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2009 NX CAD Certificated Application Engineers 2009 NX CAD Certificated Application Engineers Name No. Contact Information Score Exam Date Chinese English E-mail 1 顾春月 Gun Chunyue [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 2 柯金林 Ke Jinlin [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 3 吕松 Lv Song [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 4 方艺滨 Fang Yibin [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 5 周敏 Zhou Min [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 6 俞秋华 Yu Qiuhua [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 7 姚志奇 Yao Zhiqi [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 8 吴志清 Wu Zhiqing [email protected] Pass 2009-06 9 施玲美 Shi Lingmei [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 10 王志伟 Wang Zhiwei [email protected] Pass 2009-06 11 张超 Zhang Chao [email protected] Pass 2009-06 12 王忠斌 Wang Zhongbin [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 13 徐海防 Xu Haifang [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 14 吴越 Wu Yue [email protected] Pass 2009-06 15 陆建林 Lu Jianlin [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 16 杨诚 Yang Cheng [email protected] Pass 2009-06 17 周成飞 Zhou Chengfei [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 18 陆新娟 Lu Xinjuan [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 19 徐军 Xu Jun [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 20 卜振钧 Bu Zhenjun [email protected] Pass 2009-06 21 唐景青 Tang Jingqing [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 22 鹿丰铜 Lu Fengtong [email protected] Pass 2009-06 23 杨振 Yang Zhen [email protected] Pass 2009-06 24 杜雷 Du Lei [email protected] Pass 2009-06 25 郑峰 Zheng Feng [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 26 殷吉 Yin Ji [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 27 杨洁 Yang Jie [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 28 何艳秋 He Yanqiu [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 29 孟庆博 Meng Qingbo [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 30 蒋锡荣 Jiang Xirong [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 31 左敬宁 Zuo Jingning [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 32 潘凯 Pan Kan [email protected] Pass 2009-06 33 施剑 shijian [email protected] Pass 2009-06 34 陈超 ChenChao [email protected] Pass 2009-06 35 许建 Xu Jian [email protected] Pass 2009-06 36 陈余迁 ChenYuqian [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 37 曹翔 Cao Xiang [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 38 石丹 Shi Dan [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 39 张杰 Zhang Jie [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 40 宋卫嗣 Song Weisi [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 41 咸玉梅 Xian Yumei [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 42 张啸辰 Zhang Xiaochen [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 43 尹晓良 Yin xiaoliang [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 44 虞卫杰 Yu Weijie [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 45 房文华 Fang Wenhua [email protected] Pass 2009-06 46 曲晨曦 Quchenxi [email protected] Pass 2009-06 47 盛春华 Sheng Chunhua [email protected] Pass 2009-06 48 孙友良 Sun Youliang [email protected] Pass 2009-06 49 张兵强 bingqiang zhang [email protected] Pass 2009-06 50 吕芳 Lv Fang [email protected] Pass 2009-06 51 王洁 Wang Jie [email protected] Pass 2009-06 52 王玉 Wang Yu [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 53 石倩倩 Shi Qianqian [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 54 李亚男 Li Yanan [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 55 邢栋 Xing Dong [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 56 高勤芳 Gao Qingfang [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 57 吴芸萍 Wu Yunping [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 58 吕长 Lv Chang [email protected] Pass 2009-06 59 陈颖 Chen Ying [email protected] Pass 2009-06 60 郑晶晶 Zheng Jingjing [email protected] Pass 2009-06 61 何萍 He Ping [email protected] Pass 2009-06 62 何婷婷 He Tingting [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 63 陈光 Chen Guang [email protected] Pass 2009-06 64 汤敏 Tang Min [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 65 陶晓平 Tao Xiaoping [email protected] Pass 2009-06 66 俞佳丽 Yu Jiali [email protected] Pass 2009-06 67 黄加云 Huang Jiayun [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 68 吴春艳 Wu Chunyan [email protected] Pass 2009-06 69 冯晶冰 Fen Jingbing [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 70 孙春菊 Sun Chunju [email protected] Pass 2009-06 71 唐晓菊 Tang Xiaoju [email protected] Excellence 2009-06 72 陈峰琦 Chen Fengqi [email protected] Pass 2009-06 73 宗伟 Zong Wei [email protected] Pass 2009-06 74 沈洪亮 Shen Hongliang [email protected] Pass 2009-06 .
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