Dr. Shuncong Zhong received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in Mechatronics Engineering from Shantou University, P. R. China, in 1999 and 2002, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2007. He had many years of industrial and academic career in Imperial College London, London, U.K., University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K., University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China, and Mindray Company, Ltd., Shenzhen, P. R. China. He is currently a Chair Professor and Dean of School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Fuzhou University, P. R. China. Dr. Zhong focuses on the research of intelligent sensing and diagnosis, optics and terahertz systems, structural health monitoring, nondestructive testing and evaluation, signal and image processing, and pattern recognition for diagnosis and prognostics. Up till now, he has authored more than 200 articles, 82 patents, three books and chapters, and one ISO standard. Dr. Zhong was elected as an IET Fellow in 2018 and an ISCM Fellow in 2020.