Dr. Xin Guo is currently a research professor in the Innovation Method and Creative Design Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province at the School of Mechanical Engineering in Sichuan University, China. His research interests focus primarily on design methodology and processes, smart product and service design, areas in which he has published over 40 scholarly articles. He also is a member of the ASME and IEEE, and a senior member of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering.