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Lou's Laboratory
 

Helen H. Lou, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX 77710

Phone: (409) 880 - 8207; Fax: (409) 880 - 2197

E-mail: helen.lou@lamar.edu

 

ACADEMIC RANK / POSITION

    • Associate Professor , Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, 2004 - present
    • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, 2001 - 2004
    • Advisor, Graduate Program of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, 2002 - 2004, 2006 - 2009
    • Director, Laboratory for Process Systems Engineering, Lamar University, 2001 - 2008
    • Director, Sustainable Technology Laboratory, 2009 – present
    • Associate Director, Center of Process & Information Technology, Lamar University, 2004 - present

EDUCATION

    • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2001
    • M.S., Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1998
    • M.A., Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2001
    • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hang Zhou, China, 1993

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
    • American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF)
    • Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society)
    • Tau Beta Pi (The Honorary National Engineering Society)

AWARDS AND HONORS

    • University Merit Award, 2009
    • Merit Award, Lamar University, 2004
    • Release-time Research Award, Lamar University, 2004
    • Research Enhancement Grant Award, Lamar University, 2001, 2002
    • Listed, Who's Who in America

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    • Chair, Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF), AIChE, 2010 – 2011
    • Vice Chair, Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF), AIChE, 2007 - 2009
    • Programming Chair, Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF), AIChE, 2005 - 2007
    • Chair, Sustainability Topical, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
      November 16-21, 2008
    • Co-Chair, Sustainability Topical, AIChE Annual National Meeting,
      Salt Lake City, UT, November 4 - 9, 2007
    • Co-Chair, Sustainability Topical, AIChE Annual National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 12 - 17, 2006
    • Co-Chair, Practical Approaches to Sustainable Development Topical, AIChE National Spring Meeting, Houston, TX, April 22 - 26, 2007
    • Member, International Programming Committee to the First International Symposium on Sustainable Chemical Product and Process Engineering, Guangzhou, China, September 25 - 28, 2007.  This symposium is co-sponsored by US NSF and the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
    • Chair, AIChE Process Development Division, Manufacturing Area, 2003 - 2005
    • Chair-Elect, AIChE Process Development Division, Manufacturing Area, 2001 - 2003
    • Vice-Chair, Membership Committee, Sustainable Engineering Forum, AIChE, 2003 - 2005
    • Member, Pollution Prevention and Control Committee (2000 - 2007), Publication Board (2003 - 2007), Scholarship Committee (2005 - 2007), AESF Society
    • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Applied Surface Finishing, 2005 - 2007
    • Member, Houston Tech Collaborative, 2005
    • Member, Pollution Prevention Action Team, U.S. - Canada Joint Commission on Detroit River RAP, 1999 - 2001
    • Panelist, NSF Workshop for Environmentally Benign Manufacturing, Ypsilanti, MI, September 26 - 28, 2002; Birmingham, AL, January 9 - 11, 2003
    • Panelist, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Education, Atlanta, GA, June 8 - 10, 2005
    • Funding Agency Proposal Reviewer, U.S. National Science Foundation, 2002 - present; U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, 2004; National Research Council, South Africa, 2001; Qatar Foundation, 2007
    • Funding Agency Proposal Review Panelist, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. EPA, Texas Emerging Technology Fund Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization
    • University Liaison to Funding Agencies, Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center, Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, 2006 - present
    • Journal Reviewer, AIChE Journal, Chemical Engineering Science, International Journal of Computers & Chemical Engineering, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Chemical Engineering Communications, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, International Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Clean Products and Processes, Journal of Plating & Surface Finishing, ISA Transactions, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems
    • Book Reviewer, Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Cambridge University Press, and World Scientific Publishing Co
    • Keynote Speaker, 7th World Congress on Recovery, Recycling and Re-integration, Beijing, China, September 25 - 29, 2005
    • Co-Chair, Case Studies in Design for Sustainability, AIChE Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6 - 10, 2008
    • Chair/Vice-Chair, Poster Session: Kinetics, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, AIChE Annual National Meeting, 2005 - 2007
    • Co-Chair, Session on Sustainability in Product Design, AIChE Annual National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 12 - 17, 2006
    • Chair, Session on Debottlenecking of Manufacturing Processes, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October 30 - November 4, 2005
    • Co-Chair, Session on Industrial Ecology, LCA, and Sustainability, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October 30 - November 4, 2005
    • Co-Chair, Session on Innovative Feedstocks and Energy Utilization for Sustainable Process Development, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, October 30 - November 4, 2005
    • Chair, Session on Design for Six Sigma and Design for Manufacture, AIChE Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 10 - 14, 2005
    • Chair, Session on Operability & Process Design, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Austin, TX, November 7 - 12, 2004
    • Vice-Chair, Session on Key Factors in Successful Pilot Plant Design and Operation, AIChE Annual National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 16 - 21, 2003
    •  Vice-Chair, Session on Batch Process Simulation and Batch Plant Software Overview, AIChE Annual National Meeting, Reno, NV, November 4 - 9, 2001
    • Chair & Panel Discussion Moderator, Session on Environmental Concerns II, International Technical Conference on Surface Finishing (AESF SUR/FIN), Nashville, TN, June 25 - 28, 2001