Zhengxu Zhao

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(; born February 1960, in Qingdao) is a Chinese engineer and computer scientist. He was educated with a BSc and MSc in Engineering at

Shandong University Shandong University (, abbreviated as Shanda, , English abbreviation SDU) is a public research comprehensive university in Jinan, Shandong with one campus in Weihai, Shandong and one campus in Qingdao, Shandong and is supported directly by ...

, China, and PhD in Computing at

Staffordshire University , mottoeng = Dare to know , type = Public , endowment = £70 million (2015) , administrative_staff = 1,375 , chancellor = Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford , vice_chancellor = Professor Martin Jones , ...

, UK, and has held academic leadership posts in the UK and the People's Republic of China. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2015. After his PhD from the

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(UK) in 1992, and three years following his postdoctoral work at the University of Newcastle, he was appointed at the age of 35, Chair & full Professor of Applied Computing at the

University of Derby , mottoeng = Experience is the best teacher , established = 1851 – Teacher Training College1992 – gained university status , type = Public , chancellor = William Cavendish, Ea ...

in the UK. Over a 16-year period there, he was also Department Chair in Computing and Chair of Academic Board and thereafter conferred a

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on the basis of his personal academic and research achievements in Information Technology and Applied Computing. He had also hold the Cheung Kong Professorship (

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) in Instrumentation Science & Engineering between 2001 and 2007 at

Southeast University Southeast University (SEU, ) is a public research university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It was formed from one of the oldest universities and the first coeducational university in China, and designated as a member of the Double First C ...

. Between October 2008 and September 2014, he was the founder and Dean of Faculty of Computing Science & Technology at Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, where he had built the faculty from a near nil base to its current state of six Schools (including Computer Science, Digital Media, Informatics and Controls, Software Engineering, Networks Systems & Technology, Online Teaching & Learning) with courses ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate at BSc, MSc and PhD levels. Since October 2014, he has been the assistant Vice-Chancellor in charge of Teaching & Research and Computing & Information Technology. He is a senior member of British Computer Society and

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operat ...

, a British Charted Engineer ( CEng) and Chartered IT Professional, and a senior technical advisor to the

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. Since 2008, he has been a Chief Scientist in Mission Control Systems at

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and had participated more than twelve Chinese national space projects and mission control tasks of the

Chinese Lunar Exploration Program The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP; ), also known as the Chang'e Project () after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e, is an ongoing series of robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The program incorpor ...

, and Shenzhou Manned Spaceship Mission Programs. He is therefore recognized as The Technical Founder of China's Space Mission Visualization and is honored and credited in the national media as " Chang'e Artist". He has over 270 research publications, conference presentations, five books and two patents to his credit and has supervised more than 60 PhD students and has examined nearly a hundred of PhD theses. He has been the recipient of numerous research grants, prizes and awards from academic bodies and organizations in the UK, USA, and China.

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Biography from Shijiazhuang Tiedao University
(Chinese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhao, Zhengxu 1960 births Living people Engineers from Shandong 21st-century Chinese engineers Educators from Shandong People from Qingdao 20th-century Chinese engineers