**Cheng Shen**

Cheng Shen, born in October 1989, is an Associate Professor of Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, mainly engaged in crop harvesting machinery and agricultural machinery intelligence. He is also the Deputy Secretary General of the Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery, the Deputy Director and Secretary General of the Youth Working Committee of the Jiangsu Society of Agricultural Engineering, and an expert in the evaluation of innovation and application projects of the Ministry of Innovation and Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan. He was awarded the title of "Jiangsu Youth Science and Technology Innovation 'U35 Innovator'" by multiple departments of Jiangsu Province, "Young Outstanding Talent" and the first "Top Ten Youth" at the Institute level.

In recent years, as a PI, he has undertaken 7 projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China; as one of the drafters, he participated in the preparation of 3 national-level plans/outlines; as the first author, he submitted a report to the Scientists' Suggestions, the internal reference published by the China Association for Science and Technology; as the first or corresponding author, he published 18 papers indexed by SCI/EI; as the first inventor, he has authorized 7 China Invention Patents; he completed more than 200 reviews for more than 20 journals, and made 3 consecutive reports at the CIGR World Congress. He won the Excellent Product Award of the China High-tech Fair, first prize for the "Science and Technology" special article of the young and middle-aged cadres of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Excellent Paper Award of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, and the Outstanding Reviewer Award of IJABE.

### **Zhong Tang**

Zhong Tang was born in April 1982, professor and doctoral supervisor of School of agricultural engineering, Jiangsu University, mainly engaged in the development and research of key technologies and products of agricultural equipment, such as combine harvesters. He has conducted theoretical and experimental research on cutting, threshing separation, cleaning mechanisms and intelligent technology in harvesting machinery, successively obtaining the national natural science foundation project, Jiangsu province youth science foundation project, China postdoctoral foundation project, Jiangsu province postdoctoral foundation project, and Jiangsu province education department natural science foundation project.

He won first prize (fourth) for the science and technology award of China association of machinery industry in 2017, first prize (fourth) for the science and technology progress award of the ministry of education in 2017, and the Chinese patent prize in 2018. So far, he has published more than 40 SCI/EI academic papers as the first author, applied for more than 30 invention patents as the first author, and obtained 12 authorized invention patents. He has applied for 5 PCT patents, and published a textbook entitled Structure and Use Maintenance of Combine Harvester.

#### **Maohua Xiao**

Maohua Xiao, born in September 1981, is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, mainly engaged in research on intelligent agricultural machinery power technology and precision operation equipment, intelligent control and unmanned system of agricultural machinery equipment. He has been selected into the talent program of Jiangsu Province Young Science and Technology Talent Promotion Project, Jiangsu Province "Blue Project" young and middle-aged academic leaders, and Jiangsu Province "Six talent peaks". He is also the deputy director of Jiangsu Province Electric Agricultural Equipment Science and Technology Innovation Center, the deputy director of China Machinery Industry Agricultural Machinery Power and farming machinery Reliability Technology Key Laboratory, and the secretary general of Jiangsu Province tractor industry Technology innovation Strategic alliance.

He has presided over more than 10 projects under the National Natural Science Foundation, national key research and development programs, and national key agricultural core technology research projects. More than 70 papers have been published, including nearly 70 indexed by SCI/EI; more than 60 patents have been authorized (ranked first in 11 authorized invention patents), and more than 30 software copyrights, of which two patents have been successfully converted and applied. He has won 8 provincial and ministerial awards including the first prize of China Agricultural Machinery Science and Technology Award. He has also participated in the research and development of the first multi-link high-speed ultra-precision press in China and the first large-power tractor hydraulic mechanical stepless transmission in China, and five products developed were rated as the "first (set) major equipment products" in Jiangsu Province.
