Biography

Professor Xinmin Chen was born in Xishui, Hubei Province on January 21, 1972. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from School of Astronautics of Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (BUAA) in 1995, and graduated from China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) with a master degree in 1998, and he was pursuing a doctoral degree at CALT from 2004 to 2010. In CALT he successively served as assistant engineer, engineer, senior engineer (2005) and chief engineer (2010). He has been under the supervision of Academician YU Menglun of Chinese Academy of Sciences for many years and has expertise in flight mechanics and aircraft designs.

Career Summary
·Head of the Launch Vehicle Ballistic Design Engineering Group, CALT (1999-2002).
·Head of the Preliminary Research Group, CALT (2002-2004).
·Deputy Director of Aerospace Transportation System Research Office of R&D Center, CALT (2004-2006).
·Director of Aerospace Transportation System Research Office of R&D Center, CALT (2006-2008).
·Deputy Chief Engineer, Beijing Near Space Vehicle Design Department (2008-2010).
·Chief Engineer, the First Research Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (2011-2021).
·Member of the Science and Technology Committee, CALT (2010-present).
·Director of Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center for Special Aircraft, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, CAS (2021-present).
·Adjunct Professor, the Institute of Mechanics, CAS (2021-present).

Professional Achievements
· Enlistment Medal from China Launch Vehicle Technology Research Institute
· Outstanding Contribution Award from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
· 1 National Defense Science and Technology Second Prize Award
· 1 National Defense Technology Invention Award
· 2 Progress Award and 1 Technology Invention Award from Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Technology
· One monograph, More than 30 papers & 50 granted national defense patents
[1] Fluidic Nozzle Throats in Solid Rocket Motors，2019
[2] A Kind of XXX Leakage Chamber and Air Inlet Using the Same Chamber, 2019.
[3] A XX Method Based on Aerodynamics, 2019.
[4] Xinmin Chen, Quangen Xie. Research on the Combined Guidance Method Applicable to the Launch Vehicle, Journal of Astronautics, 2004, 25:346-349.
[5] Xinmin Chen, Menglun Yu. Design Method of Missile Baseline Concept Based on Function Analysis, Missile and Space Vehicle, 2008, 4:1-5.
[6] Qing Gao, Xinmin Chen, Yonghui Zhao. Influences of higher stress relaxation of separating structures on high frequency shock environments, Journal of Vibration and Shock, 2016, 25:166-170.