Ye Peijian (simplified Chinese: 叶培建; traditional Chinese: 葉培建; born January 1945) is a Chinese aerospace engineer. He is the Chief Commander and Chief Designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program.[1][2]

Early life and education

Ye was born in Huzhuang Village, Taixing, Jiangsu, China, in January 1945. In 1962, he graduated from Huzhou Middle School in Huzhou, Zhejiang province.

Ye completed his undergraduate education in radio science and graduated from Zhejiang University in 1967. Taking the advice of Chinese aerospace engineer Yang Jiachi to avoid the United States because of American restrictions on sensitive technology, he studied at University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland and received a Doctor of Science in 1985.[3][4]

Career

Ye is a professor both at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Harbin Institute of Technology. He is a research fellow and Chief Engineer at the Chinese Academy of Space Technology.

Ye joined the Communist Party of China in 1986. He became an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003.[5]

Ye speaks English and French fluently. The inner main-belt asteroid 456677 Yepeijian, discovered by the PMO NEO Survey Program at XuYi Station in 2007, was named in his honor.[1] Naming citation was published on 12 January 2017 (M.P.C. 103028).[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "456677 Yepeijian (2007 RM119)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ^ "嫦娥工程总指挥兼总设计师叶培建" [Chang'e Project Commander and Chief Designer Ye Peijian]. Sohu. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ Ye, Peijian (2006-06-27). "深切怀念良师杨嘉墀先生". Guangming Daily. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  4. ^ "叶培建----中国科学院学部". casad.cas.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  5. ^ "China Vitae : Biography of Ye Peijian". China Vitae. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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