Zhang Yulin (; born January 1958) is an astronautic engineer and

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of the

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(PLA) of China. He has been Deputy Director of the

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since 2011, and previously served as the President of the

National University of Defense Technology The National University of Defense Technology (NUDT; ) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Changsha, Hunan, China. Founded in 1953 as the People's Liberation Army Military Academy of Engineering, ...

(NUDT), and Commander of the

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC; also known as Shuangchengzi Missile Test Center; Launch Complex B2; formally Northwest Comprehensive Missile Testing Facility (); Base 20; 63600 Unit) is a Chinese space vehicle launch facility (spac ...

Biography

In 1958, Zhang was born in

Qianyang County Qianyang County () is a county in the west of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Gansu province to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baoji () is a prefecture-level city in western Shaanxi province, Peo ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

Province. In 1978 Zhang entered NUDT, majoring in

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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

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from the Department of Industrial Automation of

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the na ...

. Zhang did postdoc research at Canada's

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. 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

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, which is the largest

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of China. In July 2008 Zhang was pointed as President of the National University of Defense Technology of

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. Zhang was also an

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.“神六”发射场系统总指挥张育林受聘我校双聘教授 (Tsinghua News: Chief-Conmmander of Shenzhou VI Zhang Yulin accepts professorship at our university)

References

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