Prof. Xiaoting Rui received his Ph.D. degree in dynamics, vibration, and control from Nanjing University of Science and Technology. He was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics. He has been a guest professor at the University of Stuttgart, Cottbus Technology University, University of Hanover, Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Hamburg University of Technology in Germany. He has published 7 books and over 400 papers, and has gained over 100 national authorized invention patents, 16 software copyrights, and 26 national and industrial standards of China. He has obtained 4 National Technological Invention Awards and National Technology Progress Awards. His research interests include multibody system dynamics, transfer matrix method for multibody systems, and launch dynamics.
Prof. Gilbert-Rainer Gillich received his Ph.D. in Strength of Materials, Elasticity, and Plasticity from Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania. He was elected a member of the Technical Science Academy of Romania in 2019. He is an editorial board member of the International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics and five other WoS-indexed journals. He has been a guest professor at the Lublin University of Technology and Poznan University of Technology (Poland), Novi Sad University (Serbia), and Szeged University (Hungary). He has published six books and over 250 papers and has gained seven patents. He is a member of the National Commission for the Attestation of Titles, Diplomas, and University Certificates for the Mechanical Engineering domain. His research interests include the vibration of structures, vibration-based damage assessment, signal processing, and artificial intelligence.