What was the professor's position before the general gave him an umbrella and platoon leader?

This professor is Ma Weiming of the Navy, a famous expert in power and electrical engineering in China, and is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at Naval University of Engineering.

Ma Weiming has long been committed to the original innovation research of ship integrated power technology, undertaken more than 40 key national and national defense equipment projects, obtained more than 40 invention patents with independent intellectual property rights, and more than 20 key technological achievements reached the world advanced level; All innovations are applied to warships developed in China. He led the development of a domestic 12-phase rectifier generator, which filled the gap in China and equipped several submarines. This achievement won the first prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award. He has successively won the honorary titles of "Top Ten Outstanding Professional and Technical Talents", the third and fifth China Young Scientist Awards, the National Special Award for Invention and Entrepreneurship, and the Contemporary Inventor, and the scientific research team he led has won the "National Advanced Collective for Innovative Research". In July 2002 and February 201KLOC-0/65438, the Central Military Commission awarded Ma Weiming the first class merit twice.

To put it simply, General Wu Shengli personally delivered the umbrella, which shows the country's respect for knowledge and talents.