Prof. Guoxiang Hou received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 1995 and 2000, respectively. He was engaged in postdoctoral research at the Electrical Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology from 2000 to 2002. And from 2002 to 2005, Dr. Hou was engaged in the second postdoctoral research at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2002, Dr. Hou was also employed as Associate Professor in the School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and promoted as Professor since 2006. Prof. Hou has published more than 100 research papers in international journals and conferences. Prof. Caikan Chen received his B.Eng. degree in School of Aeronautics from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China, in 1966. Since then, he has been employed as Professor in the School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. He focuses on the finite difference methods at present. Shenglei Qin received his B.Eng. degree in School of Civil and Architectural Engineering from Hainan University, Haikou, China, in 2019. Now he is Ph.D. Student in School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Mr. Qin focuses on the multiphase flows with the Lattice Boltzmann. Dr. Yuan Gao received his Ph.D. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in June 2022. He studies the development and application of Simplified Lattice Boltzmann Methods. Dr. Kai Wang received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in June 2013 and 2018, respectively. He focuses onthe research of drag reduction and the applications of Lattice Boltzmann Method.
