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Richard S. H. Mah
Born(1934-12-16)16 December 1934
Shanghai, China
Died30 May 2004(2004-05-30) (aged 69)
Glenview, Illinois, United States
Alma materImperial College London
Scientific career
FieldsChemical Engineering, Process Systems Engineering
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Doctoral advisorRoger Sargent

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.

Early life and education

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Mah 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

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Mah 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

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  • Mah, Richard S.; Seider, Warren D., eds. (1981). Foundations of Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design. New York: Engineering Foundation. 2 volumes[6]
  • Mah, Richard S. H. (1990). Chemical Process Structures and Information Flows. Butterworth.[7]

Death and legacy

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Mah 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

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  1. ^ a b "Mah, Richard S. H." Northwestern University. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Fellers, Li (2 June 2004). "DR. RICHARD S.H. MAH, 69". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  3. ^ "Academic Tree of Professor Roger W. H. Sargent: Tree". titan.engr.tamu.edu.
  4. ^ "Academic Tree of Professor Roger W. H. Sargent: Tree". titan.engr.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  5. ^ a b c d "Richard S. H. Mah". Chicago Tribune. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2020. Alternative link
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Wei honored with Inaugural Richard S. H. Mah Lecture". Princeton University. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Mah Memorial Lectures". Northwestern University. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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