JIAOYI HOU received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechatronic Control Engineering from Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China, in 2007 and 2012, respectively. Since 2012, he has been an associate professor with the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University. His research interests include deep-sea electromechanical systems and equipment and fluid power transmission and control.