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Education | Academic Experience | Industrial Experience | Consulting | Major Professional Experience | Scientific and Professional Societies | Awards and Honors | Current Research Interests | Selected Publications

Ka Ming Ng

Chair Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay
Hong Kong

Email: kekmng@ust.hk
Tel: (852) 23587238
Fax: (852) 23580054

EDUCATION:

• B. S.  Ch.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1976

• Ph.D. Ch.E., University of Houston, Houston, 1980

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

• 1978-80, Instructor, University of Houston

• 1980-86, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts

• 1986-91, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts

• 1991-00, Professor, University of Massachusetts

• 2000-2002, Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts

• 2000-Present, Professor, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

• 1989 Spring, Visiting Scientist, MIT

• 1998 Fall, Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

• 1999 July, Visiting Scientist, National University of Singapore

• 2002, Visiting Professorial Fellow, National University of Singapore

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:

• 1980 Jan., Visiting Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT

• 1995 Aug.-1996 July, Visiting Research Engineer, DuPont, Wilmington, DE

CONSULTING:

• BASF

• DuPont

• Graver Water

• KSE

• Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.

• Mobil

• Morton International

• Rohm and Haas

• G. D. Searle

• Simulation Sciences

• Solutia

• Unilever Research

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• 1986-2000, Founding Member, Process Design and Control Center, UMass

• 2000, Chair, Division Formation Committee, AIChE

• 2001, Director, Established the Consortium of Chemical Products and Processes at HKUST

• 2002, Lecturer, First WebCast, AIChE

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers

• American Chemical Society

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 1992, General Electric Outstanding Teaching Award

• 1998, Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, College of Engineering, UMass

• 1995, 96, 97, 99, 00, 01, Citation of Research in Professional Magazines in 6 Occasions

• 2001, AIChE Certificate of Recognition, Formation of Process Development Division

• 2001-present, Corporate Science and Technology Advisor, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.

• 2002-present, Editorial Board, Korean Inst. Chem. Eng. J.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

High-Value-Added Chemical Processes and Products

Synthesis of Reaction Systems

• Design and optimization of reactors-multiphase, polymerization, etc.

• Integration of reaction system with overall plant design

Synthesis of Separation Processes

• Separation schemes for multicomponent systems

• Crystallization-based separation schemes

Synthesis of Solids Processes

• Manufacture of fertilizers, dyes and pigments, detergents, monomers, catalysts, biochemicals, etc.

• Design of solids processing equipment

Product-Centered Process Synthesis and Development

• Consumer, health-care and pharmaceutical products

• Traditional Chinese medicines

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (1995-PRESENT):

Reaction System Synthesis

• Lerou, J. J., and Ng, K. M., "Chemical Reaction Engineering: A Multiscale Approach to a Multiobjective Task," Chem. Eng. Sci., 51, p.1595-1614 (1996). [This article was featured in Chemical and Engineering News and Chemical Engineering.]

• Kelkar, V. V., and Ng, K. M., "Screening Procedure for Synthesizing Isothermal Multiphase Reactors," AIChE J., 44, p.1563-1578 (1998).

• Samant, K. D., and Ng, K. M., "Synthesis of Extractive Reaction Processes," AIChE J., 44, p.1363-1381 (1998).

• Samant, K. D., and Ng, K. M., "Effect of Kinetics and Mass Transfer on Design of Extractive Reaction Systems," AIChE J., 44, p.2212-2228 (1998).

• Samant, K. D., and Ng, K. M., "Design of Multistage Extractive Reaction Processes," AIChE J., 44, p.2689-2702 (1998).

• Samant, K. D., and Ng, K. M., "Systematic Development of Extractive Reaction Processes," Chem. Eng. Tech., 22, p.877-880 (1999). [Invited.]

• Samant, K. D., and Ng, K. M., "Synthesis of Prepolymerization Stage in Polycondensation Processes," AIChE J., 45, p.1808-1829 (1999).

• Samant, K. D., and Ng, K. M., "Development of Liquid Phase Agitated Reactors: Synthesis, Simulation and Scaleup," AIChE J., 45, p.2353-2373 (1999).

• Kelkar, V. V., and Ng, K. M., "Screening of Multiphase Reactors for Nonisothermal Multiple Reactions," AIChE J., 46, p.389-406 (2000). [This article was featured in Chem. Eng. Tech.]

• Samant, K. D., Singh, D. J., and Ng, K. M., "Design of Liquid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalytic Processes," AIChE J., 47, p.1832-1848 (2001).

• Kelkar, V. V., and Ng, K. M., "Development of Fluidized Catalytic Reactors – Screening and Scale-up," AIChE J., 48, p.1486-1506 (2002).

• Singh, D. J., Samant, K. D, and Ng, K. M., "Design of Homogeneous Biphasic Catalytic Processes," AIChE J., 48, p.1991-2005 (2002).

Crystallization and Separation System Synthesis

• Dye, S. R., and Ng, K. M., "Bypassing Eutectics with Extractive Crystallization: Design Alternatives and Tradeoffs," AIChE J., 41, p.1456-1470 (1995). [This article was featured in Chem. Eng. Progress.]

• Dye, S. R., and Ng, K. M., "Fractional Crystallization: Design Alternatives and Tradeoffs," AIChE J., 41, p.2427-2438 (1995).

• Berry, D. A., and Ng, K. M., "Separation of Quaternary Conjugate Salt Systems by Fractional Crystallization," AIChE J., 42, p.2162-2174 (1996).

• Berry, D. A., Dye, S. R., and Ng, K. M., "Synthesis of Drowning-Out Crystallization-Based Separations," AIChE J., 43, p.91-103 (1997). [This article was featured in Chem. Eng. Progress.]

• Berry, D. A., and Ng, K. M., "Synthesis of Reactive Crystallization Processes," AIChE J., 43, p.1737-1750 (1997).

• Berry, D. A., and Ng, K. M., "Synthesis of Crystallization-Distillation Hybrid Separation Processes," AIChE J., 43, p.1751-1762 (1997).

• O'Young, L., Natori, Y., Pressly, T. G., and Ng, K. M., "A Physical Limitation Based Framework for Separations Synthesis," Comp. Chem. Eng., 21, p.223-230 (1997).

• Chang, W. C., and Ng, K. M., "Synthesis of the Processing System Around a Crystallizer," AIChE J., 44, p.2240-2251 (1998).

• Pressly, T. G., and Ng, K. M., "A Break-Even Analysis of Distillation-Membrane Hybrids," AIChE J., 44, p.93-105 (1998).

• Cesar, M. A. B., and Ng, K. M., "Improving Product Recovery in Fractional Crystallization Processes: Retrofit of an Adipic Acid Plant," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 38, p.823-832 (1999).

• Kelkar, V. V., and Ng, K. M., "Design of Reactive Crystallization Systems Incorporating Kinetics and Mass Transfer Effects," AIChE J., 45, p.69-81 (1999).

• Pressly, T. G., and Ng, K. M., "A Process Boundary Approach for Separations Synthesis," AIChE J., 45, p.1939-1952 (1999).

• Samant, K. D., Berry, D. A., and Ng, K. M., "Framework for Representation of High-Dimensional, Molecular Solid-Liquid Phase Diagrams," AIChE J., 46, p.2435-2455 (2000).

• Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M., "Unified Approach for Synthesizing Crystallization-Based Separation Processes," AIChE J., 46, p.1400-1421 (2000).

• Samant, K. D., and Ng, K. M., "Representation of High-Dimensional Solid-Liquid Phase Diagrams for Ionic Systems," AIChE J., 47, p.861-879 (2001).

• Schroer, J. W., Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M., "Synthesis of Chiral Crystallization Processes," AIChE J., 47, p.369-387 (2001).

• Wibowo, C., Chang, W. C., and Ng, K. M., "Design of Integrated Crystallization Systems," AIChE J., 47, p.2474-2492 (2001).

• Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M. "Visualization of High-Dimensional Phase Diagrams of Molecular and Ionic Mixtures," AIChE J., 48, p.991-1000 (2002).

• Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M. "Visualization of High Dimensional Systems via Geometric Modeling with Homogeneous Coordinates," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 41, p.2213-2225 (2002).

• Wibowo, C., Samant, K. D., and Ng, K. M., "High-Dimensional Solid-Liquid Phase Diagrams Involving Compounds and Polymorphs," AIChE J., 48, p.2179-2192, (2002).

• Schroer, J. W., and Ng, K. M., "Process Paths of Kinetically Controlled Crystallization: Enantiomers and Polymorphs," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 42, p.2230-2244 (2003).

• Harjo, B., Ng, K. M., and Wibowo, C., "Visualization of High-Dimensional Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Phase Diagrams," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 43, p.3566-3576 (2004).

• Fung, K. Y., Ng, K. M., and Wibowo, C., "Synthesis of Chromatography- Crystallization Hybrid Separation Processes," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, p.910-921 (2005).

• Kwok, K. S., Chan, H. C., Chan, C. K., and Ng, K. M., "Experimental Determination of Solid-Liquid Equilibrium Phase Diagrams for Crystallization-Based Process Synthesis," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, p.3788-3798 (2005).

Solids Processing

• Hill, P. J., and Ng, K. M., "New Discretization Procedure for the Breakage Equation," AIChE J., 41, p.1204-1216 (1995).

• Hill, P. J., and Ng, K. M., "A New Discretization Procedure for the Agglomeration Equation," AIChE J., 42, p.727-741 (1996).

• Hill, P. J., and Ng, K. M., "Statistics of Multiple Particle Breakage," AIChE J., 42, p.1600-1611 (1996).

• Hill, P. J., and Ng, K. M., "Simulation of Solids Processes Accounting for Particle Size Distribution," AIChE J., 42, p.715-726 (1997).

• Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M., "Synthesis of Bulk Solids Processing Systems," AIChE J., 45, p.1629-1648 (1999). [This article was featured in Chem. Eng. Progress.]

• Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M., "Operational Issues in Solids Processing Plants: Systems View," AIChE J., 47, p.107-125 (2001).

• Hill, P. J., and Ng, K. M., "Particle Size Distribution by Design," Chem. Eng. Sci., 57, p.2125-2138 (2002).

• Ng, K. M., "Design and Development of Solids Processes – a Systems Engineering Perspective," Powder Tech., 126, p.205-210 (2002). [Invited]

Product-Centered Process Synthesis and Development

• Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M., "Product-Oriented Process Synthesis and Development: Creams and Pastes," AIChE J., 47, p.2746-2767 (2001). [This article was featured in Chem. Eng. Progress.] [This article received the Proc. Dev. Div., AIChE, Best Student Paper Award.]

• Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M., "Systems Engineering Approach to Chemical-Based Consumer Product Manufacture," AIChE J., 48, p.1212-1230 (2002).

• Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M., “Workflow for Process Synthesis and Development: Crystallization and Solids Processing,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 41, p.3839-3848 (2002).

• Fung, K. Y., and Ng, K. M., "Product-Centered Process Synthesis and Development: Pharmaceutical Tablets and Capsules," AIChE J., 49, p.1193-1215 (2003).

• Ng, K. M., and Wibowo, C., "Beyond Process Design: The Emergence of a Process Development Focus," Korean J. Chem. Eng., 20, p.791-798 (2003). [Invited]

• Harjo, B., Wibowo, C., and Ng, K. M., "Development of Natural Product Manufacturing Processes: Phytochemicals," Chem. Eng. Des. Dev., 82 (A8) p.1-19 (2004).

• Ng, K. M., "MOPSD: A Framework Linking Business Decision-Making to Product and Process Design," Comp. Chem. Eng., 29, p.51-56 (2005).

• Lin, S. W., Ng, K. M., and Wibowo, C., "A Visual Approach for Integrating Chemistry Research and Process Design: Separation Processes," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, p.6233-6245 (2005).

• Taboada, M. E., Cisternas, L. A., Cheng, Y. S., and Ng, K. M., "Design of Alternative Purification Processes for Potassium Sulfate," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, p.5845-5851 (2005).

Others

• Ng, K. M., "Teaching Chemical Engineering to Business and Science Students," Chem. Eng. Edu., p.222-225, Summer (2002).

• Ng, K. M., Li, Jinghai, and Kwauk, Mooson, "Process Engineering Research in China: A Multiscale, Market-Driven Approach," AIChE J., 51, p.2620-2627 (2005). [Invited]