Special Session 5 Title: Mechanics and Design of New-generation Marine Equipment
Short description
of the proposed topic:
The mechanics and design
of advanced marine
equipment represent a
multidisciplinary
direction in marine
engineering, integrating
mechanics, smart
materials, bionic
technologies, and
intelligent systems.
Over the past decades,
the fundamental theories
in solid mechanics and
fluid mechanics have
played a pivotal role in
catalysing innovations
of next-generation
marine equipment, such
as soft robotics,
multi-domain vehicles
and deep-sea gliders.
This topic aims to
bridge the
cross-disciplinary
collaborations between
mechanics and marine
engineering, thus to
accelerate innovations
in next-generation
marine technologies.
Topic of interest: Soft Matter Mechanics & Soft marine robotics; Mechanics and Design of Trans-medium Marine Systems Deep-sea Metamaterials & Compact Systems; Extreme Ocean Dynamic Loads & Equipment Design
Novelty and motivation:
Mechanical theories play a pivotal role in the design of marine equipment. Concurrently, the advancement of next-generation marine systems offers transformative approaches for underwater operations and ocean exploration. To further bridge fundamental mechanics with critical marine applications, this special feature invites contributions from scholars across disciplines—including mechanics, robotics, and advanced materials—to propel innovations in these interconnected fields.
Short Biography of Organizers:
Guorui
Li, a professor of in
Naval Architecture and
Ocean Engineering at
Harbin Engineering
University, National
Young Talent of China.
His research interest
includes deep-sea soft
robotics, mechanics of
flexible structure,
multi-physics of soft
robots. He has published
several featured works
in Nature, Science
Advances, and Nature
Communications, and
leaded several research
projects from NSFC and
National Key R&D Program
of China.
Dr.
Hongyuan Li serves as an
Associate Research
Fellow in the College of
Engineering at Peking
University. His research
focuses on marine
hydrodynamics and ocean
engineering, addressing
critical challenges in
major engineering
applications such as
drag reduction for
underwater vehicles,
load reduction and
stability enhancement
for cross-domain
vehicles. He has
published several works
in JFM, PNAS, Physics of
Fluids, and Ocean
Engineering. He has led
several research
projects from NSFC and
National Key R&D Program
of China.
Submission channel: https://confsys.iconf.org/submission/iccoe2025 (please choose the correct special session title when you submit)
Submission deadline: July 05, 2025
Conference email: iccoe@ieet.ac.cn (when you meet any question during submission)