Lua Aik Chong
Professor
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
Biography
Dr. Lua is a Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. He joined the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) as a Lecturer in 1987, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1989 and Associate Professor in 1999 under Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Dr. Lua was promoted to Professor in 2006. He obtained his BEng (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK, in 1976. He then worked as a Process Engineer at Monsanto Electronics Sdn Bhd for more a year. Subsequently, he was awarded a Frank Greaves Simpson Postgraduate Scholarship from the University of Sheffield for his PhD study at the Department of Mechanical Engineering which he obtained his PhD degree in 1982. He continued his research there for another four and a half years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow before joining NTI. Dr. Lua was awarded “The Ernest William Moss Prize for 1989 by The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK” for the paper entitled “A.C. Lua and R.F. Boucher, A study of the parametric effects on magnetic coal cleaning, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Vol 203, No E2, U.K., 1989, pp 93-100”. In 2001, he was awarded the "Notable Mention, Asian Innovation Awards 2001" organized by the Far Eastern Economic Review, in recognition of his outstanding and innovative research in converting oil-palm-shell wastes into activated carbon adsorbents for air and water pollutants.
Research Interest
Activated carbons, mixed matrix composite membranes, gas separation, hydrogen production, catalysts.
Publications
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A.C. Lua and Q.P. Jia*, Adsorption of phenol by oil-palm-shell activated carbons in a fixed bed, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 150(2-3), Ireland, 2009, pp 455-461.
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A.C. Lua and J.C. Su*, Structural changes and development of transport properties during the conversion of a polyimide membrane to a carbon membrane, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol 113(1), USA, 2009, pp 235-242.
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A.C. Lua and T. Yang*, Theoretical analysis and experimental study on SO2 adsorption onto pistachio-nut-shell activated carbon, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Journal, Vol 55(2), USA, 2009, pp 423-433.
