Spacecraft Thermal Control Technologies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811549830)

Jianyin Miao is an MIT Visiting Professor, Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Thermal Control Technology and Head Scientist of Heat Pipes at the China Academy of Space Technology. He is also the Academic Leader for space thermal control technology at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, and a member of the editorial committee of Spacecraft Engineering. Dr. Miao has carried out innovative work on spacecraft thermal control and made outstanding contributions to the success of China's Chang'e-3 lunar missions.
Qi Zhong is a Research Fellow and an expert on aerospace thermal control at the Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, CAST. He is also an Academic and Technological Leader at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Actively engaged in spacecraft thermal control subsystem design, thermal analysis research and thermal control subsystem development, he has received 6 awards for scientific and technological achievements, holds 20 invention patents and has published more than 40 papers.
Dr. Qiwei Zhao is a Professor of Space Thermophysics at Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering，CAST and a member of the editorial committee of Spacecraft Engineering. Dr. Zhao was responsible for the thermal control design and testing of Chinese tracking and data relay satellites. He has also been an advisor on thermal control design for the development of various communication satellite platforms, e.g. the DFH-4S, DFH-4E and DFH-5.
Professor Xin Zhao serves on the professional committee of the Science and Technology Commission of Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering. He has been actively engaged in research on technologies for thermal control design and thermal analysis. For the past few decades, he has served as the Chief Designer of thermal control subsystems for many spacecraft. He has received several national or ministerial science and technology awards including the Second Class Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.