Keynote Speakers
Prof. Dr. Yu Fang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fang received his BSc in Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry, Shaanxi Normal University in 1982, his MSc from the Department of Chemistry, Central China Normal University in 1987, and his PhD from the Polymer Center, Lancaster University, UK in 1998, working under the guidance of Professor Ian Soutar. From 1982 to 1993, Fang was an Assistant Lecturer, then Lecturer, and then an Associate Professor of the Shaanxi Normal University. From July, 1993 to March, 1995, Fang was a visiting scholar at the School of Chemistry, Birmingham University, UK, under the supervision of Professor John F. Kennedy. In September, 1998, Fang rejoined the Chemistry Faculty at Shaanxi Normal University. In 2021, Fang was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His current research interests include mainly: (1) Development of film-based fluorescent sensors through innovative design of sensing fluorophores and modulation of their excited-state processes; (2) Development of molecular materials of diversified structures with emphases in physical chemistry at the surfaces, interfaces and adlayers.
Keynote Topic: Adlayer Structure Innovation and Film-BASED Fluorescent Sensors
Professor Zhengying Li received the PhD degree in Communication and Information Systems from Wuhan University of Technology in 2010. Since then, Li has been with the School of Information Engineering and the National Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University. From 2016 to 2017, he was a visiting scholar in Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. In recent years, he has focused on the fabrication, demodulation, and applications of drawing-tower fiber Bragg grating arrays, facilitating large-capacity distributed temperature sensing, fully-distributed vibration sensing, and distributed dynamic strain sensing, with applications in fire alarming for large-scale infrastructures and intelligent monitoring of subways, expressways, and airport runways. His research interests also involve the development and applications of fiber-optic sensors in daily health monitoring, grating array embedded smart composite materials, as well as photoacoustic non-destructive testing. He has published more than 140 academic papers, including those in internationally renowned journals such as Photonics Research, Journal of Lightwave Technology, etc., and is the inventor of over 80 granted Chinese/PCT patents.
Wang Guofa, Academician of the CAE Member, expert in coal development technology equipment and smart mines. Chief Scientist of China Coal Technology Engineering Group (CCTEG), Director of the Coal Mine Intelligence Work Committee, Chairman of the Coal Mine Intelligence Innovation Alliance, and Director of the Smart Mining Professional Committee of the Chinese Association Automation.
Prof. Wang Guofa is one of the main pioneers of China's efficient comprehensive coal mining technology and equipment system, and a technological leader in smart coal mine. He established the theory, design methods, and technical standard system of comprehensive mechanization and intelligent mining systems in coal mines, and led the design and development of the first complete set of comprehensive mining technology and equipment. He was the first to propose the scientific ideas of coal mine intelligence and smart mine construction, systematically proposing the concept, development goals, technical paths, and standard system of coal mine intelligence, classification, and grading development. He led the research and development of four modes of coal mine intelligent mining complete technology and equipment, and pioneered the top-level architecture and key application system technologies of 5G+intelligent coal mine giant system, leading the development of coal mine intelligence and making outstanding contributions to the development of China's coal industry and technological innovation.
He has successively won the honorary titles of National model worker, Central Enterprise model worker, and National Young and Middle aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions, received National Outstanding Engineer Award, Sun Yueqi Energy Award, etc. He received 6 National Science and Technology Progress Awards and over 40 Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Awards. He has published more than 10 books and more than 200 papers.
Wang Jiachen, Professor of China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Directors of the Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Disposal in Coal Mining, Ministry of Emergency Management, the Top-coal Caving Mining Research Center of China Coal Industry, and the Sino-Türkiye Research Center for Thick Coal Seam Mining. Member and Secretary General of the 8th Mining Engineering/Oil and Gas Engineering Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of The State Council, Deputy Chairman of the Mining Teaching Steering Committee of Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education, member of the National Scientific and Technological Terms Examination Committee. Selected in the national tens of millions of talents project, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions, enjoy the special government allowance of The State Council, and won the title of national excellent teacher and National Advanced individual in textbook construction. He is mainly engaged in teaching and scientific research in thick coal seam mining, stope ground control and open pit slope. He has presided over a number of national key research and development projects, key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, "973" project and dozens of enterprise projects. Won the third National Innovation Medal, Sun Yueqi Energy Award, American Mining Metallurgical Exploration Association Syd S. Peng Mining Ground Control Award; One of the second prize of National Teaching Achievement, one of the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, three of the second prizes, and twelve of the first prizes of Provincial and Ministerial Science and Technology Progress Award. He has published 5 books and more than 200 papers.
Professor Grattan graduated in physics from Queen's University Belfast in 1974, followed by a PhD in laser physics. He joined City University London in 1983 and was appointed George Daniels Professor of Scientific Instrumentation in 2013 and to a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in 2014. His research interests include the development and use of fibre optic and optical systems in the measurement of a range of physical and chemical parameters. He was elected President of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) in 2014, serving from 2015 to 2018. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering, the UK National Academy of Engineering, in 2008. He was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle in November 2018.
Professor Grattan had been Deputy Editor of the Journal Measurement Science and Technology for several years and currently serves on the Editorial Board of several major journals in his field in the USA and Europe. From 2001 to 2017, he was Editor of the IMEKO Journal Measurement and also serves on their General Council. He has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the journal Measurement: Sensors in 2019. Professor Grattan is the author and co-author of over seven hundred refereed publications in major international journals and a similar number at conferences and is the co-editor (with Professor B T Meggitt) of a five-volume topical series on optical fiber sensor technology. His work is highly cited by his peers nationally and internationally.
Professor Desheng Jiang studied and graduated from Hubei University of Technology (now Wuhan University of Technology) with a bachelor's degree from 1972 to 1973; From 1973 to 1975, Jiang studied physics in the physics teacher class at Wuhan University of Technology; From 1975 to 1979, Jiang worked in the Basic Department of Wuhan Institute of Building Materials Industry; From 1977 to 1979, Jiang studied physics in the teaching assistant training program at Central China Normal University; From 1979 to 1983, Jiang worked in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Wuhan Institute of Building Materials Industry; 1983-1984, Jiang entered the English training class for overseas personnel of the State Building Materials Administration; From 1983 to 1989, Jiang served as the director of the Laser Institute at Wuhan University of Technology; From 1985 to 1986, as a visiting scholar, Jiang studied nonlinear optics at the University of Angers in France; From 1989 to 2000, Jiang served as the director of the Fiber Optic Sensing Technology Research Center at Wuhan University of Technology; In 2007, Jiang was elected as an academician of the CAE Member.