Shengxi Zhou is a Professor in School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China. He has published more than 100 research papers on piezoelectric/electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters, nonlinear dynamics, vibration control, etc, and his publications have received more than 5,000 citations in Google Scholar (H-index: 37). He has given more than 20 Keynote/Invited Talks in conferences. His current research interests include vibration and energy harvesting applications, piezoelectric robots, signal processing, etc.

Prof. Zhou was A General Chair of VEH 2021, and served as a guest editor of Mechanical System and Signal Processing, Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Chinese Journal of Solid Mechanics. He is currently a member of ASME Energy Harvesting Technical Committee, editorial board member of Journal of Propulsion Technology (Chinese Journal), and a guest editor of Journal of Dynamics and Control (Chinese Journal).