Prof. Decheng Wan received his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China in 1994. He was promoted to a full professor of SJTU in 2006. He was selected as a distinguished professor of Shanghai Eastern Scholar in 2008, and a chair professor of Chang Jiang Scholar of China in 2014, as well as a distinguished professor of SJTU in 2015. Currently, he is Head of Computational Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory (CMHL) at SJTU. His research interest is mainly on computational marine hydrodynamics, simulation based design for offshore and polar structures, renewable energy in deep sea, nonlinear wave theory, wave loads on structures, etc. In these areas, he has published over 530 papers and carried out more than 30 projects on marine hydrodynamics and computational hydrodynamics, received many awards, such as Moan-Faltinsen Best Paper, CH Kim Award, ISOPE Award, etc. He is Board of Directors and Chair of International Hydrodynamic Committee (IHC) of ISOPE, Member of Advisor Committee of International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC), Member of Steering Committee of CFD Workshops in Ship Hydrodynamics, Standing Council Member of Association of Global Chinese Computational Mechanics, Standing Council Member of International Workshop of Ship and Ocean Hydrodynamics, etc.