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Personal Data

  • PhD, StruEng, Univ of Wales, UK 1984
  • NAIF,China 1984-1992
  • NRAO,US 1992-present

Books


2003: Contribution to the book: "The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes"
edit by P. Bely, Springer.

 

2003: Authored book in Chinese: "Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design - From radio, infrared, optical, X-ray to Gamma ray telescopes" , Chinese Science & Technology Press.

English edition of the telescope book will be published by Springer in 2009. The title is: Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design – From EM wave, G wave, Cosmic Ray to Neutrino Telescopes.

 

2006: Authored book in Chinese: "Principles and Applications of Magnetism" , Chinese Science & Technology Press.

 

2009: English edition of telescope book: "Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design - From EM wave, cosmic ray, to dark matter telescopes" , draft preface and table of contents.

 


Past project

Designed and managed a 1.05 m Optical Telescope in China
Managed a 13.7 m millimeter telescope in China
Co-designed a southern pole 1.7 m millimeter telescope


Project List

Feedleg Ray Termination
1998 SPIE Paper: 12 m antenne design for a joint US-European array
2000 SPIE Paper: Design of carbon fiber reinforced composite antenna dishes
2002 SPIE Paper: Thermal shape change of some CFRP-aluminum honeycomb sandwiched structures
MMA memo 203: Forced air cooling at high altitude
CFRP memo: Structural and thermal properties of CFRP
Air Density via Alitude
Wind Pressure via Velocity
Dish Forces of Wind via Elevation Angle 1
Dish Forces of Wind via Elevation Angle 2
Dish surface pressure of Wind via Elevation Angle 1
Dish surface pressure of Wind via Elevation Angle 2
Dish surface pressure of Wind via Elevation Angle 3
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