Education
- 1982 B.Sc. in Mining Engineering, Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, PRC
- 1985 M.Sc. in Minerals Engineering, Central-South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, PRC (Supervisors:
- Professors J. Chen and W. Chen)
- Thesis: The adsorption of sulphonated polyacrylamide on and flocculation separation of
- titanomagnetite, ilmenite and feldspar
- 1990 Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
- Blacksburg, Virginia, USA (Supervisor: Dr. Roe-Hoan Yoon)
- Dissertation: A study of hydrophobic interaction in fine particle coagulation
Professional Memberships
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE)
- American Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
- International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (IACIS)
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)