Zhu Di

Zhu Di (; born May 1954) is a Chinese mechanical engineer, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2011. He is a professor at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), and served as the President of NUAA from September 2009 until June 2013, when he was replaced by Nie Hong .

Biography Zhu Di was born May 1954 in Shenyang, Liaoning province. In 1985, he graduated from the department of mechanical engineering of NUAA with a Doctor of Engineering degree. From 1991 to 1992, he was a researcher at the University of Liverpool, England. From 1995 to 1999, he was a researcher at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States. He has published about 200 research papers and holds 29 patents.