Prof. Dr. Xu Wang is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering at RMIT University, specializing in research on future engineering design, new materials, and renewable energy. He is a graduate of Tianjin University (BSc Hons and MSc), China, and Monash University (Ph.D.), Australia. After earning his Ph.D., he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Melbourne from 1995 to 1996. In 2005, he joined RMIT University, where he is now a member of the senior academic staff. He has broad, interdisciplinary interests across many areas of mechanical/automotive engineering, aerospace engineering, material engineering (Inorganic materials, function materials, nanomaterials), physics (structural properties of condensed matter), chemistry (analytical, biological, environmental), and chemical/environmental engineering (desalination, water technology, and ocean wave energy conversion).