Wenfeng Ding, a professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, dedicated his research in the field of advanced manufacturing theory and technologies with the special interest in the field of hybrid-energy cutting technologies and facilities, novel cooling technologies, and advanced cutting of aerospace alloys. Prof. Ding has coordinated several major funds at the national level, including National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Basic Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Aero- and gas turbine engines), and Key Basic Research of Civil Aircraft. Prof. Ding has 27 authorized patents and published more than 150 articles in the peer-reviewed journals, among which 15 papers were awarded as the ESI highly cited papers. Guolong Zhao is a professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research interests include high efficiency and precision machining, hybrid machining, micro-machining, and tool technology. Prof. Zhao has been granted more than 10 projects by governmental departments such as National Natural Science Foundation of China and Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology. He has published more than 100 journal papers and granted more than 20 patents. He is a senior member of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and member of Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Biao Zhao is currently an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering and Master supervisor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was selected as a participant in the China Association for Science and Technology Young Talent Lifting Project and recognized as an outstanding postdoctoral fellow by Jiangsu Province. He actively contributes to academia through various part-time roles including membership on Nanjing Mechanical Engineering Society's Design and Transmission Committee, serving as a young expert on Chinese Mechanics Society's Fluid Control Engineering Committee, and being part of the young editorial board for Diamond and Abrasives Engineering, Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology, and Journal of Mechanical Engineering. Moran Xu, Ph.D., is a young teacher at Wuhan Textile University. As a team member, he has participated in China/Korea National Science Foundation, school-enterprise horizontal research projects, etc., and organically combined industry and scientific frontier research. He has won the ‘Excellent Work Award’ of the Korean World Class University Development Program (BK21 Plus). Yanbin Zhang is a professor at Qingdao University of Technology. He is a highly cited researcher of Clarivate and a young expert of Taishan Scholars in Shandong Province of China. He is an associate editor of ‘Intelligent and Sustainable Manufacturing’ and ‘Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology,’ Young Editorial Board Member of ‘International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing’ (Q1, Top), ‘Friction’(Q1, Top), and ‘Journal of Mechanical Engineering’(EI). His current research interests focus on intelligent and clean precision manufacturing. He has published 88 papers, including 36 ESI highly cited/ hot papers, which are cited more than 9100 times in total. Daohui Xiang is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor in the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering of Henan Polytechnic University. He is the leader of Jiaozuo City Innovation and Entrepreneurship Leadership Team, the director of Advanced Tooling and Process Research Institute of Henan Polytechnic University School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, and the leader of High-Efficiency Cutting and Grinding and High-Performance Tooling Team. In recent years, he has presided over more than 10 projects at provincial level, such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National 863 Program, the Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education, and the Science and Technology Research Project of Henan Province. He has published more than 100 papers in academic journals, among which more than 60 papers are included in SCI/EI. More than 60 invention patents have been granted, and 50 patent achievements have been transformed. Ning Qian is now an associate professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research interest includes hybrid-energy cutting technologies and novel cooling technologies. In 2022, he received the outstanding postdoctoral program in Jiangsu Province, National Natural Science Foundation Program. He also achieved the Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Award. He is also a member of the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (CSAA), Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES), Chinese Society of the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM), and Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics (CSET). Furthermore, he actively contributes to academia through various part-time roles including being part of the young editorial board for Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing and Special Equipment, Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Science and Technology, and Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering
