Zhai was born into a family of farming background in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, in August 1963.[2] He was the second of three children.[2] After the resumption of college entrance examination, he was admitted to Southwest Jiaotong University, where he studied vehicle heat transfer under Yu Chengshun (于承训. After university, he stayed at the university, he was promoted to associate professor in 1991 and to full professor in 1994. In July 1994, he became director of its Train and Route Research Institute.[citation needed]
Honours and awards
1995 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
9 February 2021 Foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to the design and operation of high-speed rail transportation networks.[3]
References
^Li Zhiqiang (李志强) (6 June 2017). 四川省选举产生73名出席党的十九大代表 [List of delegate to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China from Sichuan]. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
