Dou Zhang
Harbin Institute of Technology
China
Dr. Dou Zhang is an Assistant Researcher and M.S. Supervisor at Harbin Institute of
Technology, China. Her research focuses on the mechanical behavior of shape
memory polymer (SMP) composites and their application-oriented validation, with
particular emphasis on constitutive behavior, thermo-mechanical coupling, and
structure-function integration for deployable mechanisms. The SMP-based locking-
and-release deployment mechanism developed by her team enabled the first dynamic
unfurling of the national flag on China’s inaugural Mars mission, Tianwen-1. This
achievement was selected as one of the “Top Ten Scientific and Technological
Advances of Chinese Higher Education Institutions” in 2021.
