VP, Northwestern Polytechnical University; IAGA Founding Member

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, leading expert in lightweight aviation structures. Currently, he is the Vice President of Northwestern Polytechnical University, a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and deputy to the National People's Congress. He has served on the seventh and eighth discipline review groups of the State Council, is an expert for the National Natural Science Foundation, and a state recognized talent for the New Century Hundred Thousand Talents Program. He has won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award, the National Innovation Award, and the first prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award for Higher Education (Postgraduate). He has led over 50 major projects, including the National Key R&D Program, National Natural Science Foundation Key Project, International Cooperation Key Project, General Project, 973 Project, and 863 Project.

Executive Secretary, International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)

Axel PROBST has been the Executive Secretary of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) since 2011. He holds a master’s degree in economics and has an extensive background in aerospace, having served in the German Airforce as a Lieutenant Colonel. During his military career, he flew advanced aircraft, gaining significant experience in aviation operations. Under his leadership, ICAS has strengthened its role as a global leader in the aeronautical sciences, promoting international cooperation and innovation in aerospace research and technology.

Former Secretary General, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Dr. LIU previously held the position of Secretary General at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Prior to becoming Secretary General, she was the Director of ICAO's Bureau of Administration and Services, where she significantly enhanced the organization’s efficiency and governance. Before her time at ICAO, Dr. LIU spent 20 years at the CAAC, where she held several key positions, including Legal Counsel and Director General of the Department of International Affairs and Cooperation. She was instrumental in shaping China’s international air transport policies and led negotiations for bilateral and multilateral air transport agreements with various international organizations. Dr. LIU holds a Ph.D. in International Law from Wuhan University, China, and a Master’s degree in Air and Space Law from Leiden University, the Netherlands. She is a recognized authority in international air transport regulation.

President, Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics(CSAA)

Lin Zuoming, born in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province in 1957, is currently Chairman of the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a graduate degree from Sichuan Union University, an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and a PhD degree in management from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was an alternate member of the 16th and 17th CPC Central Committees, and a member of the 18th CPC Central Committee. He used to serve as Chairman and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and General Manager and Chairman at two State-owned enterprises in southwestern and north-eastern China. He has successively held the posts of deputy General Manager, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and General Manager of the first group of AVIC and President and Chairman of AVIC. Since 1999, he has won a number of honors and titles, including "National Young & Middle-Aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions", "National Labor Medal", "National Model Worker in Defence Industry System", "Young & Middle-Aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions to National Defence Industry", "National First Prize for Achievements in Enterprise Management Innovation", "China's First Senior Professional Managers" and "China Enterprise Reform Medal" for Contributions in 30-year Reform and Opening-up. He won the "National Top Prize for Progress in Science and Technology" in 2010, was selected as one of "China's Top 10 Manufacturing Innovators" in 2012, and was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) by Pakistan, selected as one of "1st HR-One China Leaders" and named one of the "14th Chinese Economic Figures of the Year" in 2013. He is also an expert enjoying the special government allowance.

TBD, World Economic Forum

Full Professor, University of Sao Paulo & Chemistry Institute of Sao Carlos

Professor, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Director of Biomass Catalytic Conversion Laboratory, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion of CAS

Head of Policy & Research, Business Environment Council

Technical Coordinator, EU-North Asia CACP

Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor, in Sustainable Energy in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering at University of Connecticut; Fellow of the ASME

Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)

TBD, Standard Chartered Bank

Director of Research Center, Jindal Global Business School (JGBS)

VP, Northwestern Polytechnical University; IAGA Founding Member

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, leading expert in lightweight aviation structures. Currently, he is the Vice President of Northwestern Polytechnical University, a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and deputy to the National People's Congress. He has served on the seventh and eighth discipline review groups of the State Council, is an expert for the National Natural Science Foundation, and a state recognized talent for the New Century Hundred Thousand Talents Program. He has won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award, the National Innovation Award, and the first prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award for Higher Education (Postgraduate). He has led over 50 major projects, including the National Key R&D Program, National Natural Science Foundation Key Project, International Cooperation Key Project, General Project, 973 Project, and 863 Project.

Senior CNRS Research Engineer, Université de Technologie de Compiègne

Piotr BREITKOPF  develops research activities in the domain of Computational Mechanics, specializing in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Reduced Order Modeling, and High-Performance Computing. A graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, he earned his Ph.D. from the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences and later obtained his habilitation from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) in France. Dr. BREITKOPF focuses on developing innovative simulation techniques to enhance the efficiency of industrial simulations, particularly in the aeronautic and automotive sectors. He has supervised over 20 Ph.D. students, authored or co-authored seven books, and published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. For ten years, he has served as Deputy Director of the Roberval Laboratory, a joint research unit of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), overseeing 150 researchers in fields such as computational mechanics, materials science, vibration, acoustics, and electrical engineering. Since 2010, he co-chairs the "Virtual Prototyping for Design and Fabrication" collaborative research group with Prof. Weihong ZHANG of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. BREITKOPF is an editorial board member of ISTE Editions, coordinates the Numerical Methods in Engineering series published by Wiley and Elsevier, and regularly reviews for leading journals in computational engineering and design optimization. In 2023, he received the prestigious Three Qin Friendship Award, Shaanxi province's highest honor for foreign experts contributing to international cooperation.

Vice Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology

Prof. Lei ZU obtained his PhD at Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology. He is currently working as the Vice Dean of School of Mechanical Engineering at Hefei University of Technology. He was awarded the Changjiang Young Scholars Program by the Ministry of Education. He is also acting as the Vice Director of Anhui Provincial Key Lab of Aerospace Structural Parts Forming Technology and Equipment, the Vice Director of Anhui Provincial Engineering Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing of Aerospace Composite Structural Parts. He works on composite design and production, filament winding, automated fiber placement, etc. His team is involving in more than 20 research programs funded by NSFC, Ministry of Education, the local province, military and enterprises. He published more than 100 papers, 70 patents and 4 books. His research has been applied in more than 20 enterprises and effectively improves the design and manufacturing performance of composite products in aerospace industry. He gained the first-class, the second-class provincial awards of science and technology as the project leader.

Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Dr. XIA is currently a full professor and Assistant Dean at the School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He pursued integrated Bachelor-Master-Doctoral degrees (elite program) in Aeronautical and Astronautic Manufacturing Engineering at Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, starting in 2006. In 2012, he was supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC) to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC) in France, graduating in 2015. After that, he continued postdoctoral research at the CNRS Robeval Mechanics Laboratory and the Laboratory of Multiscale Modeling and Simulation in France. Dr. XIA joined Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2017 and was promoted to full professor in 2023. His research primarily focuses on structural optimization methods. He has led three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (including one for young scholars and two general projects) and received support from the Outstanding Youth Project of Hubei Province. He has authored one English monograph and published 48 SCI papers, with 29 as the first or corresponding author. His work has collected over 2000 SCI citations by others and over 4000 citations in Google Scholar. Dr. XIA has been honored with the Best PhD Thesis Award from the French Computational Structures Mechanics Association (CSMA) and nominated for the Best PhD Thesis Award by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS). He has also been elected in the high-level overseas talent program of Hubei Province.

Professor, Université Paris-Saclay

Vincent Ji graduated in Beihang University on 1984 (Bachelor, Mat. Sci. & Engin.), in Université Paris-Saclay on 1986 (Master deg., Metallurgy and Mat.) and in Arts et Métier ParisTech on 1989 (PhD, Mechanics & Materials). Served successively as assistant, associated professor, PhD supervisor from 1989 to 2007 in Arts et Métier ParisTech in Paris. Since 2007, full professor in Université Paris-Saclay and director of Materials department of Polytech Paris-Saclay, the Engineering school of the Université Paris-Saclay. Distinguished Professor since 2016 and director of department of Materials, Mechanics and Energy between 2018 and 2023. The research activities of Vincent Ji aim to the fundamental mechanisms and industrial applications of alloys’ surface strengthening, surface modifications, surface coatings and surface residual stress analysis. Author and co-Author of more than 370 SCI indexed publications (H factor= 47 and more than 7700 citations); supervisor of 26 PhD students and 32 Master students; co-supervisor of more than 20 PhD students.

Professor, Beihang University (BUAA)

Professor of Beihang University (BUAA) and National Leading Talent. Recipient of the Second Prize of the National Technological Invention Award, Nomination Award for National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, First Prize of the Ministry of Education's Technological Invention Award, and First Prize for Teaching Achievement at Beihang University. Multiple first-place awards in the Young Teachers’ Teaching Competition at Beihang University. Currently serving as the Dean of the School of Aeronautics, Board Member of the Chinese Aerodynamics Research Society, Member of the Flow and Stability Committee of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and Deputy Director of the Beijing Society of Mechanics. His research focuses on complex flow phenomena such as transition and turbulence, closely related to aircraft aerodynamics and flow control, with the objective of understanding physical mechanisms and proposing control methods through in-depth basic and applied basic research. He has led or participated in over ten projects, including those under the National Natural Science Foundation of China and in the aerospace field. He has published over 30 SCI papers in leading international fluid mechanics journals with over 180 SCI citations. He holds over ten national invention patents and software copyrights, and has successfully completed two technology transfers. He maintains long-term collaborative research relationships with renowned professors from institutions such as University of Melbourne in Australia, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Technical University of Madrid, University of Nottingham, with several co-authored research papers published.

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Southampton

Andrea Da Ronch is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, which ranks 80 in the QS World Ranking of Universities. He teaches aircraft structural design and aeroelasticity to about 300 students. He coordinates the Boeing flight simulators laboratory. His research interests are in developing computational techniques to design innovative air vehicles, and he performs consulting work for Formula 1 teams in addition to working with aerospace organisations. His published work has attracted about 2500 citations to date. He is Associate Editor for Aerospace journal and Journal of Aircraft and Spacecraft Technology. He holds a PhD degree from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, and double MSc degree from Politecnico di Milan, Italy, and from KTH, Sweden.

Professor, Technical University of Munich

Dr. Xiangyu Hu obtained his PhD degree from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1999. After the post-doctoral researches Beijing, Singapore, and Dresden. He joined Technical University of Munich as Scientific Assistant in 2006. He is now serving the Institute of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics as Adjunct Teaching Professor. Dr. Hu have been engaged in researches on computational fluid dynamics (CFD). His main research fields are multi-resolution and multi-scale modeling of multiphase flow, smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method, high-order numerical schemes and others. He has authored or co-authored more than 140 papers in scientific journals and more than 150 presentations in international conferences. He has given more than 20 invited talks in research institutes and universities. His SCI H-index (SCI) is 38 and Google H-index is 47. Recently, has been listed among the 2% scientist in the world according to a study from Stanford University.

Professor of Aerospace Composites, University of Nottingham

Professor of Aerospace Composites, a part of Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK. He is on the advisory board of the 2nd World Wide Failure Exercise for polymer composites (on 3D failure theories) and one of the organisations of the 3rd Exercise of the same (on damage theories). He is on the editorial board of Int. J. Mech. Sci., a well-regarded international academic journal on mechanical sciences. He has published over 100 academic papers, most of them in high impact international journals. He is the leading author of the monograph Representative Volume Elements and Unit Cells, Elsevier, 2020.

Professor, University of Southampton; Professor, Harbin Engineering University

Shoufeng Yang , a full Professor and Chair of Additive Manufacturing at the University of Southampton UK, Harbin Engineering University and KU Leuven Belgium. He received his B.Eng degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1994 and PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering in 1999, both from Tsinghua University, China. His main research interests are the next generation of powder bed-based additive manufacturing, in which both the material composition and the shape of objects are computer controlled throughout three-dimensional space.

Head of Built Environment - Greater China, Mott MacDonald

Hyvan Wong is the Head of Built Environment at Mott MacDonald, a position he has held since August 2018. Based in Hong Kong at the Mapletree Bay Point office in Kowloon, he is responsible for overseeing the Building Services, Structural Engineering, Aviation, and Infrastructure-related MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) business sectors within the company. Hyvan leads a team of over 130 professionals, driving the operational success and strategic direction of the Built Environment sector in Greater China.

Professor, Tianjin University

Currently serving as the Director of the Key Laboratory of Building Physics and Ecological Technology in Tianjin, Deputy Director of the International Low-Carbon Building Research Center at Tianjin University, and Lead for the Intelligent Building Program at the School of Future Technologies, Tianjin University. He also holds positions as Deputy Director of the Architectural Technology Science Education Committee under the Ministry of Education, Expert at the Ministry of Education’s Base for Introducing Talents in Low-Carbon Cities and Green Buildings and is recognized as an expert in the green and low-carbon field by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Development and Reform Commission. Additionally, he serves as the Deputy Director of the Academic Committee of the China Illuminating Engineering Society, Vice President of the Tianjin Acoustical Society, and Director of the Tianjin Illuminating Engineering Society, among other roles. He is a peer reviewer for prestigious domestic and international journals, including Building & Environment, Energy and Buildings, Journal of Building Engineering, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, and Architectural Journal. His research, teaching, and engineering practice focus on low-carbon intelligent building design, low-carbon smart park operations, and building light-heat human body models. Over the past five years, he has led and participated in over ten projects under the National Key R&D Program and National Natural Science Foundation of China, along with more than ten significant provincial and ministerial-level research projects. He has also completed numerous major national and local engineering projects, earning over ten awards, including the National Excellent Survey and Design Award, Ministry of Education's Excellent Survey and Design Award, and Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award. He has guided students in publishing over 20 SCI papers in the first and second quartiles and securing more than ten invention patents. In his teaching work, as the program leader, he led the team to establish the Intelligent Building Program at Tianjin University, which achieved the highest level of CTI international certification. He has also served as the chief editor or co-editor for two textbooks included in the "14th Five-Year Plan" by the national education authorities and "New Engineering" textbooks by the Architectural Education Steering Committee. He teaches several undergraduate and graduate courses and has been awarded the Second Prize for National Teaching Achievement and the First Prize for Outstanding Teaching Achievement in Engineering Professional Degrees in Tianjin.

New Power System Architect, Strategy Department, Schneider Electric (China)

TBD, China Civil Airports Association

Dean, Zhejiang New Energy Vehicle Research Institute, BUAA

Vice Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology

Assistant Researcher, School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University

Director, Low-altitude Delivery System Science and Education Center, BUAA

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Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology; Founder, INDIRE; IAGA Founding Member

After his Ph.D. from Concordia University, Dr. SAADE was awarded the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, which he completed at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. After 21 years, in 2021, Dr. SAADE, a full professor, joined the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Beijing, China, at the rank of Chair Full Professor. Dr. SAADE has extensive consulting experience on international projects from the Canadian International Development Agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and other international consulting projects. He is multi-disciplinary and has published in top-ranked journals. He is currently the Chief Scientist of the BIT Global Aviation Development Academy (GADA), and a member of the Executive Board of the School of Global Governance. Dr. SAADE's current newly established research interests include the Internet of Things in Education, Digital Innovation and Transformation, and Climate Change.

TBD, Khalifa University

Professor, Jilin University

Head of Department, Chinese Aeronautical Establishment & Aviation Industry Intelligence Aviation Institute Intelligence Department

Professor, School of Aeronautical Science and Engineering, Beihang University

President, Civil Aviation University of China; IAGA Founding Member

President of Civil Aviation University of China, Dean of the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Beihang University (National Pilot School). Leader of the Ministry of Education's Innovation Team for the Safety of Complex Systems in Aero Engines, and Chief Scientist of the 973 Program. Theme expert in the energy field of the 863 Program under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Head of the Expert Group on Aircraft Engine Research of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Expert in the Aircraft Engine Expert Group of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission. Director and Chief Scientist of the 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Aero Engine under the Ministry of Education. His research focuses on the safety and airworthiness of aero engine systems, cooling of air systems and hot-end components, and micro-power systems. He has led over ten major projects, including those under the National Defense 973 Program, Equipment Pre-research, and Civil Aircraft Research. He has published 198 SCI and EI papers, obtained 32 patents, and supervised 92 master's and doctoral students.

Professor, School of Control Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology

Researcher, Institute of Medal Researchers, Chinese Academy of Science

Professor, College of Engineering, Peking University

Professor, Centrale Pekin, Beihang University

Associate Professor, Research Institute of Aero-Engine, Beihang University

Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology; Founder, INDIRE; IAGA Founding Member

After his Ph.D. from Concordia University, Dr. SAADE was awarded the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, which he completed at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. After 21 years, in 2021, Dr. SAADE, a full professor, joined the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Beijing, China, at the rank of Chair Full Professor. Dr. SAADE has extensive consulting experience on international projects from the Canadian International Development Agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and other international consulting projects. He is multi-disciplinary and has published in top-ranked journals. He is currently the Chief Scientist of the BIT Global Aviation Development Academy (GADA), and a member of the Executive Board of the School of Global Governance. Dr. SAADE's current newly established research interests include the Internet of Things in Education, Digital Innovation and Transformation, and Climate Change.

General Manager Sustainability, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

Grace CHEUNG is the General Manager of Sustainability at Cathay Pacific Airways. Since taking on this role in 2017, she has transformed sustainability within the airline from a specialized function into a core strategic and operational priority. Under her leadership, Cathay Pacific has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and set an interim target of utilizing 10% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by 2030. Grace represents Cathay Pacific in numerous industry working groups and serves as the Chair of the Environment & Sustainability Board at the Oneworld Alliance, as well as the Vice Chair of the Sustainability & Environment Advisory Council at the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Group Head of Sustainability, International Airlines Group

Jonathon COUNSELL is the Group Head of Sustainability at International Airlines Group (IAG), responsible for sustainability across the group's airlines including British Airways, Aer Lingus, Iberia, Level, and Vueling. He holds a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London and an MBA from INSEAD. He has served in key roles such as Chair of IATA's Environment Committee, Co-Chair of Oneworld's Environment Best Practice Group, and Chair of the UK Government’s Jet Zero Council Sustainable Aviation Fuel Delivery Group. Jonathon is also a Visiting Professor at Cranfield University and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Vice President Sustainability, American Airlines

Jill BLICJSTEIN is the Vice President of Sustainability at American Airlines, where she plays a crucial role in developing strategies to minimize the environmental impact of air travel. With extensive experience in corporate responsibility and public policy, she has led American Airlines to become the first airline to receive validation from the Science Based Targets initiative and to be included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America. Jill also serves on the IATA Sustainability and Environment Advisory Council and the Business Environmental Leadership Council of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Duke University and a master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

TBI, China Southern Airlines Company Limited

Head of Climate Action, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

Chair of Department of Materials Processing Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

本科及硕士均就读于哈尔滨工业大学材料科学与工程学院，硕士毕业后公派赴英国伯明翰大学冶金与材料系继续博士阶段深造，现任南京航空航天大学材料科学与技术学院材料加工工程系主任，江苏省高性能构件激光增材制造工程研究中心副主任。他的研究领域包括：1）航空、生物医学和能源应用领域的金属及合金部件（钛基、铝基和铁基合金）的增材制造；2）面向航空航天应用的多功能结构和仿生结构的增材制造。林博士主持或参与了10余项科研项目，包括国家自然科学基金、江苏省自然科学基金、国家重点研发计划专项等。在国际高水平学术期刊上发表文章50余篇；申请发明专利28项，授权发明专利13项，学术论文发表在CIRP J. Manuf. Sci. Technol., Virtual Phys. Prototyp., Thin-Walled Struct., J. Mater. Process. Technol., Opt. Laser Technol., Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol., Mater. Sci. Eng. A, Adv. Powder Technol., Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Surf. Coatings Technol., Additive Manufacturing等国际高水平期刊上。

Professor Aerospace Engineering, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU)

Dr. John A. Ekaterinaris received his B.S. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece in Oct. 1977. Started graduate studies in the US in 1981 and revived his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1982 and his Ph.D. from the School of Aerospace Engineering in 1987, both at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA. Between 1987 – 1995, worked at NASA–Ames Research Center at Moffett Field CA, and at the same time he was faculty at the Naval Postgraduate Scholl at Monterey CA. He took a Senior Research Scientist position at DTU/RISOE in Denmark between 1995 – 1997 working on wind energy. He returned to CA and worked at Nielsen Engineering and Research (NEAR) 1997 – 2000 also consulting for many high tech companies at the bay area. In Oct. 2000 he took the Research Director position at FORTH/IACM, where he remained until 2005. In Sept. 2005 he joined the faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Patras. He joined the faculty of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in August 2012 where he is currently teaching and performing research. His interests are computational mechanics (including aerodynamics, magnetogasdynamics, electromagnetics, aeroacoustics, flow transition, turbulence research, and flow structure interaction), high order methods for PDEs, multiscale phenomena, stochastic PDE’s, and biomechanics and more recently machine learning and uncertainty quantification. He is author of over 80 papers in high impact scientific journals. He has been member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), where he served as member at the Flight Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics Technical Committees, and AIAA associate fellow of since 1985. He performed funded research in the US (ARO, AFOSR) and in later in Europe. While he was in Europe worked with the European Space Agency (ESA), and participated many projects through the EU framework programs. He also performed funded research thought AFOSR and ARO the offices in Europe. He is associate editor of the Journal Progress in Aerospace Science (JPAS) and editor in chief of the Journal Aerospace Science and Technology (AESCTE).

Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NTU Singapore

Mir Feroskhan received his Bachelor’s degree with First Class Honors in Aerospace Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA, in 2016. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NTU, where he leads the Intelligent Cybernetics Group. His research spans various fields, including the modeling and control of avian-inspired drones, the application of artificial intelligence to aerospace engineering, multi-agent systems, urban air mobility challenges, and space situational awareness. Prof. Feroskhan has been recognized for his contributions with notable accolades, including A*STAR’s Young Individual Research Grant in 2022 for his pioneering AI-driven solutions for UAV applications and the Dr. S. K. Leung Excellence Award in 2023 for his exemplary teaching activities. He is an active member of IEEE, serving as a Technical Committee Member for the Robotics and Intelligent Sensing Technical Committee within the IEEE SMC Society. Additionally, he serves on the editorial board of Scientific Reports (Nature).

Vice President, Ehang

CTO, AEROFUGIA

Vice President, Global Central Research Institute, Wolong Electric

Founder & CEO, Boundary.AI