Prof. Wei Chen currently serves as an associate professor in the School of Intelligent Manufacturing Ecosystem. Before that, he worked across academia as well as industry in China and overseas for over 12 years, including multiple Fortune 500 companies. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published over 60 articles in internationally renowned journals and received multiple provincial and national awards. He practices as a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and also serves as a panel member for many international journals. His research interests cover digital manufacturing, advanced sensing technology, numerical modeling and artificial intelligence.