The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) has collaborated with a number of universities from the Asia Pacific region. See below for a list of professors and their projects in the region.
- Professors John Grace and Xiatao Bi are collaborating with the China University of Petroleum in a 3-year “111″ project of Chinese Ministry of Education on multiphase chemical reactors for heavy oil processing from 2008 to 2011.
- Professor Xiatao Bi collaborated with the Institute of Processing Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, in a 3-year “International innovation team” project of Chinese Academy of Science on multiscale approaches on complex multiphase systems from 2005-2008.
- Professor John Grace is involved in an ongoing collaboration with Dr. Yusumi Nagahashi of Kochi National College of Technology, Japan on fluidized bed fundamentals and applications.
- Professor Emeritus Norman Epstein and Professor John Grace are collaborating with Professor Dong Hyun Lee of SungKyunKwan University in South Korea on fundamental research.
- Professors Jim Lim and John Grace are involved in continuing interaction and research collaboration with the Korea Institute of Energy Research in Daejon, South Korea.
- Professor James Feng collaborated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), Polymer Engineering Dept., on reactive blending in polymer composites (the interaction lasted for 3 years). During that period, faculty and students visited in both directions.
For more information on research from CHBE, please visit their website at http://www.chbe.ubc.ca/research/index.php.
