Speakers 2025
Keynote Speaker Ⅰ
Prof. Xu Xu
Beihang University, China
Biography: Xu Xu, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Astronautics, Beihang University, and Head of the Department of Aerospace Propulsion. Research has primarily focused on hypersonic ramjet engine testing and simulation, detonation combustion testing and simulation, liquid rocket engine testing and simulation, and the development of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods and software. Some research has been supported by various projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation, the Aeronautics Foundation, the Astronautics Foundation, the 863 Program, and other scientific and technological projects. Over 150 academic papers have been published in domestic and international journals. Extensive scientific collaborations have been conducted with the Third Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, leading to the establishment of a joint team for the analysis and experimental research of flow field characteristics in high-speed combustion processes.
Keynote Speaker Ⅱ
Prof. Adrian Olaru
University Association for Science and Technology of Romania, Romania
Biography: Adrian Olaru, Full Professor at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Machines and Manufacturing Systems, Romania. From 1974 until 1990 he worked as a designing engineer at the "Optica Romana" Enterprise, also being an associate assistant at the Faculty of Machine-Building Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest. In 1990 he became an appointed lecturer at the Faculty of Technological Systems Engineering and Management, the Machine-Tools Department. Now, From 1998 he is a university full professor, and he teaches the following courses: Industrial Robots Dynamics, LabVIEW application in modeling and simulation of the dynamic behavior of robots, servosystems and components, Analyze and Syntese of Electrohydraulic Servosistems for Industrial Robots, Personal and social robots and Vibration of the virtual prototypes of industrial robots. He is a doctor from 1989. The past years he was been leading the following research projects: -Computer aided research and design for the hydraulic amplifiers of pneumohydraulic screwdrivers; -Computer aided research over the dynamic behavior of the forging manipulator orientation modulus; -Computer aided research over dynamic behavior of the charging manipulators tipping modulus; -Computer aided research over dynamic behavior of the charging manipulators translation modulus; -Experimental validation for mathematical models of hydraulic elements and servo system; -Methodological guide for dimensioning and optimizing electrohydraulic elements; design of the mobile robots; asisted research of the magnetorheological dampers; asisted research of the intelligent dampers; assisted research of the neural networks; optimising of the robots dynamic behavior by using the Fourier proper analyzer; optimizing the dynamic compliance and global transmisibility by using the assisted research and proper LabVIEW instrumentation; optimise the dynamic behavior and the space trajectory by using the proper neural network.
Keynote Speaker Ⅲ
Prof. Hong Xiao
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Biography: Dr. Hong Xiao is a full professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University. Prof. Xiao is author and co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and 4 books on a wide range of digital intelligence topics for aircraft engines. His main research activities are dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twins of aero-engines, alongside digital test. Professor Xiao has pioneered a core technology that integrates aero-engine physics into AI algorithms. This technology has been harnessed for digital test of aero-engines, achieving a digital test capability that augments physical testing. It has found successful applications in various sectors, including aero-engines and gas turbines. Between 2012 and 2015, Professor Xiao was employed by Gyeongsang National University (South Korea) as a research professor, specializing in numerical simulations within the aerospace domain. From 2016 to 2019, he served as a researcher in the Department of Pure Mathematics, engaging in mathematical theoretical research on AI algorithms.
Speech Title: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin in Aircraft Engines
Abstract: With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, it has sparked keen interest among engineering and technical personnel across a wide range of industries. This lecture delves into the strategies, theories, and achievements of integrating AI technology with complex equipment expertise, using aero-engines and gas turbines as illustrative examples. The presentation primarily encompasses the following three aspects: (1) Can the currently available AI algorithms be directly applied to the realm of complex equipment? (2) If AI algorithms cannot be directly utilized in the field of complex equipment, how can they be adapted? Furthermore, how can physical knowledge be incorporated into AI algorithm design? (3) Taking aero-engines and gas turbines as case studies, we will explore how AI technology can be integrated into digital twins, and how digital twins and digital testing in areas such as testing, manufacturing, and operation and maintenance can drastically reduce testing costs, expedite the development process.
Keynote Speaker Ⅳ
Dr. Florin Mingireanu
European Space Agency, Romania
Biography: Florin Mingireanu, a research scientist and a propulsion systems expert of Launchers Programme Delegate and European Space Agency. He is holding a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Astronomy from Louisiana State University (LSU) and a PhD from Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, Romania. He has been a delegate at the European Space Agency (ESA) - Programme Board Launchers. He undertook research and development work in the area of interior ballistics and flight dynamics with various state and private entities. In the last 18 years, he participated inseveral national and international projects with both public/state and private funding.
Keynote Speaker Ⅴ
Assoc. Prof. Alexander Molokanov
Harbin Insititute of Technology, China
Biography: Associate Professor Alexander Molokanov joined the Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in September 2023, contributing extensive expertise in the development and analysis of aircraft fuels and engine working processes for aerospace propulsion. Prior to this, he spent 12 years at the Central Institute of Aviation Motors in Moscow, Russia, progressing from Junior Researcher to Senior Researcher. He also held part-time roles as a Junior Researcher at the Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Chernogolovka and as a Senior Lecturer at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Dr. Molokanov earned his PhD in Chemical Technology of Fuels and High-Energy Substances from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas in 2013.
He is a full member and deputy academician-secretary of the Aerospace section of the Russian Academy of Engineering, a member of the IEEE, and a member of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS). Additionally, he serves on state certification commissions at the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) and acts as an expert juror for the BRICS Industrial Innovation Contest. His research focuses on modeling oxidation, combustion, and thermo-destruction processes of aircraft fuels, with a particular emphasis on advancing alternative and sustainable fuel solutions for aircraft propulsion. Dr. Alexander Molokanov has authored over 20 peer-reviewed scientific papers, holds 5 patents, and has published one textbook and two monographs.
Speech Title: Advancing Alternative Fuels: Innovations, Challenges, and Experimental Insights