RESEARCH INTERESTS 1

YINLUN HUANG

Professor

Director, Graduate Program

Director, Laboratory for Multiscale Complex Systems Science and Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202

Phone: (313) 577-3771

Fax: (313) 577-3810

E-mail: yhuang@wayne.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 1992

M.S., Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 1988

B.S., Zhejiang University, China, 1982

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1992-1993

ACADEMIC RANK

Professor, Wayne State University, 2002 - present

Associate Professor, Wayne State University, 1998 - 2001

Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, 1993 - 1997

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Multiscale Complex System Modeling, Control, and Optimization
Integrated Process Design and Control
Process and Product Synthesis and Integration
Sustainable Systems Engineering and Industrial Ecology
Computational Nanocoating Design
Large-scale System Analysis and Decision Making
Information Processing and Computational Methods
Systems Biology

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF)

American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

National Association of Surface Finishing (NASF)

Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society)

Tau Beta Pi (The Honorary National Engineering Society)

HONORS/AWARDS

Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Department of State, 2008

University Distinguished Professor (Visiting), South China University of Technology, China, 2006 - 2009

Charles H. Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Wayne State University, 2005

Advisor for the AIChE Process Development Division Best Paper Award, 2006.

    Awarded Paper: Xiao, J., J. Li, Q. Xu, H. H. Lou, and Y. L. Huang, "Ant-Colony-System-Based Dynamic

    Optimization for Curing of Polymeric Coating," AIChE J., (52(4), 1410-1422, 2006

Advisor for the AIChE Student National Design Contest Award for the Wayne State University Team (Z. R.

     Kas and M. Manitiu), 2005

     Design project title: Extraction of Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere

     Award Type: The Safety and Health Division Design Award: Best Utilization of the Principles of Inherent Safety

Advisor for the AIChE Student National Design Contest Award for the Wayne State University Team (T.

     Sanders and S. Dupuis), 2003.

     Design project title: Recycling Nitric Acid from a Radioactive Liquid Waste Stream

     Award Type: The Safety and Health Division Design Award: Best Utilization of the Principles of Inherent Safety

Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, Wayne State University, 2001

Career Development Chair Award, Wayne State University, 2000

Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Wayne State University, 1999

DAAD Fellow, Germany, 1996

Faculty Research Award, Wayne State University, 1994, 1995

Minority Faculty Research Award, Wayne State University, 1994

Listed, Who’s Who in the World, 2000

Listed, International Who’s Who of Professionals, 1997

Panelist, NSF Workshop on Environmentally Benign Manufacturing, Ypsilanti, MI, Sept. 25-29, 2001.

Panelist, NSF Workshop on Hybrid Methods for Waste Minimization, Snowmass, CO, July 15-19, 1998.

EDITORSHIP

Editorial Board, J. of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (2007 – present)

Editorial Board, J. of Applied Surface Finishing (2006 – present)

Guest Editor, Special Issue on Sustainable Chemical Product and Process Engineering, Chinese Journal of

    Chemical Engineering, June 2008.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chair (2007 - 2009), Vice Chair and Chair Elect (2005 – 2007), Sustainable Engineering Forum, AIChE

Chair (2004 – 2005), First Vice Chair (2001 – 2003), Vice Chair (1999 – 2001), Process Research & Innovation,

     Process Development Division, AIChE

Trustee, Board of Trustees, AESF Foundation (2007 -)

Chair, Scholarship Board, AESF Foundation (2007 -)

Director, Board of Directors, AESF (2004 – 2006)

Director, Interim Board of Directors, National Association of Surface Finishing (2005 – 2006)

Liaison, Board of Directors to Research Board, AESF (2004 – 2007)

Chair, Membership Committee, Sustainable Engineering Forum, AIChE (2003 – )

President (2001), First Vice President (1999-2000), Chinese American Chemical Society

Member, National Programming Committee, AIChE (2002 –)

Member, Research Board, AESF (2004 - present)

Member, Pollution Prevention Committee, AESF (1998 –)

Member, Publication Board, AESF (2000 –)

Member, U.S - Canada Binational Committee of Detroit River, RAP Pollution Prevention Group (1999 –)

Member, Michigan Metal Finishing Strategic Goals Program Committee (2000 –)

Visiting Professor, Center for Industrial Ecology, Department of Chemical EngineeringTsinghua University, Beijing, China, 3/02 – 6/02

Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technical University Berlin, Germany, 6/96-7/96

Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Process Systems, Technical University Cottbus, Germany, 7/96-8/96

Distinguished Visiting Professor, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, 4/06 - 4/09.

JOURNAL REFEREE

AIChE J.

Chemical Engineering Science

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Int. J. of Computers and Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering Education

Chemical Engineering Communications

IEEE Transaction on Semiconductor Manufacturing

IEEE Transaction on Fuzzy Systems

IEEE Transaction on Plasma Science

Automatica

Environmental Progress

European Journal of Control

European Journal of Operations Research

Advances in Environmental Research

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

J. of Applied Surface Finishing

J. of Environmental Science and Technology

J. of Plating and Surface Finishing

Int. J. of Hazardous Materials

Int. J. of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Int. J. of Electrical Power & Energy Systems

Int. J. of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems

J. of Fluids Engineering

J. of Heat Transfer Engineering

J. of Environmental Management

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

Optimal Control Applications and Methods

 Trans. IChemE: Chemical Process Research and Design

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

FUNDING AGENCY PROPOSAL REVIEW PANELIST

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. Department of State (Science Center)

U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

American Electroplating and Surface Finishing Society

American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Foundation

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

National Research Council, South Africa

CONFERENCES CHAIRED

Committee Member, International Program Committee, International Conference on Modeling, Simulation,

     and Control in the Process Industry, Ottawa, Canada, May 25-28, 1994.

Chair, Session on Computer-Aided Engineering and Data Management, International Conference on

     Intelligent Systems in Process Engineering, Snowmass Village, CO, July 9-14, 1995.

Chair, Session on Environmental Protection, The Second U.S.-China Chemical Engineering Conference,

     Beijing, China, May 19-22, 1997.

Vice-Chair, Session on Practical Applications of Advanced Process Control, The Second International

     Conference on Plant Design and Operations and AIChE Spring National Meeting, Houston, April 9-14,

     1997.

Chair, Session on Product and Process Design and Control, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Miami,

     November 1998.

Chair, Session on Analysis and Synthesis, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Miami, November 1998.

Chair, Session on Advances of Process Optimization, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Dallas, November 1999.

Chair, Session on Batch Processing, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Los Angeles, November 2000.

Symposium Chair of Computers and Process Systems Engineering; and Session Chair of Process Development,

     The 3^rd U.S. – China Chemical Engineering Conference, Beijing, China, September 2000.

Chair, Session on Process Improvement and Innovation, AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans,

     April 2002.

Chair, Session on Batch Process Systems, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 2002.

Chair, Session on Innovative Design Methodologies (No. 123), AIChE Annual National Meeting, Austin, TX,

    Nov. 7-12, 2004.

Member, International Scientific Committee, 7^th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland,

    UK, July 10-14, 2005.

Member, International Scientific Committee, 7^th World Congress on Reuse, Recycle, and Reintegration, Beijing,

    China, September 25-29, 2005.

Member, International Executive Committee, 7^th World Congress on Reuse, Recycle, and Reintegration, Beijing,

     China, September 25-29, 2005.

Chair, Session on Process System Integration II, 7^th World Congress on Reuse, Recycle, and Reintegration, Beijing, China,

     September 25-29, 2005

Chair, Session on Integrating Risk and Uncertainty Analysis in Chemical Manufacturing, AIChE Spring National Meeting,

     Atlanta, GA, April 10-14, 2005.

Chair, Session on Process and Environment III, International Conference on Surface Finishing, St. Louis, MO,

     June 13-16, 2005.

Chair, Session on Design and Operation Under Uncertainty (No. 496), AIChE Annual National Meeting, Cincinnati, OH,

    Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2005.

Co-Chair, Session on Advances in Process Design (No. 445), AIChE Annual National Meeting, Cincinnati, OH,

    Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2005.

Chair, Session on Innovative Feedstock and Energy Utilization for Sustainable Process Development (No. 573), AIChE

    Annual National Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2005.

Chair, Sustainable Engineering in Process Development (12A00), AIChE Annual National Meeting, San Francisco,

     Nov. 12-17, 2006.

Chair, Session on Systems Analysis of Sustainability (TE009), AIChE Annual National Meeting, San Francisco,

    Nov. 12-17, 2006.

Co-Chair, First International Symposium on Sustainable Chemical Product and Process Engineering, Guangzhou,

   China, Sept. 25-28, 2007.

Chair, Topical Conference on Sustainable Engineering, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Salt Lake, UT, Nov. 4-9, 2007.

Chair, Plenary Session on Sustainability, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Salt Lake, UT, Nov. 4-9, 2007.

Chair, Session on Multiscale Modeling in Product Design, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT,

    November 10-15, 2007.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Over 220 since 1988 (selected papers are listed under different research topic titles; some PDF files of the papers

     may be available.)

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Research Scientist, BASF Corp., Wyandotte, MI, Summer 2000

Research Scientist, DaimlerChrysler Corp., Auburn Hills, MI, Summer 1999

Research Scientist, Chrysler Corp., Auburn Hills, MI, Summer 1998