Associate Professor of Engineering

Education

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology
M.S. in Public Administration, Harvard University
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

Research Interests

The development of an adjuvant high-throughput screening platform and the discovery of novel adjuvants for clinical trials, novel enzymes for industrial usage and biodegradable polymer as stem cell scaffold for tissue regeneration

Recent Presentations and Publications

Zheng, S., R.L. Beissinger, D.T. Wasan, and L.R. Sehgal, "Ketamine Emulsion System as a Prolonged Drug Delivery System", patent application in preparation/modification, 2009.

Zheng, S., “The Scale-up/Cost Problems in Making Biodiesel from Vegetable Oil”, Citizens Magazine, ISSN: 15346773, pp 13-17, 19, 2, 2008.

Zheng, S., “ROR Analysis on the Investment of Biodiesel as Alternative Fuels”, Citizens Magazine, pp 7-12, 19, 2, 2008.

Zheng, S., and L. Hu., “The Purification Process of Making Bio-fuel from Waste Oil”, Citizens Magazine, ISSN: 15346773, 12: pp 21-25, 2004.

Zheng, S., R.L. Beissinger, D.T. Wasan, and L.R. Sehgal, "A New Technique using Multiple Emulsion for Prolonged Drug Delivery", Emulsions, Foams, and Thin Films, Editor, Kumar, P., Marcel Dekker Publisher, pp121-130, 2001.

Zheng, S., R.L. Beissinger, D.T. Wasan, and L.R. Sehgal, "Ketamine Multiple Emulsion as a Prolonged Drug Delivery System", J. of Dispersion Science and Technology, Vol.20 (1&2), pp235-245, 2000.

Zheng, S., R.L. Beissinger, D.T. Wasan, and L.R. Sehgal, Emulsions, Foams, and Thin Films, Editor, Kumar, P., Marcel Dekker Publisher, pp121-130, 2000. Marcel Dekker; ISBN: 0824703669.

Memberships

Permanent Judge of Chicago Non-Public School System Science Fair.