Prof. Qi-Chuan Jiang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University; a “Tang Aoqing Distinguished Professor” of Jilin University; and the academic leader of the National Key Discipline of Materials Processing Engineering and the Key Laboratory of Automotive Materials of the Ministry of Education. He was a senior visiting scholar at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Canada. His research focuses on high-performance metal matrix composites, nano-reinforced high-strength and high-toughness aluminum alloys, self-propagating combustion synthesis, and the strengthening and modification of automotive materials. He has received the 9th Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society “Outstanding Contribution Award for Foundry”, the Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award, and the Ministry of Education’s Trans-Century Outstanding Talent Award.