Dr. Mingfang Shi has a position as a Lecturer and a Master’s Tutor and is currently working at the School of Civil Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, China. He received his bachelor’s degree and doctorate in Engineering from Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China. His main research directions are the reinforcement of concrete structures by shape memory alloys and the mechanical analysis of shape memory polymers and their composites. He teaches the undergraduate courses “Engineering Mechanics” and “Material Mechanics” and the postgraduate course “Fracture Mechanics”. He is a member of the Mechanics Society of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He won the second prize of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Science and Technology Progress Award in 2022 from the Science and Technology Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.