Dr. Subo Tian is a professor at the Department of Agricultural Mechanization Engineering, College of Engineering, Shenyang Agricultural University. In 2000, she graduated from Shenyang Agricultural University with a major in agricultural mechanization engineering and has been working there ever since. In 2009, she graduated with a doctorate degree. From September 2001 to January 2002, she studied at the Automation Department of Tsinghua University. From December 2009 to June 2010, she visited Kyoto University in Japan for research. She is mainly engaged in the research and development of intelligent equipment for facility horticulture production, especially the automatic transplanting machine for seedlings in trays. She has presided over many projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation, Liaoning Provincial Doctoral Start-Up Fund, and Liaoning Provincial Education Department Project, published more than 10 SCI and EI papers, and participated in the completion of scientific research results that won 1 first prize for Fuxin Science and Technology Progress and 2 second prizes for Shenyang Science and Technology Progress.
Dr. Xiaofeng Ning is an associate professor at the Department of Agricultural Mechanization Engineering, College of Engineering, Shenyang Agricultural University. He obtained his Ph.D. in agricultural mechanization engineering from Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea, in 2012. He has published more than 20 scientific research papers, including 6 papers included in SCI and EI. He has been approved as the first inventor for 3 invention patents, 4 utility model patents, and 1 software copyright. He has been selected for the Liaoning Province “Hundreds of Thousands” Talent Project and the Shenyang Agricultural University “Tianzhushan” Talent Program. He has won the Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Third Prize, the Liaoning Provincial Agricultural Science and Technology Contribution Second Prize, the Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Achievement Second Prize, and the Liaoning Provincial Education and Teaching Achievement First Prize. He is mainly engaged in the research of agricultural product harvesting and processing technology and equipment, including leafy vegetable harvesting technology and equipment, agricultural product drying and storage technology and equipment, and agricultural product quality non-destructive testing technology and equipment.