| Prof. Duc Truong PhamUniversity of Birmingham, UK BIO: Duc Truong Pham’s research covers the fields of mechanical, manufacturing, computer and systems engineering. His academic output includes more than 600 technical papers and 17 books. He has supervised over 100 PhD theses to completion. He has won in excess of £30M in external research grants and contracts. In addition to pursuing and leading research, he has acted as a consultant to several major companies and has been active with knowledge transfer to industry, applying the results of his work to help multinational companies and SMEs generate wealth and create and safeguard jobs. He has lectured extensively abroad on his research and has delivered more than fifty keynote presentations at international conferences. He was Professeur Invité at École Centrale de Paris, Consulting Professor at HUST (China), Erskine Visiting Fellow at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), Visiting Professor at the Université Paul Verlaine (France), Visiting Professor at King Saud University (Saudi Arabia), Strategic Scientist at Wuhan University of Technology and Honorary Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University (China). He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Learned Society of Wales, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology, and Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was made an OBE in the 2003 New Year's Honours List for his services to Engineering. |
| Prof. Ying LiuCardiff University, UK BIO: Dr. Ying Liu is currently Professor and Chair in Intelligent Manufacturing (from 1st Aug 2021) and the Group Leader for High-value Manufacturing with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering at Cardiff University, UK. Before that, he worked as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (2010-2013) and with the Department of Industrial Systems and Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2006-2010). He obtained his Bachelor's (1998) and Master's degrees (2001) both in Mechanical Engineering at Chongqing University, China, and his Ph.D. (2006) from the Innovation in Manufacturing Systems and Technology (IMST) program under the Singapore MIT Alliance (SMA) at the National University of Singapore. His research interests focus primarily on engineering informatics, digital and intelligent (smart) manufacturing, AI and machine learning for engineering, design methodology and process, and advanced ICT in engineering design and manufacturing, in which areas he has published over 250 scholarly articles, two edited books and more than 25 journal special issues. Given his career trajectory, Dr Liu’s research is supported by GRF Hong Kong, MOE Singapore, A*STAR Singapore, EPSRC UK, NSF China, and the industry. He serves as Associate Editors with ASME JCISE, IEEE T-ASE, the Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering (Taylor & Francis), CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction (Springer) and Autonomous Intelligent Systems (Springer), and is on the Editorial Board of Advanced Engineering Informatics (Elsevier) and Scientific Reports (Springer Nature). |
| Prof. I. S. JawahirUniversity of Kentucky, USA BIO: I.S. Jawahir, is currently a professor of mechanical engineering, James F. Hardymon Chair in Manufacturing Systems, and the Founding Director of the Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing (ISM) at the University of Kentucky. He is a leading expert in manufacturing systems and sustainable manufacturing. Professor Jawahir’s research focuses on modeling and optimization of sustainable manufacturing processes, sustainable and circular product design and solid-state sustainable additive manufacturing. He has published over peer-reviewed 460 technical papers including over 190 scholarly journal papers, and he has been recognized globally for his pioneering work in sustainable manufacturing research and education. He is a Fellow of three major professional societies: CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers). Professor Jawahir received numerous awards and honors, including the 2013 ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, 2015 William B. Johnson International Gold Medal, 2022 SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal and the 2023 ASME Kos Ishii – Toshiba Award. In October 2025, he also received the 2025 Yanarella Levine Legacy Award from the University of Kentucky for his lifelong academic and professional contributions to sustainability research and education. |
