Background
Zhang, Ping was born on September 24, 1937 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. Son of Di-Su Zhang and Jing-Xin Zhu.
aerospace engineering educator
Zhang, Ping was born on September 24, 1937 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. Son of Di-Su Zhang and Jing-Xin Zhu.
Undergraduate student mechanic engineering, Beijing Institute Technology, 1954-1959; graduate student mechanic engineering, Beijing Institute Technology, 1960-1962.
Instructor department flight vehicle engineering, Beijing Institute Technology, 1963-1977; assistant professor department flight vehicle engineering, Beijing Institute Technology, 1978-1979; visiting scholar, Purdue University School Mech./Aero. and Astronomical Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1979-1981; associate head department flight vehicle engineering, Beijing Institute Technology, 1982-1986; associate professor department flight vehicle engineering, Beijing Institute Technology, 1986-1990; professor, Beijing Institute Technology, since 1990; director propulsion division department flight vehicle engineering, Beijing Institute Technology, 1987-1994. Academic committeeman Beijing Institute Technology, 1988-1993.
Fellow Society Beijing Engineering Thermodynamics, Solid Rocket Propulsion subsoc. of China Astronautical Society (Outstanding articles awards 1988, 91-96). Member American Institute Aeronautics.
Married Ke-Xian Hu, January 26, 1962. Children: Zhong, Bei.