Title: Surface Functionalization and Application of Magnetic Particles

Speaker: Professor Zhehe Xu，Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering，University of Alberta，

Time: 10:00 a.m., December 30, 2013

Venue: Shaw Building of Humanities,  SCUT North Campus

Sponsor: School of Materials Science and Engineering

Introduction to Professor Zhenghe Xu:

Professor Xu is NSERC Industry Research Chair in Oil Sands Engineering, and Canada Research Chair in Mineral Processing.

Research Areas: interfacial phenomena in mineral and material processing; advanced coal cleaning combustion and technology emission control; nanotechnology; atomic force microscopy at interfaces

Research Interests

·         Engineering of nano particles and composites for bio- and environmental applications

·         Interfacial phenomena in minerals and materials processing

·         Surface and interface characterization

·         Advanced combustion technology

·         Mercury emission control in coal combustion

·         Industrial effluent management

·         Fine particle processing

·         Oil sands processing