Dr. Yingzi Lin is a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and director of the Intelligent Human–Machine Systems (IHMS) Laboratory at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. She completed her PhD studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Saskatchewan and has been awarded the NSF CAREER Award and the NSERC University Faculty Award. Her teaching disciplines include human factors engineering, human performance, biosensors and human behavior measurement, capstone design, and human machine systems in a global context, and her research interests include human factors and applications, smart sensors and intelligent systems, human factors in healthcare and patient safety, and driver vehicle systems and transportation safety.