Dr Samuel (Mingyu) Liu is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering and Manufacturing at University of Lincoln. Samuel’s background is in Mechanical Engineering (BEng) and Manufacturing Engineering (MEng), with a PhD in Precision Engineering focusing on Surface Metrology. His current research interests are surface metrology, advanced manufacturing, machine learning and mechatronics. Before this role, he was a Research Fellow at University of Nottingham (where he is now an associate) and then a Lecturer at University of Lincoln. He got his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology, and PhD from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Samuel has published 60+ papers in refereed international journals and international conferences. He has given 15+ presentations in conferences/seminars including 2 invited talks. He is also the author of a book chapter and the owner of several patents. He is a guest editor of a special issue of Applied Science and a reviewer for many international journals. Samuel is developing technologies to solve real-world engineering and science problems.