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

Plenary Speakers

Prof. Shiyi Chen
Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China
Title: To be confirmed.
Prof. Shiyi Chen is the president of the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo（EIT), and a Chair Professor. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the World Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of American Physical Society (1995) and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2004).

Professor Chen graduated from Zhejiang University and Peking University. He was the Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Chair in Engineering and Science and has served as the Chair of Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, the Founding Dean of the College of Engineering at Peking University, and the Vice President of Peking University. In 2015, he became the President of SUSTech.

Prof. Chen’s work is focus on turbulence theory and computational fluid dynamics, including scaling laws, vortex dynamics, and advanced numerical methods such as lattice Boltzmann and large-eddy simulation, with broad engineering applications.
Prof. Wei-Hsin Liao
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Title: Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems
Wei-Hsin Liao received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA. Since August 1997, Dr. Liao has been with The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he was Department Chairman of Mechanical and Automation Engineering from August 2018 to July 2024 and is currently Choh-Ming Li Professor of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, and Director of Institute of Intelligent Design and Manufacturing. His research has led to publications of over 450 technical papers and 30 patents; including 9 journal papers received Best Paper or Top Cited Paper Awards from ASME, IMechE and IOP Publishing. He was the Conference Chair for the 20th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies in 2009; the Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE in 2014 and 2015. He is the recipient of the 2020 ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award and the 2018 SPIE SSM Lifetime Achievement Award, to recognize his outstanding contributions to the advancement of smart structures and materials. He is also the recipient of 2023 ASME Leonardo Da Vinci Award for the eminent achievement in machine design. Dr. Liao currently serves as an Associate Editor for Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, and on the Executive Editorial Board of Smart Materials and Structures. Dr. Liao is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Physics (IOP), and The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).
Prof. Alexander H. Slocum
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Title: To be confirmed.
Will update soon.
Prof. Li CHENG
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Title: Slow waves: exploitation in low-vibrational and silent structural Design
Dr. Li Cheng is currently Chair Professor, Director of the Consortium for Sound and Vibration Research (CSVR) and Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA-Lyon, France), he became a faculty member at Laval University (Canada) in 1992, rising up to the rank of Full Professor before joining Hong Kong PolyU in 2000. He was formerly the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He currently serves as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sound and Vibration, Associate Editor of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Associate Editor of Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal and Topical Associate Editor of Nonlinear Dynamics. Dr. Cheng is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, and a Fellow of five other societies. He is a past President of the Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He is currently the President the International Institute of Noise Control Engineering (I-INCE).
Prof. M. Reza Emami
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Canada
Title: New Space: Rethinking Space Systems for New Missions
Prof. M. Reza Emami is the Director of the Aerospace Mechatronics Group and Coordinator of the Aerospace and Design Laboratories at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). He was also the Founding Chaired Professor of Onboard Space Systems and Director of Asteroid Engineering Centre at the Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, in 2015-2020. He obtained his Ph.D. and postdoctoral fellowship in Robotics and Mechatronics from University of Toronto, and M.A.Sc. and B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and worked in the industry as a licensed Professional Engineer and Project Manager before joining the academia. His research focuses on concurrent engineering of multidisciplinary systems, such as spacecraft, robot manipulators and rovers. Some of his current research includes: space systems miniaturization, space debris mitigation and remediation, concurrent base-arm control of free-flying space manipulators, satellite formation flying, asteroid redirection for exploration and mining, intelligent heterogeneous rover/satellite teams, and reconfigurable manipulators. Prof. Emami is a Senior Member of AIAA and IEEE, and Associate Editor of Frontiers in Space Technologies and Journal of Aerospace, and Honorary Rosalind Member of London Journals Press. He has been nominated for several awards, including National Innovation for Technology Award and OPAS Award for Excellence in Teaching. He was also recognized by MathWorks as a Featured Professor in 2013 and 2003, and was in the list of University of Toronto's Miracle Workers in 2000.
Prof. Philippe Lavoie
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Canada
Title: Designing the Quiet Future: Experimental Strategies for Aircraft Noise Reduction
Prof. Philippe Lavoie is the Associate Director – Research at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario and his Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He co-founded the Center for Research in Sustainable Aviation based at UTIAS, for which he has been Associate Director since 2012. His current research interests include turbulence, flow control, and experimental aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. His research is focused on studying flow structures and instabilities associated with transitional and turbulent flows as a precursor to their control. He has successfully developed and implemented active flow control systems experimentally for several different wall-bounded and separated shear flows. Dr. Lavoie is an Associate Editor for the AIAA Journal and Acoustics, and Subject Editor in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering for FACETS, the official journal of the Royal Society of Canada’s Academy of Science.
Prof. Gui-Rong Liu
University of Cincinnati, USA
Title: To be confirmed.
will update soon.
Prof. Dongsheng WEN
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Title: Thermal Energy Storage: Opportunities and Challenges
Prof. Wen is the Chair professor and Head of the Institute of Thermodynamics, Technical University of Munich. His research is focused on heat: namely, how heat is produced, transported, stored and utilized across different scales via nanomaterials / nano-surfaces with targeted applications in energy and aerospace engineering. He has taken a multiscale approach, both experimentally and numerically from nanoscale to bulk scale, to investigate fundamentals of flow, heat transfer and reactions across scales, and apply these fundamentals cross-disciplinarily into different sectors. Funded by UK, EU, China, German research councils and many industry partners, including two prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grants (Advanced and Consolidator), his research has produced over 20 patents, 400 referred journal publications, with total citation of >27000 and current H-index = 75. He is Member of the Academia of Europaea (MAE), and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), the Energy Institute (FEI) and the Institute of Nanotechnology (FIoN). He is an Editor-in-Chief of Advance in Aerodynamics, and Associate Editors of Applied Thermal Engineering, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics etc.
Prof. Qingyan “Yan” Chen
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Title: What can we do to improve airliner cabin environment after COVID-19?
Qingyan “Yan” Chen is the Director of the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) and Chair Professor of Building Thermal Science in the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He is also Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, USA, and served as Editor-in-Chief of Building and Environment from 2008 to 2024.

Dr. Chen earned his B.Eng. from Tsinghua University in China (1983), and his M.Eng. (1985) and Ph.D. (1988) from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. His career includes roles as Research Scientist at ETH Zurich (1989–1991), Project Manager at TNO in the Netherlands (1991–1994), and Assistant/Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA (1995–2002). Prior to joining PolyU, he was Professor, Vincent P. Reilly Professor, and James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University (2002–2021).

Dr. Chen has held more than 20 concurrent appointments, including Changjiang Chair Professor at Tianjin University (China), Honorary Professor at RMIT University (Australia), Otto Monsted Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, New Millennium Yuelu Outstanding Visiting Professor at Hunan University (China), Professorial Fellow at Cardiff University (UK), Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guest Professor at Tokyo Polytechnic University (Japan), Visiting Professor at Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), and visiting/adjunct/guest professorships at numerous universities in China. He has also co-supervised Ph.D. students from Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), University of Cagliari and University of Padua (Italy), and Queensland University of Technology (Australia).

His research focuses on healthy, energy-efficient, and sustainable built environments. Dr. Chen has published three books and over 500 journal and conference papers, and has delivered more than 200 invited lectures worldwide. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited over 30,000 times, with an H-index above 90. He has secured more than US$39 million in research funding.

Dr. Chen has led four national research centers and one provincial key laboratory in the United States and China, including the National Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Research in the Intermodal Transport Environment (RITE), sponsored by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, and the 973 Project on Key Problems in Cabin Air Environment of Large Commercial Airliners in China, sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology. At PAIR, he provides strategic leadership to position PolyU as a global leader in interdisciplinary research addressing major societal challenges. PAIR comprises 11 research institutes and eight research centers, with over 500 senior researchers and research funding of approximately HK$800 million (over US$100 million) in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Dr. Chen has received numerous honors, including technical paper and poster awards, Distinguished and Exceptional Service Awards from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and the NSF CAREER Award (1996). He was awarded the Willis J. Whitfield Award by the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (2007), the John Rydberg Gold Medal by SCANVAC (2011), and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA, 2013). He was named an honorable member of the Society of Heating, Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (SHASE, 2020) for promoting international academic exchange, and recognized as a Global STEM Professor by the Hong Kong government (2021). In 2022, he was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering. Dr. Chen is also a Fellow of ASHRAE, the International Society of Indoor Air Quality (ISIAQ), the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA).

His research has been widely featured in media outlets such as BBC, CNN, DW, ABC, ARD, Sky News, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian. Channel 4 of Chinese CCTV produced a two-episode documentary, “Chen Qingyan: From Farm Boy to Scientist,” as part of its “Chinese World” program.
Prof. Yu Zhou
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Title: Artificial intelligence, flow control & aerospace engineering applications: opportunities and challenges
After completion of his PhD degree at The University of Newcastle (Australia) in 1992, Professor Yu Zhou joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1995 and rolled through the ranks of Assistant, Associate and Full Professor. In 2013, he took the post of Full Professor and founded the Centre for Turbulence Control at the Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen). His main research interests include turbulence, flow-induced vibrations and their artificial intelligence control, along with AI-based virtual engineering technology for the aerodynamic shape optimization of high-speed vehicles. He has published over 240 rigorously refereed archival journal articles, including more than 40 in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. His work has received 8000+ ISI citations. He founded the international conference series of Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control (FSSIC) in 2011 and serve as the Founding President of the FSSIC Society since 2017. He is a highly cited researcher, an elected Fellow of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society, and Associate Editor of the AIAA Journal.