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Hao Fong, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of
Chemistry and
Applied
Biological
Sciences
Graduate Program of Materials Engineering and Science
Graduate Program of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Graduate Program of Biomedical Engineering
South Dakota
School of Mines
and Technology
501 East Saint
Joseph Street
Rapid City,
South Dakota
57701-3995
U.S.A.
Phone: 605-394-1229
Fax: 605-394-1232
E-mail: Hao.Fong@sdsmt.edu
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Education
- Ph.D. (Polymer Science) —
The University of Akron, Akron,
OH — 12/1999
Title of Dissertation: The
Study of Electrospinning and the
Physical Properties of
Electrospun Nanofibers
(Advisor: Professor Darrell H.
Reneke,
Ph.D.)
- B.S. (Polymer Chemistry) —
University of Science and
Technology of China, Hefei,
Anhui, P. R. China — 07/1993
Professional
Experience
- Professor – Department of Chemistry and Applied Biological Sciences (CABS), Multidisciplinary Graduate Programs of Materials Engineering and Science (MES), Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (NANO), and Biomedical Engineering (BME), South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T), Rapid City, SD 57701 (7/1/2013 – Present)
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Co-Founder and Vice President – Nanofiber Separations,
LLC, Rapid City, SD 57701
(11/1/11 – Present)
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Associate Professor – Department of CABS,
Multidisciplinary Graduate
Programs of MES, NANO, and BME,
SDSM&T, Rapid City, SD 57701
(7/1/2008 – 6/30/2013)
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Sabbatical (Adjunct Professor) – College of Materials
Science and Engineering, Beijing
University of Chemical
Technology, Beijing, China,
100029 (1/1/2012 – 6/21/2012)
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Assistant Professor – Department of Chemistry,
Multidisciplinary Graduate
Programs of MES, NANO, and BME,
SDSM&T, Rapid City, SD 57701
(6/1/2003 – 6/30/2008)
- Staff Research Scientist – Paffenbarger Research Center of the American Dental Association (PRC-ADA) and/or Polymer Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (11/1/2001 – 5/31/2003)
- Guest Research Scientist (Contract through Universal Technology Corporation, Fairborn, Ohio) – Polymer Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Dayton, OH 45433 (7/1/2000 – 10/30/2001)
- Postdoctoral Fellow – Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325 (10/1/1999 – 6/302000)
Research Interests
- The Materials-processing Technique of Electrospinning and Various Applications of Electrospun Polymer, Ceramic, Carbon/Graphite, Metallic, Composite, and Hierarchically-structured Nanofibers and/or Nanofibrous Materials
Dr. Hao Fong is one of the pioneers and renowned
scientists nationwide/worldwide in the field of
“Electrospinning and Nanofibers”.
Presently, he is a Full Professor (with
Tenure) in the Department of Chemistry and
Applied Biological Sciences at the South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T); he is
also an important faculty member in the SDSM&T’s
multidisciplinary graduate programs of Materials
Engineering and Science (MES), Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering (NANO), and Biomedical
Engineering (BME).
His highest degree is a Ph.D. earned in
1999 from the Department of Polymer Science at
the University
of Akron
(in Ohio), and his Ph.D. advisor is Dr. Darrell
H. Reneker. Prior
to joining the faculty at the SDSM&T in June
2003, he worked as a guest research scientist (i.e.,
on-site contractor) in the Polymer Branch at the
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in the
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and as a staff
research scientist in the Paffenbarger Research
Center of the American Dental Association
(PRC-ADA) and/or the Polymer Division at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) in Maryland, for a total of three years.
From July 2013 to June 2015, Dr. Hao Fong was the youngest Full Professor at the SDSM&T; in 2017, he was awarded the “Presidential Award for Outstanding Professor” (the most prestigious award at the SDSM&T, one awardee per year).
In the recent sixteen years, besides teaching numerous undergraduate and/or graduate courses including “Chemistry Survey (CHEM 106)”, “Organic and Biochemistry (CHEM 108) and its associated lab (CHEM 108L)”, “Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (CHEM 316)”, “Polymer Chemistry (CHEM 426/526)”, “Chemistry of Materials (MES 604)”, “Polymeric Nanomaterials
(NANO 715), “Nanochemistry (NANO 717)”, and “Biopolymers (BME 724)”, he has also managed to establish a vigorous research program on “Electrospun Polymer, Ceramic, Carbon/Graphite, Metallic, Composite, and Hierarchically-structured Nanofibers and/or Nanofibrous Materials and Their Applications”. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the State of South Dakota with the total funding amount (until
April 2019) over $8,000,000. His research activities at the SDSM&T alone have resulted in ~1 50
peer-reviewed journal articles, 18
books and/or book chapters, 8 patents and/or patent applications, and numerous symposium proceedings/presentations.
Eighteen
students have earned their graduate degrees in MES, NANO, or BME under his supervision.
Additionally, he organized two international symposia at the “American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting” and “Materials Research Society (MRS) National Meeting”, edited a book, served as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals and/or funding agencies, and served as a member in several high profile committees/councils at the SDSM&T and/or in the State of South Dakota.
Presently, Dr. Hao Fong’s research endeavors are
primarily focused on the preparation,
characterization, and evaluation of electrospun
polymer, ceramic, carbon/graphite, metallic,
composite, and hierarchically-structured
nanofibers and/or nanofibrous materials for
various applications including, but not limited
to, (1) filtration/separation applications (e.g.,
the separation of biomacromolecules such as
proteins and nucleic acids, air/water
purification, and reverse osmosis), (2)
energy-related applications (e.g., solar cells, batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors), (3)
biomedical applications (e.g.,
tissue engineering, drug delivery, and wound
dressing), (4) microelectronics-related
applications (e.g.,
sensors/detectors and transistors), and (5)
composite applications (e.g., hybrid multi-scale composites and dental restorative
composites).
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