Professor at the College of Future Technologies, Hohai University, and a Leading Talent of Zhejiang Province. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS). His main research interests include intelligent structures (such as flexible intelligent robots, spacecraft deployable arms, and underwater robots), deployable and foldable structures, and large-span spatial structures (including space frames, grid shells, tensegrity structures, cable-strut beams, cable domes, string-supported domes, and membrane structures). His work focuses on form-finding and optimization, mechanical performance analysis, active vibration control, and structural health monitoring of these systems.