Prof. Jie Xu has a position as a professor and doctoral supervisor and is currently working at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. He is the deputy dean of the School of Materials and deputy director of the Key Laboratory of Microsystems and Microstructure Manufacturing of the Ministry of Education. He holds a bachelor's degree in materials forming and control engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, and a master’s and doctorate in materials processing engineering (plastic forming) from Harbin Institute of Technology. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harbin Institute of Technology. He is mainly engaged in research on micro-nano forming theory and technology, laser intelligent manufacturing technology, and flexible composite electronic materials and devices. He has undertaken more than 20 projects including National Natural Science Foundation of China youth and general projects and national key R&D plans. He has published nearly 120 academic papers in journals such as Adv. Mater., Mater.Horiz., Int. J. Plastic., Int. J. Mach. Tools Manuf., J. Clean. Prod., and Scr. Mater. He has applied for more than 60 national invention patents and has authorized more than 40 national invention patents. He won 1 second prize in the National Technology Invention Award and 2 first prizes in the Heilongjiang Provincial Technology Invention Award.