Dr. Sheldon Q. Shi obtained his Ph.D. degree at Michigan Technological University (MTU) in 1997. After about two-year research experience as a Post-Doctorate Research Associate at both MTU and University of Maine, he joined APA - The Engineered Wood Association in 1999 as a Scientist/Engineer conducting product evaluation and quality assurance of engineered wood-based products for building construction. In 2004, he joined the faculty at Mississippi State University (MSU) as an Assistant Professor and received tenure. After seven years of service with MSU, Dr. Shi joined the University of North Texas in Mechanical and Energy Engineering Department as a cluster hiring. He has been serving as the Chair of Tenure and Promotion Committee for the College of Engineering for the university since 2018, was the Chair for the Faculty Council a member of Dean Executive Council of the College in 2014 – 2018. Dr. Shi has been experienced in the manufacture processes of composite materials using biomass as feedstock, such as wood, plant fibers, soybean, etc. His expertise is on the processing and evaluation of bio-based composites, adhesive and adhesion, bond durability of the composite materials, and biomass to carbon conversion. Dr. Shi has been serving as PI and Co-PI for Federal projects including DOE, NSF, and USDA. Dr. Shi received Early Career Achievement Award at the College of Forest Resources, MSU, Research Excellent Award at the Computational Manufacturing & Design, MSU, George Marra Award for Excellent in Writing; Ph.D. Dissertation Examiner for Deakin University, Australia ; Gitam University, Gandhinagar Campus, India; Anna University, Chennai, India, and Advisory Board and He served as Executive Board of the Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST) during 2008 – 2015, and was voted as the President for the society during 2013 – 2014; Participating Member of ASTM International (D07 and D14 subcommittees); Committee Chair of Markwardt Award; Editor Board of “International Journal of Environmental Engineering and Natural Resources and ISBN Thermodynamics; member of Society of Advanced Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE), American Chemical Society (ACS), and APA Standard Committee. He has been serving panel reviewer for United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Energy (DOE) proposals and more than 50 professional journals, standard organizations. Dr. Shi has published more than 270 peer-reviewed papers, been invited more than 80 times for giving seminars, and presented over 110 time at proceedings and professional conferences. He also has over 100 project reports for industries.