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Office: 447B Bergeron Center for
            Engineering Excellence
            11 Arboretum Lane
Phone: (416) 736-2100 x 77729
Email: gzhu@yorku.ca


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Prof. Zheng Hong (George) Zhu,    Ph.D. & P.Eng.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD:    University of Toronto and Shanghai Jiao Tong University
MASc: University of Waterloo and Shanghai Jiao Tong University
BASc: Shanghai Jiao Tong University


Tier 1 York Research Chair in Space Robotics and AI (2024-2029)
Tier 1 York Research Chair in Space Technology (2017-2022)
Inaugural Academic Director of Research Commons (2019-2022), Vice-President Research & Innovation Office
Founding Co-Director, Manufacturing Technology Entrepreneurship Centre
Director, NSERC CREATE Program of Smart Autonomous Robotic Technology for Space Exploration
Director, Space Engineering Design Laboratory

Academician: International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
Fellow: Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)
Fellow: Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)
Fellow: Engineers Canada (EC)
Fellow: Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME)
Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Fellow: Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association(AAIA)
Associate Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
College Member: Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
Senior Member: IEEE


Editor-in-Chief: Acta Astronautica
Associate Editor-in-Chief: Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
Regional Editor: Aerospace Systems
Associate Editor: IEEE Access
Associate Editor: Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology
Editor: Aerospace

Research Interests
  • Dynamics and Control of Spacecraft System
  • Space Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Control and Finite Element Methods
  • In-Space Additive Manufacturing
  • Space Debris Removal Technologies
  • Multi-functional Materials

CubeSat Mission - Space Debris Removal by Electrodynamic Tether (2020-2021)

CubeSat Mission - Educational Space Science and ENgineering Cubesat Experiment (2023)

CubeSat Mission - CBC Television Interview

Research Projects

Laboratory Facilities

Publications

Teaching

Open Positions

Ground testing of tethered satellite on an inclined air-bearing turn table
Micro-gravity testing of space tether deployment by parabolic flight
Autonomous spacecraft rendezvous testing on a free-floating air-bearing table
Visual-servo autonomous capture of a non-cooperative target by a robotic manipulator