She has many publications and has been serving as an editorial board member of several reputed journals.

Dr Wei Min Huang is currently an Associate Professor (tenured) at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. With over 20 years of experience on various shape memory materials (alloy, polymer, composite and hybrid), he has published over 190 papers in journals, such as Accounts of Chemical Research, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, and Materials Today, and has been invited to review manuscripts from over 280 international journals (including Progress in Polymer Science, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and Advanced Functional Materials, etc), project proposals from American Chemical Society, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, etc, and book proposals from Springer, Elsevier and CRC. He has published two books (Thin film shape memory alloys – fundamentals and device applications, Polyurethane shape memory polymers) and is currently on the editorial board of over three dozen of journals.

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Dr. Qin is currently an associate professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering in Tsinghua University, China. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, China,in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and thePh.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University, China,in 2010. He is serving as an Associate Editor of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, and an Editorial Board Member of Nanotechnology Reviews. His research interests include structuraldynamics, rotordynamics and condition monitoring, aerospace engineering, nanocomposites, vibration control, and energy harvesting. Dr. Qin has published more than 100 highly cited papers in peer reviewed journals.

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Libor Pekar was born in Zlin, CzechRepublic, in 1979. He is an associate professor at the Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic, and at the Department of Technical Studies, College of Polytechnics Jihlava, Czech Republic. He received a B.S. in automation and informatics from Tomas Bata University in 2002, an M.S. in automation and control engineering in consumption industries in 2005, and a Ph.D. in technical cybernetics from the same institution in 2013. From 2006 to 2013, he worked at the university as a junior lecturer. He became a senior lecturer there in 2013, and in 2018 was appointed as an associate professor. Pekar is the author of one book and eight book chapters, more than 45 journal articles, and 70 conference papers. His research interests include analysis, modeling, identification, and control of time-delay systems, algebraic control methods, autotuning, and optimization techniques. Since 2022, he is a member of American Chemical Society. He served as the Lead Guest Editor of special issues in Advances in Mechanical Engineering journal and Mathematics journal, and as the Guest Editor of a special collection in Frontiers in Energy Research journal. He has been an editor of Mathematical Problems in Engineering since 2018 and of AppliedMath journal since 2022. He has served as a reviewer of contributions to many highly regarded journals, such as Applied Mathematics and Computations, Automatica, ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, International Journal of Control, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Systems & Control Letters, Swarm, and Evolutionary Computation, and many others. Associate Professor Pekar received the Laureate of the ASR Seminary Instrumentation and Control in 2007 and 2009, and the Rector's Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in the Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in 2013.

Elsayed Ahmed Elnashar, Full-Professor of textiles Apparel, Kaferelsheikh University, Egypt. Born in 19 /8/1965. Have Ph.D. 2000, Msc.1995, Bsc.1989, Helwan University. Diploma1985advanced industrial textiles institute. He holds several academic administrative positions: Dean, Vice Dean, Head of Department, He has many textiles patents, Member of international scientific committees. Development of Faculties of Education, commissioned of Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities. Has design books published in Germany and Ukraine. Has published over 235 scientific Articles. Editorial board member & Reviewer for more 225 journals, organizer for more than 195 conference and workshop over the world,Founder and editor two scientific journals. And Smartex Conference Egypt. Member of the editorial board of several international journals and conferences, He has made many scientific agreements with European &Africa universities.

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Seyed Mohsen Hosseini received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and information engineering from Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy, in 2021. From September 2019 to March 2020, he was a visiting Ph.D. student with the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K. From 2021 to January 2022, he was a Research Fellow with the Decision and Control Laboratory, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy. His research interests include modeling, optimization, and control of complex automation systems, distributed, decentralized, and robust control algorithms.

Dr Mircea BOSCOIANU is Professor, PhD Advisor (from 2010) in the Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Technological Engineering and Industrial Management, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management since 2019. From 2001 to 2008 he served as assistant prof, senior lecturer and associate prof in Military Technical Academy of Bucharest and from 2008 to 2019 as professor in Air Force Academy of Brasov (he served as vice- rector for Research and Development 2009-2012 and 2017-2018, head of department 2012-2014, vice- dean 2018-2019). He received his first PhD in Aerospace Engineering in 2000 and the second PhD in Cybernetics and statistics in 2003. His research interes tis focused on unmanned aerial systems (UAS)/ remoted piloted aerial vehicles RPAVs (in this field he managed 11 national projects as project manager – all projects gainned in competitions), aerospace propulsion systems, innovation management, sustainability management, investment management (one project as project manager). Prof Boscoianu has made over 300 scholarity contributions, including over 180 peer- reviewed research papers and over 20 books.

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Dr. Gengxiang Wang is an associate professor at Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Chain. He obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical design and theory from the Xi'an University of Technology in 2017. From 2015 to 2017, he received a reward from China Scholarship Council as a visiting scholar to join Dynamics Simulation Lab (DSL) conducted by prof. Shabana proposed the Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation (ANCF) and is a famous expert on the flexible multibody system in the world.He experienced as an assistant professor at Xi'an University of Technology from 2017 to 2019. At the beginning of 2018, he has rewarded the "Second prize of Science and Technology award of Shaanxi Province" in China.At the end of 2019, he obtained an 'Excellent Doctoral dissertation from Shaanxi Province in China. Subsequently, he joined Peking University as a postdoctoral to focus on impact mechanics at the beginning of 2020 after obtaining the Boya plan supported by Peking Universityand has secured the primary grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO.12172004). He has a strong knowledge background and professional skills in flexible multibody and impact mechanics, as proven by his awards and impactful publications in the field as well as secured research funding.

Van Tu Nguyen is currently a Research Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Pusan National University (PNU), Korea. He received the Ms & PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from PNU 2017, and the BE degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi National University, in Vietnam 2010. He has been working in the area of scientific computing, primarily in the field of computational fluid mechanics (CFM). The majority of his recent works involve the development and using algorithms for modeling multiphase/interfacial (turbulent) flows and compressible flows with shock waves, Free surface flows, Cavitation Bubble dynamics, and building numerical coding programs for these applications of the flows, especially applications to problems in Fluid Mechanics and Industrial/ Engineering Systems.