Prof. Hongmei Zhang is currently a Professor at the School of Materials and Metallurgy at Liaoning University of Science and Technology. She obtained her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the Metallurgical College of Anshan Iron and Steel Institute in 1990 and 1994, respectively, and received her Ph.D. degree from the State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Continuous Rolling Automation at Northeastern University in 2001. Her research interests mainly include steel material structure and property control, new material processing techniques, and microforming principles and techniques.