PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Ruifeng (Ray) Liang

 

 

Education

Ph.D.   1990     Polymer Physics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

M.Sc.   1987     Polymer Physics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

B.Eng.  1984     Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

 

Employment History

1999-Present     Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University (WVU), Morgantown, WV, USA

Research Assistant Professor, Smart Materials Group, Department of Chemical Engineering (2001-)

Project Leader, Constructed Facilities Center (2001-)

Research Scientist working with Prof. RK Gupta, Department of Chemical Engineering (1999-2001)

1990-1998         Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing, China

                        Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics (1996 – 1998)

            Deputy Director, State Engineering Research Center of Engineering Plastics (1995 – 1998)

                        Head of Polymer Processing Group (1995 – 1998)

                        Professor (1996 – 1998)

Associate Professor, Polymer Physics Laboratory (1991 - 1996)

                        Assistant Professor, Polymer Physics Laboratory (1990 - 1991)

 

Visiting Positions

1992 – 1999      Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, UK

                        EPSRC Visiting Fellow (1998 - 1999)

            Royal Society Visiting Fellow (1998; 1992-1993)

                        DTI/National Physics Laboratory Visiting Fellow (1993 –1994)

1996                 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University, China

1996                 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Hebei University, Baoding, China

1995 – 1997      Professor, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

 

Honors and Awards

4th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology (PRCR4, Shanghai, China, August 7-11, 2005), Organizing Committee

      Member and co-Chair for Symposium on Polymer, Composite and Nanocomposite Melts

Sci-Tech Book Award - 1st Place (2002), China PetroChem Ind. Association and 3rd Place (2004), State Press

      and Publication Administration/Copyright Bureau, China

Editorial Board Member, Cross-Century Polymer Science Series, NSF of China, 1998-2001

R & D Team Leader Honor - Haier 1st Place Sci-Tech Award (Gas Assisted Injection Molding, 1998)

Outstanding Researcher (1997, 1996, 1992), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Outstanding Researcher (1992), Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Government

Conference Chair:   Experimental and Applied Rheology, Chinese Society of Rheology, Beijing (1997)

                              Gas-Assisted Injection Molding, Beijing (1997, 1996)

Keynote Speaker:    The 5th National Symposium on Rheology, Chinese Society of Rheology, Beijing (1996)

                              North China Symposium on Chemistry, Chinese Chemical Society, Baoding (1996)

                              National Symposium on Polymers, Chinese Chemical Society, Guangzhou (1995)

Distinguished Young Chemist Award, Chinese Chemical Society (1995)

Best Paper Award, Polymer Physics Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1993)

University Medal and Honor Scholar, Tsinghua University (1984)