Kwang-Chu Chao
Encyclopedia
Kwang-Chu Chao is an American
chemist
and chemical engineer
.
Chao is the Harry Creighton Pfeffer Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University
. He is also the President of American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation
.
Chao graduated (B.S.) from the Department of Chemistry, National Chekiang University (aka Zhejiang University
) in 1948. He obtained his M.S. (1952) and Ph.D. (1956) both from the University of Wisconsin.
United States
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chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
and chemical engineer
Chemical engineer
In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is the profession in which one works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of products, and deals with the design and operation of plants and equipment to perform such work...
.
Chao is the Harry Creighton Pfeffer Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
. He is also the President of American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation
American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation
The American Zhu Kezhen Education Foundation , is an educational foundation of Zhejiang University based in United States.-Introduction:...
.
Chao graduated (B.S.) from the Department of Chemistry, National Chekiang University (aka Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...
) in 1948. He obtained his M.S. (1952) and Ph.D. (1956) both from the University of Wisconsin.
Works
Books written and edited by Chao:- Phase Equilibrium in Coal Liquefaction Processes (Author: Kwang-chu Chao)
- Equations of State in Engineering and Research (Editor: Kwang-chu Chao Author, Robert L. Robinson, Jr.; ISBN 0841205000, ISBN 9780841205000; Publisher: American Chemical Society; Dec 1979)
- Applied Thermodynamics (Author: Kwang-chu Chao; ISBN: B000HDABIG; Publisher: American Chemical SocietyAmerican Chemical SocietyThe American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
; 1968) - Thermodynamics of Fluid - An Introduction to Equilibrium Theory (Author: Kwang-chu Chao)