Prof. Dr. Heng Li is Party Secretary of the Materials Science and Engineering College, Northwestern Polytechnical University. He completed his PhD studies at the Northwestern Polytechnical University and has been awarded First Prize for Technological Invention in Shaanxi Province, the Shaanxi Province Higher Education Science and Technology Grand Prize, and Second Prize for National Technological Invention. He has published over 100 high-level academic papers and three monographs in Chinese and English with publishers such as Elsevier. He serves as an Editorial Board Member of several important domestic and international journals and a Member of the Academic Committee of the National Key Laboratory of Material Forming and Mold Technology. His research topics mainly include plastic forming, cracks, and fatigue.