W.S. Winston Ho

Dr. Winston Ho is University Scholar Professor at the Ohio State University. Before teaching for 14 years, he had over 28 years of industrial R&D experience in membranes and separation processes, working for Allied Chemical, Xerox and Exxon, and serving as Senior Vice-President of Technology at Commodore Separation Technologies. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, USA in 2002. A New Jersey Inventor of the Year (1991), Dr. Ho holds more than 50 U.S. patents, generally with foreign counterparts, in membranes and separation processes. He is Co-editor of Membrane Handbook, recipient of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award for the most outstanding engineering work in 1993. He received the 2006 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology from AIChE, and he was the 2007 recipient of Clarence G. Gerhold Award. He received the 2012 Evans Award in Chemical Engineering Practice from AIChE.