{"id":135,"date":"2021-10-25T15:55:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/smart-art\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2023-11-03T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T16:25:05","slug":"zheng-hong-george-zhu-program-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/smart-art\/zheng-hong-george-zhu-program-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Zheng Hong (George) Zhu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/smart-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/ZHENG-HONG-GEORGE-ZHU-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/smart-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/ZHENG-HONG-GEORGE-ZHU-2.png 300w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/smart-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/ZHENG-HONG-GEORGE-ZHU-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/lassonde.yorku.ca\/smart-art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/ZHENG-HONG-GEORGE-ZHU-2-125x125.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Professor and Tier I York Research Chair<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Department:<\/strong> Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>University:<\/strong> York University <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Research areas: <\/strong>Dynamics and control, Space tethers, Space robotics, Computational Mechanics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gzhu\" target=\"_blank\">www.yorku.ca\/gzhu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:gzhu@yorku.ca\">gzhu@yorku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phone: +1 416-912-1627<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#eff2f4\">Dr. Zheng Hong (George) Zhu is Professor and Tier I York Research Chair in Space Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, inaugural Academic Director of Research Commons in the Office of Vice-President Research &amp; Innovation at York University. He received his BEng, MEng, PhD degrees in Applied Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, MASc degree in Robotics from University of Waterloo and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineer from University of Toronto in Canada. From 1995-2006, he was senior stress\/structural engineering at Indal Technologies Curtiss-Wright. He joined York University in 2006. Dr. Zhu has led multimillion dollar interdisciplinary research programs ranging from AI enhanced smart space robotics, to innovative propellant-free propulsion technology for deep space exploration, to active space debris removal, to dynamics and control of spacecraft. He is the Principal Investigator of two Canadian CubeSat missions. Career total, Dr. Zhu has published over 350 journal and conference papers and attracted $15M+ from external funding agencies. Dr. Zhu is the College Member of the Royal Society of Canada; Academician of International Academy of Astronautics, Fellow of Canadian Academy of Canada, Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada, Fellow of Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering, Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and senior Member of IEEE. He is the recipient of many prestigious awards including 2021 Robert W. 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