Ma Weiming

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Ma Weiming
马伟明
Born (1960-04-06) April 6, 1960 (age 63)
Yangzhong, Jiangsu, China
Alma mater Tsinghua University
PLA Naval University of Engineering
OccupationElectrical Engineer
EmployerPLA Naval University of Engineering
Known forElectromagnetic catapult system
Political partyCommunist Party of China
HonoursOrder of August First

Ma Weiming (simplified Chinese :马伟明; traditional Chinese :馬偉明; born 6 April 1960) is a Chinese electrical engineer. He is a professor of the PLA Naval University of Engineering. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and holds the military rank of rear admiral. He led the development of the electromagnetic catapult system for the Type 003 aircraft carrier and the development of electromagnetic railguns. In 2017, he was awarded the Order of August First, the highest honour of the People's Liberation Army.

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Biography

Ma was born in April 1960 in Yangzhong, Jiangsu, China. [1] He graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering of PLA Naval University of Engineering in Wuhan with a BS degree in 1982 and an MS degree in 1987. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in 1996. [1] [2]

Ma is Professor and Director of the Institute of Power Electronic Technique Application at the Naval University of Engineering. [1] In 2001, he was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) at the age of 41, making him one of the youngest academicians of the CAE. [3] He also serves as Vice President of the China Association for Science and Technology. [3] Considered a top naval engineer in China, he holds the military rank of rear admiral. [4]

Ma was elected an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2012 and the 19th Central Committee in 2017. In November 2019, he was promoted to full member at the Fourth Plenum of the 19th Central Committee. [3]

Contributions

Ma has led the development of China's electromagnetic catapult system [3] for launching aircraft from carriers (similar to the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System of the United States), which is more efficient than the older steam catapult system. It is expected to be deployed on the Type 003, the PLA Navy's third aircraft carrier, which would make China the second country to develop the technology, after the US. [3]

In January 2019, Chinese media reported that Ma's team had developed electromagnetic railguns capable of firing projectiles at very high velocity, with longer range and higher accuracy than traditional artillery. Military observers expect a modified version of the Type 055 destroyer to be equipped with the railgun, which would make China the first country to deploy the weapon on an actual warship. [3] [5]

Ma is also credited for silencing noise of the PLA Navy's submarine's propulsion system thus making them less detectable on sonar. [4]

Since the late 1980s, Ma has advised more than 400 masters and doctoral students. [4] Two of them, Xiao Fei and Wang Dong, were awarded rare peacetime First-Class Merit Awards by the PLA for their research. [3]

Honours

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References

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  2. ↑ "Weiming Ma". IEEE Xplore. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Chen, Zhuo (1 November 2019). "Naval tech professor becomes full CPC central committee member". China Military Online. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Chan, Minnie (5 July 2017). "The top engineer working to make China's naval dreams reality". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Railguns to give Chinese warships big advantage". The Straits Times. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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