Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Zulkifly Abdullah
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohd Zulkifly bin Abdullah has his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Wales, Swansea, UK. He completed both his Masters degree and PhD from University of Strathclyde, UK. Dr. Zulkifly has published more than 260 research papers in reputed International Journals. He has supervised 38 Ph.D. students and 35 Masters in the area of Electronic Cooling, Porous Media and electronic packaging. He has several research grants and industry consultancy to his credit. He is also the Editor of several reputed journals in the field of electronic cooling and packaging. He has conducted more than 10 short-term courses in the field of electronic cooling. He had a brief stint as Production Superintendent, at Malaysian Sheet Glass and later he moved to USM as a lecturer and served in various capacities such as Deputy Dean (Academics), and Dean, School of Aerospace Engineering at USM. Currently, he is working as a Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, at USM.
Prof. Dr. Aidy Ali
National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM), Malaysia
Prof. Aidy Ali is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM). He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1999 and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in 2003, focusing on improving the fatigue life of aircraft components through surface engineering. He began his academic career at Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2006 and was rapidly promoted through the ranks to full Professor by 2012. His research expertise includes mechanical materials for defense applications, fatigue and fracture of materials, failure assessment and prevention, reliability engineering, and crash analysis. With a Scopus H-index of 23, 163 publications in ISI and Scopus-indexed journals, and 26 secured research grants, Prof. Aidy is a recognized leader in his field. He is also an active member of various professional societies, frequently invited to speak at international conferences, and serves on editorial boards of prestigious engineering journals, contributing to the global advancement of mechanical engineering and materials science.
Prof. Weidong Zhu
University of Maryland, USA
Speech Title: Continuously Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry for Vibration Measurement: Principles, Recent Developments, and Applications
Weidong Zhu is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the founding director of its Dynamic Systems and Vibrations Laboratory and Laser Vibrometry and Optical Measurement Laboratory. He received his double major BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Computational Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1986, and his MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and the University of California at Berkeley in 1988 and 1994, respectively. He is a recipient of the 2004 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He has been an ASME Fellow since 2010, and has served as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics and the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, and as a Subject Editor of the Journal of Sound and Vibration and Nonlinear Dynamics. His research spans the fields of dynamics, vibration, control, structural health monitoring, renewable energy, metamaterials, and involves analytical development, numerical simulation, experimental validation, and industrial application. He has published 374 refereed journal papers in these areas and has 12 issued U.S. patents. He is a recipient of the 2020 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and the 2024 ASME Rayleigh Lecture Award.
Assoc. Prof. Quankun Li
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Speech Title: Fault Diagnosis in engineering structures with nonlinear vibration-based features
Dr. Quankun LI received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China, in 2020. Dr. LI is now an Associate Professor with the School of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, and his current research topic is mainly about the Vibration Analysis and Fault Diagnosis of Engineering Structures. Dr. LI has published more than 50 papers and 1 monograph, and received The HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2023.