Xiong Hu received the bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was a Visiting Professor with the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He is currently a Professor and a Ph.D. Supervisor with Shanghai Maritime University (SMU), the Dean of Logistics Engineering College, SMU, and the Dean of the Sino-Dutch Mechatronics Engineering College, SMU. He was responsible for or participated in almost 100 research projects, which were sponsored by national funding programs, government, and both here and abroad enterprises, such as NNSF, 863 Program, Dubai Aluminium Company Ltd., Port of Damman, Port of Shanghai, Shanghai Bao Steel Company, ZPMC, and BV. His current research interests include research and teaching works in health condition monitoring, remote control, condition assessment, maintenance management of large equipment and its structure, and intelligent processing and prediction of health condition data and signals of machines. In recent years, his major research works are emphasized on the technique development and its application of health condition management, fault diagnosis, safety assessment, and integrated online system of the large hoisting appliances, such as cranes and logistics equipment.
