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Dr. Xin Cui is currently an associate professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University. He received his B.Eng from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 2011, and his Ph.D degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2015. Dr. Cui’s main research interests include advanced air-cooling technologies, green air-conditioning systems, and building energy analysis. As the first or corresponding author, he has published more than 40 international peer-reviewed papers. Recently, he received the Best Paper Award during the 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), and the Best Presenter Award at the AUA-SEGT 2022 academic conference.

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Smart Heat - Innovations in Thermal Energy Recovery and Utilization

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Dr. Kian Jon Chua is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the National University of Singapore. He has been conducting research on renewable energy systems and heat recovery systems since 1997. He has more than 200 international peer-reviewed journal publications, six book chapters, and two recent monographs on advances in air conditioning. He has been elected to several fellowships, including Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Energy Institute, and Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering. He was highlighted among the top 1% of scientists in the world by the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network, the top 2% of energy researchers in the Elsevier database, and the top 0.3% in the Stanford list of energy researchers. His works have garnered more than 12,000 citations with a current h‐index of 57. He is the Associate Editor of several reputable journals in Elsevier, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. He is on the editorial boards of numerous journals in Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and MDPI. Further, he owns more than 10 patents related to several innovative cooling and dehumidification systems. Regularly, he has been invited to deliver many plenary and keynote talks on his research findings. He is the Principal Investigator of several multi-million competitive research grants. Additionally, he has been awarded multiple local, regional, and international awards for his breakthrough research endeavors.

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Phase Change Microcapsules for Low-Carbon Building

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Dr. Yunlin Shao joined the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Chongqing University in October 2021. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in the School of Energy Science and Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 2014 and her Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2018. Dr. Shao’s main research interests are flexible composite phase change materials and Battery thermal management. She has published 27 international peer-reviewed papers (as the first or corresponding author in 15 papers ).

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Broadband Thermal Management Using Thermo-Responsive Polymer Composite Films

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Dr. Will Chang Liu joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in January 2025. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and subsequently received her Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). During her postdoctoral research, she worked with Professors Xuanhe Zhao and Nicholas X. Fang at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Liu has been dedicated to the development of intelligent soft materials and innovative green energy devices, focusing on applications in energy harvesting, energy saving, and water harvesting. She has published 22 academic papers in internationally renowned journals such as Joule, Energy & Environmental Science, Nature Communications, Nano Energy, and PNAS, etc.