Education & Memberships

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)