Ling Zhao Associate Professor School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Liaocheng University No.1, Hunan Road, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, China 252000 E-mail: zhaoling@lcu.edu.cn Biography: He received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Manufacture and Automation from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, in 2009. In the same year, he joined the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Liaocheng University as a lecturer. Currently, he is an Associate Professor and a Vice Dean of the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Liaocheng University and a leader of the Center of Intelligent Sorting Technology of Agricultural Products. Research Interests: His interests include mechanical optimum design, CAD/CAE, machine learning, computer vision, and image processing.