Shan-Tung Tu received his B.Eng. in 1982 and Ph.D. in 1988, both from Nanjing Tech University. He is currently a Professor of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). Prior to this, he served as a professor and Vice President at Nanjing Tech University and East China University of Science and Technology, and a guest scientist at The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He was elected as a member of The Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019.

Driven by the safety concern of the process and power equipment, Prof. Tu has dedicated his career to advancing fundamental and applied knowledge in high temperature structural integrity and engineering, including creep, fatigue fracture, structural integrity monitoring and design of high temperature equipment. He has contributed significantly to the failure prevention of many industry sectors and the development of the new generation of process and power equipment.

Prof. Tu has authored more than 400 peer‑reviewed technical and academic papers, with total citations exceeding 25,000. He received a number of distinguished awards, including the China National Science and Technology Progress Award, the National Technology Invention Award, the China Youth Science and Technology Award, the Special International Prize of PSG-IMechE, the Excellence in Innovation Award of SAE international, the ASME Best Paper Award and so on. 

He holds key academic fellowships and leadership positions: Fellow of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China; Honorary President of the China Pressure Vessel Institution (since 2010), Honorary President of the Materials Institution (since 2015), Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society; Chair of the China Structural Integrity Consortium; Chair of the Asia‑Oceania Regional Committee of the International Council for Pressure Vessel Technology; Member of the Reliability Committee of IFToMM; and Executive Member of the Global Power and Propulsion Society. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK, among others.

Prof. Wiesław Ostachowicz

Education and Academic Titles
Prof. Wiesław Ostachowicz was educated in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained both his PhD and DSc degrees in this field. In 1989, he was appointed Professor. He has been a Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since December 2016.

Research Profile
Prof. Ostachowicz has led research in dynamics at the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences (IMP PAN), for over forty years. His expertise covers several key sub-disciplines, including:

• Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
• Vibration control
• Structural dynamics
• Composite structures
• Multifunctional materials
• Smart materials and structures
• Damage assessment of structures

His work combines both theoretical and experimental approaches. His research has particularly focused on damage assessment and applications of smart materials.

A significant part of his work concerns guided wave propagation, leading to the development of advanced vibroacoustic and ultrasonic methods for damage detection using smart sensor technologies. These methods have demonstrated high sensitivity in detecting small cracks in both metallic and composite structures, without limitations related to load conditions, boundary constraints, temperature, or environmental factors.

International Experience

• Visiting Professor, Syracuse University, USA (1980–1981)
• Expert, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization), Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas, Cuernavaca, Mexico (1987, 1990)
• Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow, UK (2000–2003)
• Visiting Professor, École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Paris, France (2017)

Publications and Scientific Output
Prof. Ostachowicz is the author of an extensive body of scientific work, including:

• 428 papers in international peer-reviewed journals
• 532 papers in refereed international conference proceedings
• Over 200 technical reports

He has also authored:

• 5 monographs
• 7 book chapters
• 4 edited conference proceedings volumes

His publications focus primarily on structural health monitoring, damage detection, structural dynamics, and advanced signal processing. His work has been published by leading international publishers such as Springer, Wiley, Kluwer, World Scientific, and CRC Press.

Research Projects and Evaluation Activities
Prof. Ostachowicz has participated in more than 25 international research projects as a coordinator, Work Package leader, or principal contractor. These projects have included collaborations with:

• European Commission
• NATO
• INTERREG
• EPSRC (UK)
• United States Army

He has also served as an evaluator for major funding bodies, including:

• European Research Council (ERC)
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• European Commission Framework Programme 7 (FP7) and Horizon programmes
• European Science Foundation (ESF)

Patents
Prof. Ostachowicz is the co-inventor of four patents, including a European Patent Office patent:

• “Structural Health Monitoring System”, EP2485026 (A1), developed in collaboration with Boeing Research & Technology Europe (2012)

Editorial Activity
He currently serves as Editor or Associate Editor for several leading journals:

• Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (Elsevier)
• Structural Health Monitoring (SAGE Publications)
• Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (SAGE Publications)
• Smart Materials and Structures (IOP Publishing)

Supervision and Academic Service
Prof. Ostachowicz has supervised 20 PhD dissertations. He has also acted as a reviewer and examiner for doctoral theses and professorial appointments in numerous countries, including:

United Kingdom, South Africa, USA, Italy, France, Japan, Spain, Hong Kong, Singapore, Austria, Sweden, Australia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Awards and Honours
Prof. Ostachowicz has received several prestigious distinctions, including:

• O.C. Zienkiewicz Medal (2013)
• Dragon-STAR Innovation Award (1st place) for Poland–China collaboration
• Structural Health Monitoring Lifetime Achievement Award (sponsored by Boeing), Stanford, USA (2019)
• Gold Medal “Sapientia et Veritas” (2023)

Hui Li, Professor in civil engineering and computer science at Harbin Institute of Technology. She is the member of China Academy of Science and member of the World Academy of Sciences. Her interests include structural health monitoring, AI for Science and Engineering, and Metamaterials. She is the former president of IASCM. She is the coauthors of more than 200 papers (Science, nature, etc) and keynote lectures. She is the receipt of ASCE G W Housner Medal and ASCE R H Scanlan Medal.