Professor K. Shih

Professor (Water and Environmental Engineering)
Professor Kaimin SHIH

BS, National Cheng Kung University
MS, National Cheng Kung University
MS, Stanford University
PhD, Stanford University

 

MHKIE, PE, MHKWMA, MOCEESA, MACS, MAEESP, MSETAC

 

Office: HW 6-30
Phone: +852 2859 1973
Fax: +852 2559 5337
E-mail: kshih@hku.hk
Homepage: https://www.kshih.civil.hku.hk/

 

Teaching Activities
  • ENGG1201 Engineering for Sustainable Development
  • CIVL1012 Environmental Engineering and Fluid Mechanics
  • CIVL3015 Solid Waste Management
  • CIVL6023 Environmental Chemistry
  • CIVL6040 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Engineering
  • CIVL6081/CIVL8011 Advanced Topics in Water and Environmental Engineering
  • ENVM7014 Environmental Quality Management

 

Research Interests
  • Stabilization of hazardous metal sludge/ashes by ceramic materials
  • Novel catalysts and membranes for water purification technology
  • Nanomaterials for sustainable solid waste and energy strategies
  • Soil contamination and remediation techniques
  • Fate and transport of pharmaceuticals and perfluorochemicals
  • Crystallographic studies for nuclear waste immobilization

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects
  • Fabrication of Anti-Biofouling PVDF Water Membrane through Impregnation o Alumina Nanomaterials
  • Pd-In catalyzed reduction of N-nitrosodimethylamine
  • Novel photocatalytic materials and architectures
  • Sorption of Perfluorochemicals on Sediments and Sludge of Hong Kong
  • Spinel Formation in Recycling Sludge-Incineration Ash for Fabrication of Ceramic Materials
  • Study on the Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Solid Deposition and
  • Marine Growth within Saltwater Mains in Hong Kong and Recommendation of Minimization Methods
  • Metakaolin Promoting Metal Incorporation under Thermal Conditions
  • KDS Micronex System for Sludge Drying

 

10 Selected Representative Publications
  • Ma, S.; Leung, K.; Liao, C.; Chang, C.; Zhou, Y.; Chen, S.; Zhao, X.; Zhao, Q.; Shih, K. Green Conversion of Waste Alkaline Battery material to Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 and Its Iodine Capture Mechanism. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2024, 469, 133612.
  • Zhao, Q.; Liu, M.; Moniruzzaman, M.; Shih, K. Quantitative Assessment of the Dissociation Behavior of Eu(III) with Humic Acid Under Varying pH, Ionic Strength, and Pre-equilibrium Period Using a Modified Combined Dissociation Model. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 476, 146932.
  • Xu, Z.; Luo, G.; Fan, Y.; Xia,Y.; Li, J.; Zhang, J.; Shih, K.; Tang, Y. Continuous Degradation of Plasticizer Bisphenol A by Catalytic Cu(FexAl2-x)O4@sediment Ceramic Membranes Combined with Peroxymonosulfate Activation. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 469, 143867.
  • Zhou, Y.; Tang, Y.; Liao, C.; Su, M.; Shih, K. Recent Advances toward Structural Incorporation for Stabilizing Heavy Metal Contaminants: A Critical Review. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2023, 44815, 130977.
  • Meng, Z.; Huang, W.; Gao, L.; Dai, J.; Lu, X.; Liu, J.; Huang, H.; Shih, K.; Tang, Y. Green and Energy-Saving Recycling of LiCoO2 by Synergetic Pyrolysis with Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2022, 10, 12329-12341.
  • Zhou, Y.; Liao, C.; Shih, K.; Tan, G.-Y.A.; Su, M. Incorporation of Lead into Pyromorphite: Effect of Anion Replacement on Lead Stabilization. Waste Management 2022, 143, 232-241.
  • Feng, Y.; Li, Y.; Yang, B.; Yang, Z.; Fan, Y.; Shih, K.; Li, H.; Wu, D.; Zhang, L. Mechanistic Insight into the Generation of High-Valent Iron-Oxo Species via Peroxymonosulfate Activation: An Experimental and Density Functional Theory Study. Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 420,130477.
  • Xia, Y.; Meng, F.; Lv, Z.; Zhang, J.; Tang, Y.; Shih, K. Develop Spinel Structure and Quantify Phase Transformation for Nickel Stabilization in Electroplating Sludge. Waste Management 2021, 131, 286-293.
  • Yang, Z.; Li, H.; Yang, Q.; Zhao, J.; Meng, F.; Feng, Y.; Qu, W.; Yang, J.; Shih, K. Amorphous Molybdenum Selenide Intercalated Magnetite as a Recyclable Trap for the Effective Sequestration of Elemental Mercury. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020, 8, 14955-14965.
  • Zhou, Y.; Zhang, J.; Liao, C.-Z.; Chan, T.-S.; Lu, Y.-R.; Chuang, Y.-C.; Chang, C.-K.; Shih, K. Pb Stabilization by a New Chemically Durable Orthophosphate Phase: Insights into Molecular Mechanism with X-ray Structural Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54, 6937-6946.

 

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