Suxin Qian, Ph.D., is a professor at the Department of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University. His research interests are caloric cooling and energy conversion, AI for refrigeration, and air-conditioning and heat pump systems, with a focus on mechanocaloric materials and systems.

Plenary talk: Advancements in Elastocaloric materials and devices: State of the art and perspectives