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Professor Chen Guohua elected Chairman of World Chemical Engineering Council

15 Jul 2022

Department and Staff News

Prof. Chen Guohua, Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Professor in Smart and Sustainable Energy, Chair Professor of Energy Conversion and Storage, has been elected the Chairman of the World Chemical Engineering Council (WCEC) in recognition of his distinguished achievements in serving the Council with top quality engineering expertise. Prof. Chen has been the Vice Chairman of WCEC since 2017.

WCEC is the international organization coordinating the academic exchanges among chemical engineers world-wide. It is composed of representatives of the World's leading Chemical Engineering Societies from countries including China, USA, Japan, Australia, Canada, UK, France, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Italy, South Africa, and regional confederations including Asian-Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering, European Federation of Chemical Engineering, Inter-American Confederation of Chemical Engineering.

Professor Guohua Chen is an outstanding chemical engineer, a renowned expert in electrochemical technologies for sustainable development, a highly successful mentor and university administrator. He leads the commercialization of proprietary technologies for energy storage applications, with world leading performance. He has published over 300 journal papers with very top academic impact. He is an assiduous advocate for global collaboration, serving on a number of international councils and editing for prestigious journals, including CanJChE, CJChE, SEPPUR and PSEP. He is a fellow of AIChE and HKIE, respectively. He works enthusiastically in increasing chemical engineering impact globally.

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