Hongtao Xue is an associate professor in the Automotive Engineering Research Institute at the School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering, Jiangsu University. He teaches modules involving automobile structure, fundamentals of mechanical vibration, and vibration analysis. Hongtao Xue completed his M.S. (2011) and Ph.D. (2014) in Mechatronic Engineering from Mie University, Japan. His research interests include signal processing, online diagnosis, safety assessment, artificial intelligence, and intelligent connected vehicles. In addition, he received the Second Prize for Teaching Achievement in Jiangsu Province in 2021, the Most Popular Teacher of Jiangsu University in 2021, and the Best Teacher of Jiangsu University in 2016 and 2018.