Hongwei Zhao received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jilin University, Changchun, China, in 2006. He is currently the Vice President of Jilin University. He is a Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Jilin University. He is the Leader of Science and Technology Innovation in the “Ten Thousand Talents Program”, and was part of the first batch of young scholars in the Yangtze River Scholars Award program of the Ministry of Education. He has been engaged in the research of bionic precision drive, material performance testing technology and equipment, and ultraprecision machining technology and equipment. He is a winner of the National Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scholars, among other awards.