PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & RESEARCHES
| Co Editor-in-Chief (with Benjamin Y.H. Liu), Handbook of Micro and Nanoparticles, Scheduled for publication June, 2007 (Springer Publishing) | |
| Distinguished Seminar Series, School of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics, University of Electronic Sience and Technology of China, Chengdu, China (2005-06) | |
| Founding President, American Association for Aerosol Research (83-86) | |
| Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Aerosol Science and Technology (83-92) | |
| Americas Editor, Journal of Nanoparticle Research ( 2001- Present) | |
| Co Chairman, US/Japan Workshop on High Temperature Superconductivity ( 1991- 2003) | |
| Appointed Member, NSF Panel on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (1998-2000) (Chairman:Mihail Roco) | |
| Invited Member, and session chair on nanomateials, the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE-USA) delegation to Beijing, China for the Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC) on nanomaterials (SATEC 04) | |
| Invited Member, and session chair on Nanotechnology, Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE-USA) delegation to Taipei, Taiwan for the Modern Engineering and Technology Seminar (METS 04) | |
| Member, IEEE subcommittee on K-12 technology education (1999-2002) |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Control technology for nanoparticles, generation and characterization of nano and micron particles, hydrogen storage of hydrogen in carbon nanotubes, high temperature superconductivity, microelectromechanical systems, web-based technology education.
RESEARCH MENTORING AND SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
| 1. | During his career, advised 16 postdocs (2 F, 1 U), and 31 Ph.D.graduates (3F, 1U) (F =Female, U = Under-represented Groups) |
| 2. | Organized the Center for Innovation in Engineering Learning for the development of web-based instructional materials for high school students (NSF sponsored) |
| 3. | Appointed to Honorary Professorships at Sun Yat Sen University (Guangzhou, China) and the Shenyang Metal Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
| 4. | Member, U.S. Delegation International Superconductivity International. Superconductivity Industry Summit (ISIS) (1993-1996)). |
| 5. | Member, delegation to the Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers & Scientists Association (OCEESA)/Taiwan EPA Meeting on Air Pollution Legislations (organized by Dr. Jentai Yang 1996) |
| 6. | Co-chair (with Dr. Jentai Yang), OCEESA/Taiwan EPA Symposium on Air Pollution Control and Legislation (1997) |
| 7. | Chair, Task Force on New York State Maglev Research and Development, (1992 - 1993). |
| 8. | Member, NSF Review Panel, Presidential Faculty Fellow Program, (1992 - 1996). |
| 9. | Member, National Industrial Working Ad hoc Group on Superconducting Power Applications, (1991-1997). |
| 10. | Member, Superconductivity Coordination Council for Electric Power (SC3EP), EPRI, DOE, (1989 - 1996). |
| 11. | Member, Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee on Laser Obscuration Science of CRDEC, Department of Army, (1988 - 1990). |
| 12. | International Aerosol Congress Member, Conference Committee (1984 - 1988). |
| 13. | Committee of U.S. Army Basic Research Member, (1985-1988). |
| 14. | EPRI Peer Review Committee Member, (1983 - 1988). |
| 15. | National Science Foundation Workshops on Research Needs in Submicron Particles Chairman, 1982, Co-chairman, (1983, 1984). |
| 16. | U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Member, Peer Review Program (1982 - 1987). |
| 17. | Appointed member of the U.S. delegation on Nuclear Aerosol to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Paris (1985) |
| 18. | Appointed member of the U.S. delegation to the former Soviet Union on energy conversion (1982) |