Meet the editors

Dr. Jiajun Xu is a tenured professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the District of Columbia (UDC), and a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Maryland, USA. He is the founding director of the NASA-funded Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM-STAR), DoD-funded Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, and NSF-funded Multiscale Thermal Transport and Energy Conversion Labora-

tory. He joined UDC in 2013 as an assistant professor and received his tenure and promotion to associate professor in 2018. He is the recipient of the BEYA STEM Modern-day Technology Leader Award, the Excellence in Research Award, the Excellence in Student Mentoring Award, and the ONR summer faculty research fellowship. His research has been sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the US Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Bao Yang is a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1998, and another Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles, USA in 2003. He is a recognized expert in advanced materials for thermal management, heat transfer, and energy conversion

systems. He served as editor-in-chief for the *International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research*, associate editor for *Heat Transfer Engineering*, and an editorial board member for *Scientific Reports* and J*ournal of Applied Mechanical Engineering*. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Materials Research Society, American Physical Society, and International Thermoelectrics Society.
