Huang, Qingqing
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - MINING ENGINEERING
Education
B.S. in Mineral Processing Engineering, Central South University, China
Ph.D. in Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky
P.E., Kentucky Registration
Dr. Qingqing Huang received her bachelor degree in Mineral Processing Engineering
from Central South University (CSU) in 2009 and PhD degree in Mining Engineering
from University of Kentucky in 2016. Dr. Huang received numerous awards and scholarships
during her undergraduate and graduate study. She has published in reputed journals
and presented papers in professional conferences. Due to her paper presented
at the annual conference of Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME),
she was selected and named 2015-2016 SME Henry Krumb Lecturer among hundreds of presenters.
In addition, she has two-year working experience as a research engineer of Ferrous
and Metallurgy department in CSU from 2009-2011. She also has obtained her Professional
Engineer (PE) license in Mining Engineering discipline. She joined the WVU faculty
in March of 2017 as a research assistant professor of Mining Engineering.
Dr. Huang’s research area is surface chemical aspects pertinent to mineral processing,
coal preparation, flotation, explosion mitigation, pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy
for metal recovery from ores. She has specific experience in characterization and
performance evaluation of frothers, collectors and surfactants and additional experience
with iron ore sintering/pelletization and economic evaluation of coal fines pelletization.
Research Interests
Mineral Processing
Coal Preparation
Explosion Mitigation
Extractive Metallurgy
Teaching Interests
Coal Preparation
Mineral Processing
Surface Chemistry
Special Interests
Running and movies
Professional Societies
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
Coal Preparation Society of America (CPSA)