Yirong Lin is a Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. He obtained his PhD from the State University of Arizona in 2009, after completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Harbin Engineering University and the Harbin Institute of Technology, respectively. Dr. Lin is interested in the design, fabrication, and characterization of advanced multifunctional material systems, with a focus on embedded sensing, structural health monitoring, vibration, and solar energy harvesting and storage. His research encompasses micromechanics modeling, material synthesis, structural characterization, and device evaluation. From 2012 onwards, Dr. Lin’s research has been funded by DOE, DOEd, and DOD. He has received several awards for his research, including Best Paper at the SAMPE 2008 fall technical conference, Honorable Mentioned Best Student Paper at the SMASIS 2009 fall conference, and ASME Best Paper in Materials of 2010 at the SPIE Smart Materials/NDE 2011 conference. Dr. Lin is a member of ASME, SPIE, SAMPE, and AIAA. He has an h-index of 34, and his papers have been cited more than 4800 times (Scopus, 23 November 2023).