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Wen-Rui Hu - Vice-Chair: Scientific commission G on materials science in space
founding fathers of Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system.
In Memoriam A n t o n i o R o d o t h (1936-2006) A Former ESA Director General
ESA's current Director General, JeanJacques Dordain, put it on record that "Antonio Rodot/t [had] led ESA into the 21st century", going on to say that he felt "honoured to have had the opportunity to follow his path and to build on the foundations he laid for a renewed Europe in space". Along with all ESA staff and contractors who knew and appreciated Antonio Rodot/l, he offered their deepest condolences to Antonio Rodot/t's family in their loss and a share in their grief. [From ESA Press Release, 24 February 2006]
COSPAR
Personalities
n this section of Space Research Today, we include inter alia biographies of COSPAR personalities, principally of the officers of COSPAR.
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omler ESA Director General Antonio Rodot/t died in Rome on 23 February 2006, aged 70. He was appointed Director General by the ESA Council with effect from June 1997 and he served in this position until June 2003. Before taking over the reins at ESA, he was director of the Space Division of Finmeccanica (Italy) and a member of the boards of several international companies as well as Arianespace.
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Wen-Rui Hu Vice-Chair: Scientific Commission G on Materials Science in Space
After graduating from Rome University as an electronics engineer, Antonio Rodot/t began his career with Selenia (1966/80), subsequently serving as head of the Compagnia Nazionale Satelliti (Italy) for three years. He then moved on to Alenia-Spazio in 1983 where he held a series of senior positions before becoming chief executive in 1995. During his term of office at ESA, Antonio Rodot/t - the first ESA Director General to come directly from industry played a key role in many space-related fields and was highly valued in the space communities of Europe and beyond. His fervent advocacy of international cooperation was widely recognized and he will be remembered for his fostering of the European dimension of space activities and as one of the
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rofessor W-R. Hu is the current Director of the National Microgravity Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was born on 2 April 1936, and graduated from
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in 1995 and 1999, respectively, and at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as Visiting Professor in 2000.
the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, University of Beijing in 1958. From 1958 to the present day, he has worked in the Institute of Mechanics for the first 20 years following his graduation as a research assistant, then from 1978 to 1984 as an Associated Professor, with the responsibility as a teacher of Ph.D. students, thereafter as full professor. In addition, Professor Hu served as Chief Scientist and Deputy Director General of the Establishment of Space Science and Application (of the Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS) between 1992 and 1994. The prime focus of his academic interest from 1989 onwards has been basic microgravity research.
In 1995, Wen-Rui Hu was elected an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Science, and he became a corresponding member of the International Astronautics Academy (IAA) in 1996 and a full member thereof in 2001.
Takuji N a k a m u r a - Vice-Chair: Scientific C o m m i s s i o n on Space Studies of the U p p e r A t m o s p h e r e of the Earth and Planets
Among the responsibilities that he has undertaken, Professor Hu cites a study of the global character of the solar terrestrial system in the 22 "d solar circle (1987-1991), service on the space processing and microgravity applications committee of the International Federation of Astronautics, member (from 1988 to the present day) of an Expert Committee of Aerospace - National High Technology Development Programme (19871991), Vice-Chairman o f a CAS Committee on Space Science and Application (1989-1992), member o f the Chinese National Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (1991-1994) and of the CAS Space Science Committee (1999-2002), President of the National Society of Microgravity Science and Application (1991-2001), member o f the IAA Small Satellite Committee (1991-present), ViceChairman of the CAS Committee of Mechanics (1992-2002), and Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Space Science (19962001).
akuji Nakamura is currently Associate Professor of the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH) in Kyoto University, Japan.
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He served as Vice-Chaimaan o f COSPAR Scientific Commission G from 1996 to 2000 and was re-elected to that position for a further four years in 2004.
He was born on 2 April 1961 in Kobe, Japan, and received his first (B.E.), second (M.E.) and third (Ph.D.) degrees in electronic engineering from Kyoto University in 1984, 1986 and 1992, respectively. For three years between 1986 and 1989, he worked for Communication Equipment Works, Mitsubishi Electric Co., following which he moved back to Kyoto University as a Research Associate of the Radio Atmospheric Science Centre
Professor Hu spent time at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado (1981-1982) as a senior scientist, at Waseda University and Kyushu Universities in Japan as a research professor -
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In Memoriam A n t o n i o R o d o t h (1936-2006) A Former ESA Director General
ESA's current Director General, JeanJacques Dordain, put it on record that "Antonio Rodot/t [had] led ESA into the 21st century", going on to say that he felt "honoured to have had the opportunity to follow his path and to build on the foundations he laid for a renewed Europe in space". Along with all ESA staff and contractors who knew and appreciated Antonio Rodot/l, he offered their deepest condolences to Antonio Rodot/t's family in their loss and a share in their grief. [From ESA Press Release, 24 February 2006]
COSPAR
Personalities
n this section of Space Research Today, we include inter alia biographies of COSPAR personalities, principally of the officers of COSPAR.
F
omler ESA Director General Antonio Rodot/t died in Rome on 23 February 2006, aged 70. He was appointed Director General by the ESA Council with effect from June 1997 and he served in this position until June 2003. Before taking over the reins at ESA, he was director of the Space Division of Finmeccanica (Italy) and a member of the boards of several international companies as well as Arianespace.
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Wen-Rui Hu Vice-Chair: Scientific Commission G on Materials Science in Space
After graduating from Rome University as an electronics engineer, Antonio Rodot/t began his career with Selenia (1966/80), subsequently serving as head of the Compagnia Nazionale Satelliti (Italy) for three years. He then moved on to Alenia-Spazio in 1983 where he held a series of senior positions before becoming chief executive in 1995. During his term of office at ESA, Antonio Rodot/t - the first ESA Director General to come directly from industry played a key role in many space-related fields and was highly valued in the space communities of Europe and beyond. His fervent advocacy of international cooperation was widely recognized and he will be remembered for his fostering of the European dimension of space activities and as one of the
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rofessor W-R. Hu is the current Director of the National Microgravity Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was born on 2 April 1936, and graduated from
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in 1995 and 1999, respectively, and at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as Visiting Professor in 2000.
the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, University of Beijing in 1958. From 1958 to the present day, he has worked in the Institute of Mechanics for the first 20 years following his graduation as a research assistant, then from 1978 to 1984 as an Associated Professor, with the responsibility as a teacher of Ph.D. students, thereafter as full professor. In addition, Professor Hu served as Chief Scientist and Deputy Director General of the Establishment of Space Science and Application (of the Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS) between 1992 and 1994. The prime focus of his academic interest from 1989 onwards has been basic microgravity research.
In 1995, Wen-Rui Hu was elected an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Science, and he became a corresponding member of the International Astronautics Academy (IAA) in 1996 and a full member thereof in 2001.
Takuji N a k a m u r a - Vice-Chair: Scientific C o m m i s s i o n on Space Studies of the U p p e r A t m o s p h e r e of the Earth and Planets
Among the responsibilities that he has undertaken, Professor Hu cites a study of the global character of the solar terrestrial system in the 22 "d solar circle (1987-1991), service on the space processing and microgravity applications committee of the International Federation of Astronautics, member (from 1988 to the present day) of an Expert Committee of Aerospace - National High Technology Development Programme (19871991), Vice-Chairman o f a CAS Committee on Space Science and Application (1989-1992), member o f the Chinese National Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (1991-1994) and of the CAS Space Science Committee (1999-2002), President of the National Society of Microgravity Science and Application (1991-2001), member o f the IAA Small Satellite Committee (1991-present), ViceChairman of the CAS Committee of Mechanics (1992-2002), and Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Space Science (19962001).
akuji Nakamura is currently Associate Professor of the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH) in Kyoto University, Japan.
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He served as Vice-Chaimaan o f COSPAR Scientific Commission G from 1996 to 2000 and was re-elected to that position for a further four years in 2004.
He was born on 2 April 1961 in Kobe, Japan, and received his first (B.E.), second (M.E.) and third (Ph.D.) degrees in electronic engineering from Kyoto University in 1984, 1986 and 1992, respectively. For three years between 1986 and 1989, he worked for Communication Equipment Works, Mitsubishi Electric Co., following which he moved back to Kyoto University as a Research Associate of the Radio Atmospheric Science Centre
Professor Hu spent time at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado (1981-1982) as a senior scientist, at Waseda University and Kyushu Universities in Japan as a research professor -
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