Dr. Cheng is currently working at Hefei General Machinery Research Institute as a senior engineer. He received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol, in 2014 and 2018, respectively. His research interests mainly include pipeline monitoring, phased array imaging and machine learning. Up to now, he has mainly undertaken projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Project of China, the Young Talent Support Program of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province for Distinguished Young Scholars, the Science and Technology Major Project of Anhui Province, etc. His works, published in Smart Materials and Structures, were awarded Highlighted Paper by Institute of Physics (IOP). He is a senior member of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES) and serves as a reviewer of international journals, including NDT&E International, Ultrasonics and Scientific Reports (Nature).