Norman N. Li, born December 28, 1932 in Shanghai, China, is a Chinese American engineer and scientist famous for his inventions and development of liquid membrane technologies.
Education
Li graduated from the National Taiwan University in 1954. Li went to continue his study in the United States, received M.Eng in Chemical Engineering from the Wayne State University in 1957 and Doctor of Philosophy from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1963.
Career
Doctor Li was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the New Jersey Institute of Technology Li worked for Parke-Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 1960, Li was a Lecturer at NJIT. In 1963, Li was a Senior Scientist of ExxonMobil. Li was the Director of the separation technology research institute of Universal Oil Products, and the director of AlliedSignal science & technology dicvision.
Li was the President of the Netherlands Chemical Technology, Incorporated. based in Illinois.
Achievements
Li has been given numerous awards and prizes or his innovation and leadership in membrane and separation technologies, including,
1988, the Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research,
1988, the American College of Surgeons Award of Separation Science and Technology,
the Clarence G. Gerhold Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (American Institute of Chemical Engineers),
1995, the Ernest W. Thiel Award,
2000, the Anime International Company Chemical Engineering Practice Award,
2000, the Perkin Medal from the Society of Chemical Industry,
2001, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Congress of Chemical Engineering,
2001, the Fujimura Award for Lifetime Achievement in International Technology Cooperation and Development
2006, the Founders Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (American Institute of Chemical Engineers).
2013, the Stevens Honor Award from Stevens Institute of Technology
In May 2008, Li was awarded an honorary doctorate by New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The Doctor Norman N. Li Distinguished Lecture in Chemical Engineering at the Wayne State University College of Engineering is named after him.
Li was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering in 1990. Li is also an Academician of the Academia Sinica.
Li was elected Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998.
Membership
Chinese Academy of Sciences]
Li was elected Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998.
Perkin Medal; the Alpha Chi Sigma Award; the Founders Award; Gerhold Award; Lifetime Achievement Award
The Perkin Medal is an award given annually by the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry to a scientist residing in America for an 'innovation in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development'.
The Perkin Medal is an award given annually by the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry to a scientist residing in America for an 'innovation in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development'.