Dr. Qiaode Jeffrey Ge, ASME Fellow, is Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, the State University of New York. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University of California, Irvine, M.S. in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from University of Pennsylvania, and dual B.S. in mechanical and electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University. He was elected to serve as chair of ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, chair of ASME Design Engineering Division, and chair of the Constitution Committee of IFToMM, the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanisms and Machine Science. He was past Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, and International Journal of Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines. Dr. Ge is also a member of US National Academy of Inventors.