Prof. Dr. Xiao Sun is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Intelligent Water Conservancy and Intelligent Disaster Reduction, the Head of the Department of Safety Engineering, the Master's Supervisor of Hydraulic Structure/Water Conservancy and Hydropower Construction Management, and a recipient of the Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Deputy General Talent Project. In 2012, he graduated with a Master's degree from Hohai University in hydraulic structures, In 2016, he obtained a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University in the United States. After obtaining the Ph.D. degree, he entered the Missouri University of Technology in the United States for postdoctoral research in 2017. He has served as a visiting researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the United States. He also serves as a member of the Digital Construction Academic Committee of the Chinese Architectural Society and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, serving as a reviewer for journals such as Cement and Concrete Composites, Construction and Building Materials, Automation in Construction, The Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, etc. His research areas include the phase transition and rheology of cement-based materials, digital construction technology, underwater repair materials, and intelligent safety control.