Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing

Dr. Shanben Chen (S B Chen) is a Distinguished professor with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) ,and served as the Special Professor, Cheung Kong Scholar Program of the Ministry of Education of China & Li Ka Shing Foundation, from 2000 to present, he is also director of the Intelligentized Robotic Welding Technology Laboratory of SJTU.

Prof. Chen is a senior member of the IEEE; Chair of the Robotics & Automation Committee of the Chinese Welding Society (CWS); and a standing member of the Board of Directors, CWS.

Yuming Zhang - FAWS, FASME, FSME, SIEEE, Professor and James Boyd Professor in Electrical Engineering - has been with the University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA since 1991, and became a Full Professor in 2005. He received his BS and MS degrees in control theory and application from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China, where he completed his PhD degree in welding in 1990. He has published 180 peer-reviewed journal papers and holds 8 US patents.

Dr. Zhili Feng leads the Materials Joining Team, and is a Distinguished R&D Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he manages 10 scientists and supporting staff, conducting both fundamental and applied R&D and pursuing technological innovations for diverse interdisciplinary subjects related to materials joining and materials manufacturing processes, with an annual R&D budget of $15 million.

Yuming Zhang - FAWS, FASME, FSME, SIEEE, Professor and James Boyd Professor in Electrical Engineering - has been with the University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA since 1991, and became a Full Professor in 2005. He received his BS and MS degrees in control theory and application from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China, where he completed his PhD degree in welding in 1990. He has published 180 peer-reviewed journal papers and holds 8 US patents.

Dr. Zhili Feng leads the Materials Joining Team, and is a Distinguished R&D Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he manages 10 scientists and supporting staff, conducting both fundamental and applied R&D and pursuing technological innovations for diverse interdisciplinary subjects related to materials joining and materials manufacturing processes, with an annual R&D budget of $15 million.