\documentclass[12pt, a4paper,twoside, times, openany]{book}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{setspace}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5}
% Page margin setting
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{left=4cm,right=2.5cm,top=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm}
%\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{figures/}}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{bm} % bold vectors package style
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{color,soul,framed} %highlight text, \hl{text}
\usepackage{xcolor,soul,framed}
\colorlet{shadecolor}{yellow}
\DeclareMathOperator{\Tr}{Tr}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[chapter]
\newtheorem{remark}{Remark}[chapter]
\renewcommand\listtablename{\vspace{-2.2cm} List of Tables and Figures}
\renewcommand\listfigurename{\vspace{-1.5cm}}
\newcommand{\lotlabel}{Table}
\newcommand{\loflabel}{Figure}
%\newcommand*{\l@section}{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}}
\setlength{\cftsecindent}{0em}
\setlength{\cftsubsecindent}{2em}
\setlength{\cftfigindent}{0em}
\setlength{\cfttabindent}{0cm}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\listoftablesandfigures{%
\chapter*{List of Tables and Figures}%
\phantomsection
\@starttoc{lot}%
\bigskip
\@starttoc{lof}}
\makeatother
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{Table of Contents}
%\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{} %clear all fields
\fancyhead[RE]{\text{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}
\fancyhead[LO]{\text{\nouppercase{\rightmark}}}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\bfseries\boldmath\huge}%
{\chaptername\ \thechapter}{1em}{}{}
\titlespacing{\chapter}{0pt}{-8.0ex}{10\wordsep}
%--------------------
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
\fancyhead{} %clear all fields
\fancyhead[RE]{}
\fancyhead[LO]{}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
}
\begin{document}
% normal margin on cover page
\newgeometry{top=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm,outer=2.5cm,inner=2.5cm}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\include{./chapters/cover_page}
% restore page margin setting
\restoregeometry
\normalsize
\doublespacing
\frontmatter
\include{./chapters/preface_page}
\newpage\thispagestyle{empty}\mbox{}
\vspace{-2.2cm}
\tableofcontents
\newpage\thispagestyle{plain}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables and Figures}
\renewcommand{\numberline}[1]{\hspace*{0em}\lotlabel~#1\hspace*{1em}}
\listoftables
\renewcommand{\numberline}[1]{\hspace*{0em}\loflabel~#1\hspace*{1em}}
\listoffigures
\mainmatter
\doublespacing
\include{./chapters/ch1_intro}
\begingroup
\setstretch{1}
\bibliographystyle{./references/IEEEtran}
\bibliography{./references/demo}
\endgroup
\end{document}
