Dr. Hongbo Dai is a Research Associate Professor at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University's School of Materials Science and Engineering. He holds B.S. (2009) and M.S. (2011) in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University, U.S., a Ph.D. (2017) in Structural Engineering from University of Delaware (UD), and conducted NSF-PFI-funded postdoctoral research at UD-CCM (2018-2020). Dr. Dai has multidisciplinary research experience in developing multifunctional self-sensing composites/nanocomposites, integrating structural health monitoring and rehabilitation methodologies, and monitoring/optimization of advanced fiber composite manufacturing. He has published 20+ SCI papers in top journals (e.g., Composites Part B/A, Carbon, Composites Science and Technology), made over 15 conference presentations, and received awards including the 2020 Tsu-Wei Chou Composites Science and Innovation Award, 2016 Roy L. McCullough Scholar Award, etc. Currently, he leads 5 research projects as PI, funded by China's National Natural Science Foundation, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Department.