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Dr. Youqing Fei, center, research scientist, shows a section of a tiny extruded carbon fiber rod – lighter than a feather but very strong – to Dr. Zhrongren Yue, research associate professor, left, and Dr. Ahmad Vakili, who heads carbon fiber research at the Space Institute.
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Dr. Zhongren Yue
Research Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
University of TN Space Institute
Tullahoma, TN 37388-9700
Phone: (931) 393-7362
Lab: (931) 393-7344
Fax: (931) 393-7530
zyue@utsi.edu
Education
1984 - BS in Chemical Engineering, Hefei Univ. of Technology, China
1987 - MS in Polymer Science, Univ. of Science and Technology of China
1995 - PhD in Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University
Professional Experience
Jan, 2007 - Current, Research Associate Professor at University of Tennessee Space Institute
2003 - 2006, Research Scientist, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1998 - 2002, Post-doc Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1995 - 1997, Assistant Professor at the Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University
1987 - 1992, Assistant Researcher in Polymer Materials Institute, Anhui University, China
Research Interests
High-performance carbon fibers
Fiber reinforced composites
High surface area, porous materials
Advanced materials for water and air purification
Courses
MSE 552 - Fiber Science
MSE 540 - Basic Polymer Chemistry
Patents
“Activated Organic Coatings on Fiber Substrates”. James Economy, Christian Mangun, and Zhongren Yue, US Patent No.: 6517906.
“High Surface Area Ceramic Coated Fibers”. Jian-Ku Shang, Rongcai Xie, Zhongren Yue and James Economy US Patent application No: 10/797,582.
“Preparation of Natural Fiber-based Activated Carbon Fiber”. Hanmin Zeng, Yun Lu, and Zhongren Yue, China Patent No.: 97108889.6.
“Preparation of Nanoparticles of Noble Metals by Solid/Liquid Oxidation-reduction Method”, Hanmin Zeng, Rong Zeng, and Zhongren Yue, China Patent No.: 99117154.3.
Recent Publications
Jinwen Wang, Zhongren Yue and James Economy, “Proton-conducting composite membrane derived from sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) and polyacrylonitrile”, Journal of Membrane Science, 2007, 291, 210-219
Zhongren Yue, James Economy, Kishore Rajagopalan, Gary Bordson, Marv Piwoni, Li Ding, Vernon L. Snoeyink, and Benito J. Mariñas. Chemically Activated Carbon on a Fiberglass Substrate for Removal of Trace Atrazine from Water. J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16(33), 3375 - 3380
Zhongren Yue and James Economy. Synthesis of Highly Mesoporous Carbon Pellets from Carbon Black and Polymer Binder by Chemical Activation. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2006, 96, 314-20.
Jinwen Wang, Zhongren Yue, Ince Jeffrey, and James Economy. Preparation of Nanofiltration Membranes from Polyacrylonitrile Ultrafiltration Membranes, Journal of Membrane Science, 2006. 286, 333-41.
Zhongren Yue, J. Economy and Gary Bordson, “Preparation and Characterization of NaOH-Activated Carbons from Phenolic Resin”. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006, 16, 1456-61.
Zhongren Yue and J. Economy. “Nanoparticle and Nanoporous Carbon Adsorbents for Removal of Trace Organic Contaminants from Water”. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2005.7(4), 477-87.
Zhongren Yue, Kelly R. Benak, Jinwen Wang, Christian L.Mangun and James Economy. “Elucidating the Porous and Chemical Structures of ZnCl2 - Activated Polyacrylonitrile on Fiberglass Substrate” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2005. 15, 3142-48.
Zhongren Yue, Christian L. Mangun and James Economy. “Characterization of Surface Chemistry and Pore Structure of H3PO4 - Activated Poly(vinyl alcohol) Coated Fiberglass” Carbon 2004, 42, 1973-82.
James Economy and Zhongren Yue, “ Advanced Materials for Water Purification” IUMRS Facets, 2003, 2(3), 8-11.
Zhongren Yue, James Economy and Christian L. Mangun. “Preparation of fibrous porous materials by Chemical activation 2. H3PO4 Activation of Polymer Coated Fibers”, Carbon, 2003, 41, 1809-1817.
Zhongren Yue, Christian L. Mangun and James Economy. “Preparation of fibrous porous materials by Chemical activation 1. ZnCl2 Activation of Polymer Coated Fibers”, Carbon , 2002, 40(8), 1181-1191.
Lourdes Dominguez, Zhongren Yue, James Economy and Christian Mangun.” Design of polyvinyle alcohol mercaptyl fibers for arsenite chelation”, Reactive & Functional Polymers, 2002 , 53, 205-215.
Recent Presentations
Zhongren Yue, Jinwen Wang, Samantha E. Bender, and James Economy, “Design of chemically-activated materials for improved removal of Cr(VI) from water” ENVR 121, Remediation Technologies for Chromium, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.
Zhongren Yue, James L. Langer, and James Economy, “Removal of trace formaldehyde from air and water using porous materials”. SUST 83, Sustainability of Energy, Food, and Water, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.
Zhongren Yue, Mojgan Zavareh, Conrad W. Ingram, and James Economy, “Sulfonated ACF on fiberglass for Pb2+ removal from water”. SUST 155, Sustainability of Energy, Food, and Water, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.
Jinwen Wang, Zhongren Yue, and James Economy, “Preparation of polyelectrolyte multilayer films consisting of sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) which alternates with various anionic layers”. SUST 59. Sustainability of Energy, Food, and Water, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.
Gordon N. Nangmenyi, James Economy, and Zhongren Yue. “Characterization of a novel bactericidal material consisting of Ag on a fiberglass substrate”. SUST 43, Sustainability of Energy, Food, and Water, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.
Zhongren Yue, James Economy, Li Ding, Vernon L. Snoeyink, and Benito J. Mariñas. “Design of Micro-Mesoporous Materials for Removal of Trace Organic Contaminants from Water.” NSF Water CAMPWS Annual Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, April 13-15, 2005.
Li Ding, Vernon L. Snoeyink, Benito J. Mariñas, Zhongren Yue, James Economy, “Effect of pore size distribution of activated carbon on the competitive adsorption between trace contaminant and natural organic matter”. NSF Water CAMPWS Annual Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, April 13-15, 2005.
P.Wu, R.. Xie, Z. Yue, J. A. Imlay, James Economy and J. Shang. “Antimicrobial fibers based on visible-light photocatalysts”. NSF Water CAMPWS Annual Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, April 13-15, 2005.
Yue, Zhongren; Economy, James; Rajagopalan, Kishore; Bordson, Gary; Piwoni, Marv. “Removal of trace amounts of atrazine from water using porous carbons coated on a fiberglass substrate”. 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 22-26, 2004.
Yue, Zhongren; Economy, James; Rajagopalan, Kishore; Bordson, Gary; Piwoni, Marv. “High surface area, mesoporous fibers for removal of organics from water”. 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 22-26, 2004.
Wang, Jinwen; Yue, Zhongren; Economy, James. “Proton-conducting composite membrane derived from sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) and polyacrylonitrile”. Division of Fuel Chemistry. 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 22-26, 2004.
Zhongren Yue. James Economy, Kishore Rajagopalan. “Development of Advanced Adsorption Systems for Water Purification”, (poster) P#19. CNST Nanotechnology in Homeland Security Worship, May 6-7, 2004, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Zhongren Yue. James Economy. “Development of Advanced Nanoporous Carbon-based Systems for Removal of Various Toxic Contaminants in Water”. (poster)P#20. CNST Nanotechnology in Homeland Security Worship, May 6-7, 2004, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Zhongren Yue. James Economy, Kishore Rajagopalan , G. Bordson and M. Piwoni. “The Removal of Atrazine from Water to Below USEPA MCL by Using Nanoporous Activated Carbon Filters”. (poster)P#21. CNST Nanotechnology in Homeland Security Worship, May 6-7, 2004, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Zhongren Yue , Christian L. Mangun and James Economy, “Surface Chemistry of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Coated Fiberglass Activated with H3PO4”, Symposia Papers Presented Before the Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society, New York, NY. September 7-11, 2003
Zhongren Yue, Katherine E. Pripusich-Sienkiewicz, and James Economy, “Synthesis and Characterization of Porous Inorganic Fibers Templated from ACF’s”, Symposia Papers Presented Before the Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society, New York, NY. September 7-11, 2003
James Economy and Zhongren Yue , “Recent Progress on Advanced Adsorption Systems for removal of Trace contaminants in water”, Symposia Papers Presented Before the Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society, New York, NY. September 7-11, 2003.
Zhongren Yue, James Economy. “CO2 adsorption using pan-based microporous materials on fiber glass”. Pre-Print Archive - American Institute of Chemical Engineers, [Spring National Meeting], New Orleans, LA, United States, Mar. 11-14, 2002 37-40.
Dr. Youqing Fei
yfei@utsi.edu
Dr. Fei earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Dalian University of Technology in Dalian, China, in 1984. His master’s degree and Ph.D., both in Materials Science, were earned at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan in 1988 and 1991 respectively.
His 15 years of experience in research and development of advanced carbon fibers and composites have included serving as director of Fiber Technology and Products with the MER Corporation in Tucson, Ariz. As senior staff engineer with ConocoPhillips in Ponca City, Okla., Fei has developed solutions to varied challenges for current and “next generation” technologies.
As senior program manager at Harper International in Buffalo, N.Y., Fei was responsible for developing new processing technologies for large-scale production of carbon fibers. Other experience included his being a member of the research staff at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and a research scientist at University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research. As a post-doctoral Fellow, he led and managed projects funded by the Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory on multi-dimensional carbon fibers and reinforced carbon composites for nuclear fusion applications.
Fei is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Carbon Society and the Carbon Society of Japan. He has authored nearly 50 papers in journals and conference proceedings and a chapter in a book and holds several patents. |
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