B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. and Sc.D. in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Wei became Dean of Princeton's School of Engineering & Applied Science in 1991 after serving at MIT, as the Department Head of Chemical Engineering and Warren K. Lewis Professor, from 1977 to 1991. Dr. Wei teaches a required course in chemical reaction engineering to juniors in the Chemical Engineering department. He does research in catalysis and zeolites as it relates to environmental problems. Two of his most recent publications are: "Interaction of Nickel Deposits with Catalytic Metals on CoMo/Al203 Hydrodemetallation Catalysts," with Xinjin Zhao, Journal of Catalysis, Vol. 147, No. 2 (1994), and "Nonlinear Phenomena in Zeolite Diffusion and Reaction," I & EC RESEARCH, 33, 2467-2472 (1994). Dean Wei has had more than 100 articles published, and has been editor of several books and journals. He is currently editor-in-chief of Advances in Chemical Engineering, a journal devoted to informing a general audience of major developments taking place in the field of chemical engineering. As an expert on the environmental impact of the chemical industry, he has participated in many governmental panels, such as the National Research Council. Dean Wei has received numerous awards, and has been elected into the ranks of the National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Academia Sinica, to name but a few.
jameswei@princeton.edu
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