Zhang Yulin
Zhang Yulin | ||
|---|---|---|
张育林 | ||
| President of National University of Defense Technology | ||
| In office July 2008 – June 2011 | ||
| Preceded by | Wen Xisen | |
| Succeeded by | Yang Xuejun | |
| Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | ||
| In office 2004–2008 | ||
| Preceded by | Zhang Jianqi | |
| Succeeded by | Cui Jijun | |
| President of Space Engineering University | ||
| In office 2002–2003 | ||
| Preceded by | Chang Xianqi | |
| Succeeded by | Tu Hengzhang | |
| Personal details | ||
| Born | January 1958 (age 66) Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Yùlín |
Zhang Yulin (
PLA General Armaments Department since 2011, and previously served as the President of the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), and Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.[1]
Biography
In 1958, Zhang was born in
liquid rocket engine technology. Zhang graduated BE and ME from NUDT. From July 1984 Zhang was a lecturer and researcher at NUDT working on rocket engine dynamics and control. In 1988 Zhang graduated Doctor of Engineering from the Department of Industrial Automation of Zhejiang University.[citation needed
]
Zhang did
postdoc research at Canada's University of Waterloo. He was a professor and then promoted to the head of the Department of Astronautic Technology at NUDT. Zhang was the Director of Beijing Research Institute of NUDT. In 2004 Zhang was appointed as Commander of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia, which is the largest spaceport of China. In July 2008 Zhang was pointed as President of the National University of Defense Technology of PLA. Zhang was also an adjunct professor of Tsinghua University.[2]
