Qun Chao

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Qun Chao received his BS degree in mechanical design manufacturing and its automation from Hefei University of Technology in 2013. He earned his PhD degree in mechatronic engineering from the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems at Zhejiang University in 2019. He received the Hiwin Doctoral Dissertation Award from Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from Educational Society of Zhejiang Province due to his contribution to the design criteria for electro-hydrostatic actuator pumps. Dr. Chao is working as a postdoctoral fellow at the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests focus on smart hydraulic components and predictive maintenance. He has received research funding from the National Natural Science Foundation and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China. He has published about 30 international journal papers and holds 5 invention patents in the field of fluid power. He was awarded the fellowship of both China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents and Shanghai Post-doctoral Excellence Program. Dr. Chao is also active in the research community. He served as a secretary at the 11th National Fluid Power Transmission and Control in 2020. He is now a senior member of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and a Committee member of Smart Fluid Power Transmission and Control Division.

Junhui Zhang

Zhejiang University, School of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. Zhang received his BS and PhD degrees both in Mechatronic Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2007 and 2012, respectively. He is currently a Research Professor of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University. Prof. Zhang has received research funding from the National Natural Science Foundation and the Outstanding Youth Science Foundation of China. His research interests focus on design of high-power-density hydraulic components. He has co-authored about 60 papers in international journals and conferences and holds 20 invention patents in the field of fluid power and transmission. Prof. Zhang is a senior member of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and a Committee member of Fluid Power Transmission and Control Division. He serves as deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems since 2019. He also serves as a senior editor of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.

Min Pan

University of Bath, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Min Pan is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath, UK. She was awarded her PhD from the University of Bath in 2012. She was an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, she was awarded the prestigious IMechE Donald Julius Groen Prize for outstanding achievements in the areas of mechatronics, informatics and control. Her work has been featured on the Front Covers for a variety of world-leading journals including Advanced Science, Advanced Materials Technologies, Advanced Intelligent Systems, iScience and Soft Matter. Her research has been widely funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society, the Leverhulme Trust and the Innovate UK. She has been awarded two prestigious Fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering and The Leverhulme Trust, respectively. She is currently a Leverhulme Research Fellow. Research areas include smart fluid power actuation and control, numerical modelling of dynamic systems, control systems and robotics.

Jiangao Zhao

Beihang University, Laboratory of Aerospace Servo Actuation and Transmission and Beihang University, Research Institute for Frontier Science

Dr. Jiangao Zhao received his BS degree in mechanical design manufacturing and its automation from Yanshan University in 2013. He received his PhD degree in mechatronic engineering from the School of Mechatronics and Automations at Beihang University in 2021. He is currently a researcher in the Laboratory of Aerospace Servo Actuation and Transmission at Beihang University. He is also a member in the Key Laboratory of High Temperature Structural Materials and Coating Technology. His main interests focus on design of the core hydraulic components of electro-hydrostatic actuator and the surface strengthening strategies of friction pairs. His related developments were funded by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PR. China. He has published about 10 papers and holds 8 invention patents in related fields. He has also invented a high-performance hydraulic pump applied for electro-hydrostatic actuators.