Chengwei Kang, professor of School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, National Distinguished Young Scholar. He earned his PhD from the prestigious University of Queensland (UQ), located in Australia and ranked 36th globally by U.S. News in 2023. He joined University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, as a post-doctorral research fellow after receiving his degree in 2016. In 2018, he was promoted to Senior Research Engineer and Lab Supervisor. After receiving the National Distinguished Young Scholar award and Young Talent Support Plan award, Dr. Kang began working as a full-professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in the year 2022.

Professor Kang’s research concerns the ultra-precision machining, manufacturing of biomedical implants, manufacturing and post-processing of surface-microstructures. He has published over 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals (over 730 citations with h-index of 13). Three of his publications were awarded ‘Distinct Paper’ by the journal of Advances in Manufacturing. He has been involved in numerous national research projects with a combined funding of more than €8 million, including Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Professorship Project and Infrastructure Project, Australia Research Council (ARC) Engineering Project. His teaching activities have variously spanned all undergraduate and postgraduate levels.