Prof. Fusheng Lin

Wuhan Textile University, China

Fusheng Lin, Professor, Wuhan Textile University. Director of Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for 3D Textiles.

His research interests cover 3D manufacturing technology and equipment, artificial intelligence (machine vision and prediction), condition monitoring and fault‑diagnosis expert system for rotating machinery, as well as high‑performance fiber 3D composite materials.

He has presided over more than 40 research projects including NSFC and provincial‑ministerial programs, with total research funding of over 15 million RMB. One project has passed provincial‑ministerial appraisal and he has received 2 provincial‑ministerial awards. He has published over 50 core journal papers including 12 indexed by SCI/EI/SSCI/CSSCI, compiled one textbook, and obtained 43 authorized and filed patents.

Prof. Zhilin Xia

Wuhan University of Technology, China

Zhilin Xia, Professor (Researcher), Head of Department of Metallic Materials and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology. He is Ph.D. supervisor for both academic and professional postgraduate students. He obtained his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006. He worked as a visiting scholar at Monash University, Australia from 2012 to 2013. He serves as Supervisor‑General of Hubei Provincial Society for Metals.

His research interests cover optical materials and components, laser‑matter interaction, photothermal utilization and management. His research focuses on service performance of optical components under extreme environments, fabrication and laser‑induced damage mechanism of optical thin‑films, photothermal management materials & devices, as well as development of testing platforms and simulation software.

He has presided over multiple national and provincial‑ministerial projects including NSFC programs, Key Project of National Defense Basic Research Program, and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He has published nearly 100 papers in journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Energy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Photonics, Optics Express, and holds more than ten authorized invention patents.

Prof. Liyun Ding

Lanzhou University, China

Liyun Ding, Professor & Ph.D. Supervisor, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University. Recipient of Hubei Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund. She serves as Deputy Director of Gansu Key Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Molecular Diagnostics, and Committee Member of Optical Testing Commission, Chinese Optical Society.

She received her Ph.D. from Wuhan University of Technology in 2007. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Adelaide (Australia) and University of Alberta (Canada). Before joining Lanzhou University in 2022, she worked as a researcher at National Engineering Research Center for Optical Fiber Sensing Technology and Networks, Wuhan University of Technology.

Her research interests include optical fiber chemical and biosensors, optoelectronic functional nanomaterials and devices, simulation of optical fiber sensing. Her group develops miniaturized, high-sensitivity in-situ monitoring technologies for biomedicine, environmental and food safety.

She has presided over 4 NSFC projects and multiple provincial-ministerial programs. She has published more than 100 SCI papers in top journals such asBiosensors & Bioelectronics,Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical,ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, with over 2100 citations and an H-index of 25. She has filed 13 invention patents, several of which have been licensed for industrial application.