He received his BSc and MSc degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Shandong University, China, in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and the PhD degree in mechanical engineering from University of Alberta in early 2016. After that, he worked as a Postdoc Research Fellow at the University of Alberta for about two years. He has authored/coauthored about 30 articles in prestigious journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, and Reliability Engineering & System Safety.