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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Sep 15, 2026
Extended Early Bird Ends: Jan 28, 2026

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Sanjeev Khanna
University of Missouri, USA
Title: Engineered Materials and Systems for Energy Efficiency
Sanjeev Khanna is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of Midwest Industrial Training & Assessment Center (ITAC), at the University of Missouri. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Rhode Island, USA, and B-Tech/M-Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. His academic interests include development and characterization of composite materials, high strain rate behavior of materials, energy efficient materials, energy efficiency in manufacturing and problem-based learning in engineering education. He is a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER award and has been involved in projects funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Ford Motor company, US Auto Steel Partnership, and International Research and Exchanges. He has co-authored three engineering textbooks. Under his leadership of the ITAC center, which is funded by the US Department of Energy, Midwest industries in the last five years have saved over $30 million in energy costs while reducing energy use by 3.5 Terra BTU and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 0.22 million metric tons annually, while training dozens of students for the energy sector.

Khanna received the Best (ITAC) Center of the Year award in 2022 from the US Department of Energy. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers society. He was appointed member of Climate and Environment Commission from 2020 – 2022 by Mayor of the City of Columbia. He is a Commissioner and Team Chair for the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET).
Prof. Bo Wang
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Title: Key Technologies for Optimizing the Quality of 5G Navigation and Positioning Observation Information for Intelligent Terminals.
Wang Bo, Male, Ph.D., Director of the Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice Center, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology.  

He concurrently serves as Deputy Secretary-General of the GNSS and LBS Association of China(GLAC) and Director of the Youth Working Committee. He also holds the position of Deputy Director of the National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for "Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Technology" under the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Additionally, he is a member of the Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of "Traffic Management Integration and Optimization Technology" (Ministry of Public Security) and the Key Laboratory of "Navigation and Location-based Services" (Ministry of Natural Resources), as well as an editorial board member of several important domestic and international journals.  

In recent years, he has presided over more than ten national and provincial/municipal-level scientific research projects. His research achievements include 3 monographs published, over 30 SCI-indexed papers published as the first author or corresponding author, and more than 40 authorized invention patents. As the first completer, he has won 2 First Prizes and 2 Second Prizes of Science and Technology Progress Award of GLAC, 1 Second Prize of Teaching Achievement Award of GLAC, and has been honored as an Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor by GLAC.  

He has also received awards such as the Qiu Shi Outstanding Youth Award for Achievement Transformation (China Association for Science and Technology), Beijing Outstanding Talent, Distinguished Expert of "Tianfu Scholars" in Sichuan Province, and Mao Yisheng Beijing Youth Science and Technology Award.
Robert Cunningham Voyle
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Title: To be Confirmed
Robert Cunningham Voyle is the Executive Director of the Aviation Services Research Centre (ASRC), a joint initiative between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Boeing. With over two decades of experience in aerospace engineering and advanced manufacturing, Robert has held leadership roles across OEMs, risk-sharing partners, and academia. His expertise spans computer-aided engineering (CAE), product lifecycle management (PLM), additive manufacturing, and digital MRO technologies.

At ASRC, Robert spearheads research and innovation projects focused on automation, robotics, industrial IT, and sustainable technologies for the aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) and manufacturing sectors across Asia. Prior to his current role, he served as Head of Design & Manufacturing Technologies at PolyU and held senior engineering positions at Airbus and GKN Aerospace, contributing to major programs such as the A350XWB and A400M.

Robert is passionate about bridging academic research with industrial application, fostering talent development, and driving technological advancements that shape the future of aviation services. He has co-authored research on machine learning for aerostructure damage reconstruction and continues to champion collaborative innovation between industry and academia.
Dr. Ali Amiri
USA
Title: Engineering Biobased Composites for Lightweight Aerospace Systems
Dr. Ali Amiri is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the North Dakota State University. Dr. Amiri teaches a variety of courses, including Introduction to the Mechanical Engineering Profession, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer, as well as coordinating Senior Design projects. Areas of research interest of Dr. Amiri include fiber-reinforced composites, sustainable materials science, bio-based polymeric materials, and additive manufacturing of advanced materials.
Prof. Yan-Fu Li
Tsinghua University, China
Title: Recent Advances in Prognostics & Health Management for Aerospace System
Prof. Yan-Fu Li is currently the Director of the Institute for Quality & Reliability of Tsinghua University and a full Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering in Tsinghua University, China. He is an IET Fellow, ISEAM Fellow and Associate Academician of IAQ. From 2011 to 2016, he was a faculty member at CentraleSupélec in Université Paris-Saclay, France. His research areas mainly include system reliability and fault detection with the applications onto various engineering systems. Dr. Li has published over 100 peer-reviewed international journal papers with an H-index = 41. The representative papers appear on IEEE Transactions, RESS, IISE Transactions, etc. He has been continuously elected as the Highly Cited Chinese Researcher 2019-2025 by Elsevier and Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2021-2025 by Stanford University. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) of several government projects including 2 key projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and National Key R&D Program of China. He is also experienced in industrial research, the long-term partners include the top enterprises such as China Railway, HUAWEI, National Grid, etc. He holds 20 national patents, 1 international patent and 1 IEEE standard. He has won multiple national society and international society search/paper awards, including the Gold Medal of Geneva International Invention Exhibition. He is currently an Associate Editor of "IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics" and "Reliability Engineering & System Safety" and was an AE for "IEEE Transactions on Reliability" (2017-2024).