Prof. Dongzhi Zhang obtained his bachelor’s degree from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, in 2004; his master’s degree from the School of Information and Control, China University of Petroleum, in 2007; and his PhD degree from the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, in 2011. From 2009 to 2011, he served as a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA. Since 2011, he has been working at the China University of Petroleum and is currently a Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and the Vice Dean of the School of Control Science and Engineering. His research mainly focuses on oil and gas detection, and ocean information and sensing technology.