Dr. Xu is a Teck Professor at the University of Alberta, a NSERC-Industrial Research Chair in Oil Sands Engineering (2008- 2017), and the Canada Research Chair in Mineral Processing (2006-2017).
Areas of Research:
oil sands engineering
interfacial phenomena in mineral and materials processing
advanced coal cleaning and combustion technology
emission control; nanotechnology
molecular interactions at interfaces
Popular Publications
Handbook on Theory and Practice of
Bitumen Recovery from Athabasca Oil Sands Volume I: Theoretical Basis