Adjunct Faculty member Yunfa Zhang, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Western University, is associated with advanced manufacturing, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, research collaboration, and applied industrial innovation. Western University lists him as adjunct faculty and identifies his external affiliation with the National Research Council Canada, placing his work within a collaborative research environment linked to engineering application and technology development. His research mission is to connect applied materials and manufacturing expertise with practical engineering challenges that benefit from cross-sector collaboration.