Dr. Su-I Hou, DrPH, CPH, MCHES, RN is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Health Management and Informatics, College of Community Innovation & Education (CCIE), at the University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, FL. She also serves as the Health-track coordinator of CCIE’s interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Public Affairs. Prior joining UCF in 2015, Dr. Hou has been a key founding faculty member of the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Dr. Hou is the Founding Director of the Taiwan Study Abroad Programs on Asian Culture, Healthcare, & Aging Society, both at UGA and UCF (2011-present) and a current Fulbright Specialist (2019-2023). Dr. Hou’s research focuses on mixed methods research methodology and Aging-in-Community models and programs to promote older adult healthy aging. She has extensive research experience in community and worksite strategies to promote early detection and prevention of selected cancers and HIV/AIDS. Most of her research has involved working with community partners in developing and validating study instruments, assessing psycho-social factors of health behaviors, developing / implementing / evaluating theory-based health programs and interventions. Prior to become a university faculty member, Dr. Hou had considerable practical and administrative experience in health care and community settings, serving as the Founding Director of the Community Health Department at one of the major teaching hospitals in Taiwan. She was the 2013-2014 President for the Chinese-American Academic & Professional Association in South-eastern United States. Dr. Hou has published 100+ peer-reviewed journal articles, presented 200+ papers at national and international conferences, and given 60+ invited international presentations, workshops, or seminars.

Dr. Pons Meyers, J.D. is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Central Florida in the Department of Legal Studies. She earned her juris doctorate degree from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Pons Meyers primary research interests include: Family Law, Immigration Law and Adoption Law. Dr. Pons Meyers has been active in the areas of teaching, service and international course development. Dr. Pons Meyers has been featured on WDBO News 96.5, Nicholson Student Media and 90.7 WMFE. Dr. Pons Meyers has been teaching at the University of Central Florida over 13 years. She is heavily engaged in community outreach and was appointed as one of the Attorney’s for the Mexican Consulate. She provides guidance and legal advice to Mexican Immigrants in the areas of Paternity, Adoption and Immigration.

Bernardo Ramirez, M.D., M.B.A. is the Director of Global Health Initiatives of the Department of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Central Florida, where he teaches International Health Systems; Quality Improvement; Leadership and Organizational Behavior; and Strategic Planning in the graduate and undergraduate programs. He has been a practicing physician and surgeon in Mexico with experience in more than 60 countries as health services manager and consultant in public and private organizations from the hospital departmental level to health systems reform, planning and policy. He is the author of numerous publications, training materials and presenter in many national and international forums. He has served as senior staff and member of the Board of Directors of several national and international health related organizations.

Ana Luisa Desdier, M.A. is passionate about internationalization of Higher Education, Ana Luisa Desdier is the Head of the International Office at Anáhuac Puebla University, Mexico. Ana Luisa holds a Bachelor´s degree in international relations at Universidad de las Américas Puebla and a Masters degree in International Commerce and Public Policy from George Mason University. Ana Luisa strives to construct a better understanding of the impact and importance of internationalization in the multicultural development of future generations of leaders to bring well-being to the world they live in.

Prof. Zhinan Zhang is the associate professor, doctoral supervisor, and assistant to the dean of the school of mechanical engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). In 2011, he received a doctor's degree in engineering from SJTU. From 2011 to 2013, he was engaged in post-doctoral research in the school of mechanical engineering, SJTU, and has been a visiting scholar in the department of management engineering at the technical university of Denmark. He has been engaged in design innovation theory and method, tribology system modeling, and design for a long time. He has hosted 3 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, published 44 SCI papers, obtained 13 authorized patents, published 2 chapters of monographs, and participated in the compilation and translation of 3 books. He has won the second prize in National Teaching Achievement Award, the "Morning Star Scholar Award Program - Associate Professor A class" of SJTU, the third prize of Individual Award for teaching and educating, the honor of top ten class teachers, and so on.

Prof. Jiabin Zhu, Ph.D, associate researcher, from Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. Her research interests include assessment on engineering education, innovation and entrepreneurship education model, and experience of studying in China for international students. Her research publications have been included in the Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions on Education, Advances in Engineering Education and other international engineering education journals. Her research on the cognitive development of Chinese engineering doctorates in the United States was awarded the 2013 Best Doctoral Dissertation Award in the Department of Engineering Education, Purdue University. Dr. Zhu presided over several projects, including the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education, the Shanghai Special Project of Philosophy and Social Science Planning Education, and the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program. Dr. Zhu is a reviewer of several international academic journals, she is also the associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Education, and she is also a council member of the Research in Engineering Education Network. Dr. Zhu received her PhD in engineering education and a master's degree in biomedical engineering from Purdue University in the United States, a master's degree in optics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a bachelor's degree in physics from East China Normal University.

Dr. Brandiff R. Caron, PhD. is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Engineering in Society in the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. He received his PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech in 2012. Since then, his research and teaching have centered around ethics in engineering design education. In 2017, Dr. Caron received Concordia's "President's Excellence in Teaching" award for "Innovative Excellence in Teaching" after developing and implementing a technology assessment protocol for undergraduate engineering design projects to facilitate social/ethical considerations during the design process.

Dr. Kamran Behdinan, earned his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Victoria in British Columbia in 1996, and has a considerable experience in both academic and industrial settings. Kamran was appointed to the academic staff of Ryerson University in 1998, tenured and promoted to the level of associate professor in 2002 and subsequently to the level of Professor in 2007 and served as the director of the aerospace engineering program (02-03), and the founding Chair of the newly established Department of Aerospace Engineering (07/2003 – 07/2011). Kamran was a founding member and the Executive Director of the Ryerson Institute for Aerospace Design and Innovation (2003-2011). He was also a founding member and the coordinator of the Canadian-European Graduate Student Exchange Program in Aerospace Engineering at Ryerson University. Dr. Behdinan held the NSERC Design Chair in “Engineering Design and Innovation”, 2010-2012, sponsored by Bombardier Aerospace and Pratt and Whitney Canada. Dr. Behdinan joined the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, in the rank of Full Professor in September 2011. He is the NSERC Design Chair in “Multidisciplinary Design and Innovation – UT IMDI”, sponsored by NSERC, University of Toronto, and thirteen companies including Bombardier Aerospace, Pratt and Whitney Canada, United Technology Aerospace Systems, Magna International, Honeywell, SPP Canada Aircraft, Ford, and DRDC Toronto. He is the founding director of the “University of Toronto Institute for Multidisciplinary Design and Innovation”, an industry-centred project-based learning institute in partnership with major aerospace and automotive companies.
Dr. Behdinan is the past President of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME), served as a member of the technical and scholarship committees of the High-Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL) and a member of the Design Division of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI). He is the founding director and principal investigator of the University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering “Advanced Research Laboratory for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures”, funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (Leader’s Opportunity Fund) and Ontario Research Fund. His research interests include Design and Development of Light-weight Structures and Systems for biomedical, aerospace, automotive, and nuclear applications, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Aerospace and Automotive systems, Multi-scale Simulation of Nano-structured Materials and Composites. He has supervised 32 PhDs, 120 Masters’, and 40 Post-Doctoral Fellows and Scholars. He has also published more than 370 peer-reviewed Journal and Conference papers, and 9 book chapters. He has been the recipient of many prestigious awards and recognitions such as the Research Fellow of Pratt and Whitney Canada and Fellows of the CSME, ASME, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, EIC, AAAS, as well as Associate Fellow of AIAA.