Prof. Zhai Qijie, First Class Distinguished Scholar at Shanghai University, the first winner of the the State Technological Innovation Award, and Shanghai's outstanding academic leaders and leading talents. The director of the Center for Advanced Solidification Technology of Shanghai University, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Foundry Society, Vice Chairman of the solidification committee of the Chinese Materials Society, Member of the Black Metal Technology Committee of the World Foundry Organization, and Vice Chairman of the Editorial Board of six academic journals. Mainly focusing metal solidification process and control technology, as well as new casting materials and technologies. He has presided over more than 80 scientific research projects, including national 863, 973, key research and development plans, and major special projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

A thermal simulation technology for metal solidification process has been proposed, which solves the research problem of solidification process of billets and ingots under production conditions. The pulsed magneto-oscillation solidification homogenization technology has been proposed and successfully applied in continuous casting production, making an important contribution to solving the product quality bottleneck problem of billet homogenization in the international metallurgical industry. He has developed 9 new products, including centrifugal casting bimetallic composite rollers. Received 1 Second Prize for State Technological Innovation Award, 10 Provincial, Ministerial Science and Technology Awards, 1 Chinese Excellence Patent Award, and 1 International Gold Award. Declare and obtain over 110 invention patents. Published over 500 academic papers and 4 monographs, and was selected as a highly cited scholar by ELSEVIER for four years from 2020 to 2023.