Hai Zhu is currently a Ph.D. student in Ocean Technology and Engineering at Zhejiang University, working under the mentorship of Professor Jiawang Chen and Professor Yuan Lin. He received a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Automation from China University of Petroleum (East China) in 2017 and a Master of Engineering in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2020. He won The National Scholarship for Doctoral Students of China in 2021 and the Best Paper of Journal of Zhejiang University—SCIENCE A in January 2023. His research focuses on the following aspects of ocean engineering: pipeline engineering, gas hydrates, soft robotic fish, offshore geotechnical engineering, and rheology, with a special focus on the external inspection of subsea pipelines.