Qi Liu, PhD, PEng

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering Dept

Personal Website: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57816810100

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering Dept
Email
qliu@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-8628
Address
12-285 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 St
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Mineral Processing; Oil Sands Processing; Critical Minerals; Energy Minerals


About

Qi Liu holds a BEng in mineral processing (China) and a MASc and PhD in the same field from UBC. He worked at Wuhan University of Technology and Process Research Associates Limited before joining the University of Alberta in 1998. He is a professor of materials engineering, Ron Nolan/Hatch Chair in Sustainable Energy and Mineral Processing Technologies (2009-2021), and Glencore Chair in Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering.   


Research

Qi Liu's research areas are mineral separation, solid-liquid separation, and metal ion separation. His research covers critical minerals and energy minerals. Current research focuses on homo-aggregation flotation (HAF), a novel process for separation of fine and ultrafine mineral particles; bitumen extraction and enrichment from oil sands; oil sands tailings dewatering using coagulation, flocculation, and filtration; metal ion separation using magnetic sorbents and magnetic separation.