Richard S. H. Mah (16 December 1934 – 30 May 2004) was a Chinese-born chemical engineer and professor at Northwestern University in the United States.
Richard S. H. Mah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 December 1934 |
| Died | 30 May 2004 (aged 69) Glenview, Illinois, United States |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical Engineering, Process Systems Engineering |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger Sargent |
Early life and education
editMah was born in Shanghai on 16 December 1934, to parents S. Fabian Soh Pai and E. Shang (Chang).[1] Mah's parents sent him to England in 1950. Mah completed a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham,[2] and received his Ph.D. in 1961 from the Imperial College London under the guidance of Roger W. H. Sargent on process systems engineering.[3] Mah became the first Ph.D. graduate from the Sargent research group.[4] Mah moved to the University of Minnesota in 1961 for his postdoctoral work.[2] Mah married Stella Lee in 1962.[2]
Career
editMah worked for Union Carbide between 1963 and 1967, then Esso. He joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1972 as an associate professor, and retired in 1994 as a professor.[2] Mah was a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers,[5] and received its Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, Ernest Thiele Award, and other divisional awards.[1][5] He was also awarded the American Society for Quality Jack Youden Prize.[5]
Books
editDeath and legacy
editMah died on 30 May 2004 due to a heart attack at the age of 69 in Glenview, Illinois.[5] From 2005, the department of chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern University held an annual Mah Memorial Lecture in his honor.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mah, Richard S. H." Northwestern University. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d Fellers, Li (2 June 2004). "DR. RICHARD S.H. MAH, 69". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- ^ "Academic Tree of Professor Roger W. H. Sargent: Tree". titan.engr.tamu.edu.
- ^ "Academic Tree of Professor Roger W. H. Sargent: Tree". titan.engr.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- ^ a b c d "Richard S. H. Mah". Chicago Tribune. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2020. Alternative link
- ^ Hlavacek, Vladimir (1983). "A review of "Foundations of Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design"Vol. I and II. (Editors, Richard S. Mah and Warren D. Seider), Engineering Foundation, New York 1981, Vol. 1 537 pp. Vol. II. 617 pp". Chemical Engineering Communications. 22 (3–4): 251–252. doi:10.1080/00986448308940059.
- ^ Siirola, J. J. (April 1993). "Chemical process structures and information flows. By Richard S. H. Mah, Butterworth, 1990, 500 pp". AIChE J. 39 (4): 730. Bibcode:1993AIChE..39..730S. doi:10.1002/aic.690390430.
- ^ "Wei honored with Inaugural Richard S. H. Mah Lecture". Princeton University. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Mah Memorial Lectures". Northwestern University. Retrieved 2 June 2020.