Keynote Speaker 1
Brief introduction:
Prof. Zhijun Zhu is a distinguished National High-Level Overseas Talent and holds multiple prestigious academic honors, including membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and foreign membership in the Bologna Academy of Sciences (Italy). He has been elected Fellow of several renowned international professional societies: IEEE Fellow, CSEE Foreign Fellow, IET Fellow, AAIA Fellow, and AIIA Fellow, in addition to being a Royal Society Research Fellow (UK). Recognized as a Guangzhou Leading Innovation Talent, Dr. Zhu serves as a Full Professor and Doctoral Advisor at South China University of Technology, while also holding an adjunct professorship at Chongqing University. His significant professional leadership roles include Chair of the IEEE PES Smart Buildings, Loads & Customer Systems Technical Committee (China), editorial board member for international journals such as MPCE, Chair of the IEEE P2781 International Standard Working Group on Load Modeling and Simulation, and Chair of the IEEE P2783 International Standard Working Group on Fast Load Response Systems.
Prof. Jizhong Zhu
South China University of Technology
Keynote Speaker 2
Prof. Yusri Yusof
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
Brief introduction:
Prof. Yusri Yusof is a Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), appointed as UTHM Board of Director (BoD) member for 3 years from 10 May, 2021 by the Minister of Higher Education, Malaysia, and University Senate member for more than 10 years.
Prof. Yusri Yusof was recognized as a Visiting Professor from the Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia, on 1 September 2019. He owns a PhD in Manufacturing, obtained from the University of Loughborough, the United Kingdom, in 2007. His doctoral thesis was on STEP Compliant Approach to Turning Operations in manufacturing engineering and passed without correction in his PhD viva.
Currently, Prof. Yusri Yusof is a Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the UTHM. Prof. Yusri has over 22 years of experience teaching in higher education. Prof. Yusri has been invited 40 times as a Keynote speaker at local and International conferences and has served on International Committee for almost 50 conferences in his area for the last 5 years. Prof. Yusri has multidisciplinary research interests, and his main research areas focus on the Manufacturing of Smart Devices & Technology Development and Digitalization & Retro-Fit CNC machines.
He has published 88 Scopus papers, mainly in CAD/CAM and advanced manufacturing. Prof. Yusri led about 20 grant research projects involving almost RM2 million under Science fund (MOSTI), Prototype Research Grant (PRGS), Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) and Internal Research Fund under Intelligent Manufacture for STEP-NC Compliant Machining projects.
He has served on the Editorial Board of International Journals and is currently involved in several international bodies such as the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Senior member of the Science and Engineering Institute (SCIEI), The World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET) Scientific and Technical Committees, editorial & reviewer’s boards and Senior member of the International Association of Engineering Technology (IAET). Member of Board of Engineer (BEM) Malaysia, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT).
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