Xiaohua Lu
Biographical Information
Title: Professor
Address:  Department of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, No.5, Xin Mo Fan Ma Lu, Nanjing 210009, China
Telephone:  0086(25) 83067183, Fax:  0086(25) 83588063
msce.njut.edu
E-mail: xhlu@njut.edu Web:
Education:
B.Eng. Chemistry Engineering(First Class Honours), Nanjing University of Chemical Technology, 1982.
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Chemical Technology, 1988.
Professional Experience:
Nanjing University of Technology (China) (Former name Nanjing University of  Chemical Technology) Professor of Chemical Engineering (1993-2006)
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (1990-93)
Lecture of Chemical Engineering (1988-90)
Teaching Assistant of Chemical Engineering (1982-88)
Universitat Kaiserslautern (Germany) :November,1990 - September,1992; July - Augest, 2001
Visiting Professor and Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation at Lehrsturl f. Techn. Thermodynamik. AvH fellowship is the highest rank fellowship in Germany for the young
professors and/or doctors based on the world-wide competition.
MIT-AspenTech Company (USA) Jan.,1996 -Dec,1996
Visiting Professor and Research Fellow of AspenTech Company of USA  which is a leading software company worldwide for process engineering (in Boston)
Fund and Price Awards:
The research fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China in 1990 , 1994, 2002 and 2003.
The Outstanding Professor Award by Chemical Industry Ministry of China,1990.
The Outstanding Young Professor Fund of China,1993.
The Outstanding Young Professor Award and research fund of the Fok Yin Tong Education Foundation, 1992 and 1994.
A silver prize for the Outstanding Science and Technology Progress by Educational Committee of China in 1995.  The Outstanding Young Research Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2000，2004
Publications
A.  Related to Proposed Project
1.Huang Liang-Liang, Shao Qing, Lu Ling-Hong, Lu Xiaohua, Zhang Lu-Zheng, Wang Jun and Jiang Shao-yi
. “Helicity and temperature effects on static properties of water molecules confined in modified carbon nanotubes”Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3836–3844
2.Liu Chang, He Ming, Lu Xiaohua, Zhang Qitu, and Xu Zhongzi. “Separation and control of solid state
reaction process and fiber growth process in the synthesis of potassium dititanate fibers”. Crystal Growth & Design, 2005,5, 1399
3.Ningzhong Bao, Xin Feng, Liming Shen, Xiaohua Lu*, Kazumichi Yanagisawa, “Low-Temperature
Controllable Calcination Syntheses of Potassium Dititanate”,  AIChE J,2004, 50( 7),1568
4.He Ming, Lu Xiaohua, Feng Xin, Yu Lei and Yang Zhuhong. “A simple approach to mesoporous
fibrous titania from potassium dititanate”. Chemical Communication, 2004: 2 202.
5.Jun Wang, Yu Zhu, Jian Zhou, Lu Xiaohua. Diameter and Helicity Effects on Static Properties of Water
Molecules Confined in Carbon Nanotubes. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2004, 6(4): 829
6.Xie, Jingwei, Lu, Xiaohua; Zhu, Yu; Liu, Chang; Bao, Ningzhong; Feng, Xin. “Atomic force microscopy
(AFM) study on potassium hexatitanate whisker (K2O·6TiO2)” ,Journal of Materials Science, 2003,38, 3641
B.  Other Significant Publications
1．Ningzhong Bao, Xin Feng, Liming Shen, Xiaohua Lu, “High Quality and Yield in Potassium Titanate Whiskers Synthesized by Calcination from Hydrous Titania”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 2004, 87, 326. 2．Bao, Ningzhong; Feng, Xin; Yang, Zhuhong;Shen, Liming; Lu, Xiaohua”Highly Efficient Liquid-Phase Photooxidation of an Azo Dye Methyl Orange over Novel Nanostructured Porous Titanate-Based Fiber of Self-Supported Radially Aligned H2Ti8O17·1.5H 2O Nanorod” Environmental Science and Technology,2004, 38, 2729-2736
3．Xiaoyan Ji, Xin Feng, Xiaohua Lu, Luzheng Zhang, Yanru Wang, Jun Shi, and Yanda Liu, “A generalized method for the solid-liquid equilibrium stage and its application in process simulation”, Ind.
Eng. Chem. Res., 41(8), 2040-2046, 2002
4．Jian Zhou, Xiaohua Lu, Yanru Wang, Jun Shi, “Molecular dynamics study on ionic hydration”, Fluid Phase Equilibria., 194, 257-270, 2002
5．Ji, Xiaoyan; Chen, Dongliang; Tao, Wei; Lu, Xiaohua; Wang, Yanru; Shi, Jun “Determination of dissolution kinetics of K2SO4 crystal with ion selective electrode”Chem. Eng. Sci. 56 (24)7017-7024,(2001)
黄小琥资料6．Lu, Xiaohua; Zhang, Luzheng; Wang, Yanru; Shi, Jun; Maurer, G. “Prediction of Activity Coefficients of Electrolytes in Aqueous Solutions at High Temperatures.”Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.  1996,  35(5),  1766-
73.
Synergistic Activities
(a) Developed novel methods for synthesis and characterizing titanian based whiskers, and applied this advanced materials in reinforced composite and photocatalysis reaction; (b) Organizer and on Int. Org. Committees for many Int. Conferences, inc. “Yangtze Conference of Fluids and Interfaces” China,Oct. 12-18,2002; 11th Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design(PPEPPD), Crete, Greece May 20-25, 2007; 12th 2PPEPPD, Suzhou, China, May, 2010.
List of Collaborators
Shaoyi Jiang (University of Washington, U.S.A.); Gerd Maurer (Universitat Kaiserslautern, Germany).
Keith Gubbins(North Carolina State University, U.S.A.);K-Y. Chan (University of Hong Kong)
Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Workers (last five years)
Graduate students (27 total): Xiaoyan Ji, Ningzhong Bao, Ming He, Jun Wang, Xie, Jingwei.
Postdoctoral Scholars (2 total): Chang Liu, Xiaohong Jiang
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied thermodynamics and phase equilibria of electrolytes. Modeling and simulation of industrial process operations with electrolyte. Experimental and theoretical research on electrolyte solution. Surface wettabiliy on membrane and  photocatalyst reaction on titanium dioxide.
Xiaohua LU’s research group is a subdivision of institute of chemistry and chemical engineering in Nanjing University of technology. Our researches are supported by the Natural Science Foundation of
P. R. China. The major research goal in the group is the large scale preparation of ultra-fine low dimension material and the optimization of chemical engineering process for complex system. The objects include electrolyte solution, interface of solid and liquid. To explore and fund the character of sub-micro state and coordinate description of macro state, the methods of molecular simulation, process simulation and characterization of microcosmic structure are used.
In the research area (thermodynamics of electrolyte solution, molecular simulation, synthesis of titanium whisker and its application in composite material), Many paper are published, including AIChE, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. The members in the group also attend many international conferences in US, UK, Germany and Italy. Some members go to USA and Germany to collaborate with local scientists on invitation. The project "the thermodynamics of the mix solvent system for strong electrolyte solution" acquires second-class award for advancement of science and technology from nation educational council and chemical engineering ministry. The project "The research and application of phase equilibrium of the electrolyte solution including reactions" acquires second-class award for advancement of science and technology in china petroleum and chemical engineering .
A new cooperative research project is supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF grant number CTS-0211792) between the Professor Keith E. Gubbins (PI, North Carolina State Univer
sity) and Professors K-Y. Chan (Hong Kong University) and Xiaohua Lu (Nanjing University of Technology, China) to study novel mesoporous carbons using a combination of molecular simulation and experimental (synthesis, adsorption, diffusion, x-ray scattering) measurements. Professor Xiaohua Lu is well known for his research on confined fluids, including a wide range of mesoporous materials and types of host phases.  He will carry out x-ray scattering studies of the mesoporous carbons, and experimental studies of diffusion of adsorbed phases of simple fluids within the pore structure of these materials with dynamic BET measurements and gas chromatography studies. Direct comparisons of the molecular simulation and experimental results will be made, to determine structure-property relationships.
Another cooperative research project is proposed between the Professor Shaoyi Jiang (Washington State University) and Xiaohua Lu (Nanjing University of Technology, China) on molecular simulation studies of fluids in pores, for the Joint Research Fund for Young Scholars in Hong Kong and Abroad (No.20428606) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
These project will add an important international aspect to research already underway at university in United State, and will provide an opportunity to further US-China cooperation in science. The collaboration will be particularly beneficial to young Chinese and U.S. scientists, who will participate in
these international activities, and will broaden their exposure and help them appreciate the importance of multi-disciplinary and international collaborative research.