Prof. Yulong Ji is a national major innovation project support expert, a chief scientist of the National Key R&D Program, and the dean of the Graduate School of Dalian Maritime University. He has won seven provincial and ministerial awards, published more than 100 academic papers, and obtained more than 30 domestic and foreign invention patents. He is the deputy director of the Youth Expert Committee of the Chinese Society of Navigation and a member of the Heat Pipe Professional Group of the Heat and Mass Transfer Branch of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics. He is mainly engaged in research on new energy ships and efficient thermal management.