Weiwei Qu was born in 1981; she received the B.E. degree in Automobile Engineering from Jilin University, in 2004 and the Ph.D. degree in transportation science and engineering from Beihang University, in 2009. She is currently an associate research fellow of the school of mechanical engineering, Zhejiang University. Her research interests include robotics, aircraft assembly, riveting deformation, design and manufacturing of composite components.