Professor Kaimin SHIH
Prof. Dr. Kaimin SHIH
Deputy Head of Department
MHKIE, PE, MHKWMA, MOCEESA, MACS, MAEESP, MSETAC
Professor Kaimin Shih received his Ph.D. and postdoctoral training in Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He established “Environmental Materials Research Group” in the Faculty of Engineering at HKU in 2008 to engineer and employ material properties for innovative environmental and energy applications, such as various waste-to-resource strategies, environmentally-friendly materials/products, urban pollution prevention, water and waste treatment technologies, and energy-storage materials. Professor Shih is listed among the HKU Scholars in the Top 1% for his research achievement, and he also received the university’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2014 for his contribution to environmental sustainability education.
EDUCATION
Stanford University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
9/2000-9/2005
Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Science
Areas of Study: Aquatic Chemistry, Environmental Materials, Sludge and Hazardous Waste, Soil Chemistry
9/1999-9/2000
M.S. in Environmental Engineering and Science
Areas of Study: Fate and Transport of Environmental Pollutants, Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
National Cheng Kung University, Department of Earth Sciences
9/1997-9/1999
Ph.D. Student in Environmental Geology and Science
Areas of Study: Environmental Geology, Hydrogeology, Groundwater Contamination and Remediation
M.S. in Environmental Geology and Science
9/1994-1/1997
9/1990-6/1994
B.S. in Geology
EDITORIAL SERVICES
Currently serving as an Editor (Co-Editor-in-Chief) in the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier), and Associate Editors in Waste Management (Elsevier), Sustainable Environment Research (Springer), and Cleaner Materials (Elsevier). Former Editor in The HKIE Transactions (Taylor & Francis) and Associate Editor in American Mineralogist (Mineralogical Society of America).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Immediate-Past-President: American Society of Civil Engineers - Greater China Section.
Immediate-Past-Chairman: Hong Kong Waste Management Association
Past-President: Overseas Chinese Environmental Engineers and Scientists Association
Hon. Secretary: HKIE Environmental Division; Secretary: Asia-Pacific Association of Sustainable Waste Management; Scientific Advisory Panel Member: International Waste Working Group. Advisory/Scientific board members or session organizers in more than 30 international environmental conferences and symposiums. Current members of ACS, ASCE, AEESP, IWWG, and HKIE.
RESEARCH HONOR & AWARDS:
Currently listed as a Researcher in the Top 1% worldwide by citations in the corresponding research field; Co-author of 2015 HKIE Environmental Paper Award; Co-author of HKIE 2014 Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers; HKU 2014 Outstanding Teaching Award; HKU 2013 Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award; Supervisor of 2011 FYP Thesis Winner in HKWMA Waste/Environmental Management Project Competition; Singapore 2007 Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship.