Professor Jinjun Shan, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Professor, Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering
Director, Spacecraft Dynamics Control and Navigation Laboratory (SDCNLab)
York University, Lassonde School of Engineering
Dr. Jinjun Shan is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of dynamics, control and navigation. He joined York University as an Assistant Professor of Space Engineering in 2006 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2016. Prior to his appointment in York, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) in 2003-2006 and a Research Assistant at the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management (MEEM), City University of Hong Kong, in 2002-2003. He received his B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees all from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 1997, 1999, and 2002, respectively. Dr. Shan has made outstanding contributions to several national and international space missions including the NEOSSat.
He has attracted over $5 million in research funding from various governmental agencies and industry partners. His research progress is demonstrated through over 200 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and 2 issued patents. Dr. Shan’s accomplishments in research and engineering education have seen him recognized with prestigious recognitions such as the Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), the Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), the Fellow of American Astronautical Society (AAS), the Associate Fellow of AIAA, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, JSPS Fellowship, York Research Leader Awards, Excellent in Teaching Award and Lassonde Educator of the Year Award. He serves the profession as the Associate Editor for several field-leading journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Letters (SMC-L), and the Journal of Franklin Institute, as well as numerous conference chairs. He is the founding director Spacecraft Dynamics Control and Navigation Laboratory (SDCNLab) at York University. He has served as the Department Chair in 2018-2023.
Research Interests:
- Dynamics, Control, and Navigation
- Autonomous Systems
- Multi-agent Systems
- Smart Materials and Structures
- Space Instrumentation
- Active Vibration Control
- Orbit Dynamics
Contact:
- Email: jjshan@yorku.ca
- Dr. Junjie Kang, PDF (2022-)
- Dr. Xiaoyu Zhu, PDF (2022-)
- Hao Wang, Ph.D. Candidate (2021-)
- Hunter Schofield, Ph.D. Candidate (2023-)
- Yida Zang, Ph.D. Candidate (2023-)
- Seyedreza Rezaei, Ph.D. Candidate (2023-)
- Amal Haridevan, M.Sc. Candidate (2023-)
- Ali Abosaad, M.Sc. Candidate (2024-)
- Ahmed Etman, M.Sc. Candidate (2024-)
- Hao Zhang, M.Sc. Candidate (2025-)