Award-winning co-author
Our community is very proud of David Ming, a co-author of ‘Attainable Region Theory: An Introduction to Choosing an Optimal Reactor’, for winning a ‘2019 Most Promising New Textbook Award’ from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA). The 1st edition learning resource, taught in courses in the US, China, India and SA, is based upon his PhD research.
Image credit: Courtesy of 'Youth Village','Research Gate' & "Wiley'.
GAP Innovation Competition Award-winner
David was also a member of the interdisciplinary Wits team, that won first place in the ‘2015 Gauteng Accelerator Programme’ (GAP) Innovations Competition Award (Biosciences category).
The fellow of the 'Royal Academy of Engineering Leaders in Innovation Fellowship' helped start a university spin out project fortifying food and cosmetic products from plant materials using a novel water based extraction process.
Click here to learn more about the plant discovery.
Photo credit: Courtesy of 'Wits Vuvuzela / Mokgethwa Masemola'.
EWB-SA Co-Founder
The visiting senior lecturer of chemical engineering at Wits University co-founded ‘Engineers Without Borders’ (EWB-SA) in 2013, having started the EWB-Wits chapter earlier, and serves as a director of the former. This non-profit company aims at improving society and the environment through engineering programmes and STEM education.
"We have a strong interest in leadership development and personal growth, which is reflected in our motto of “empowering engineers to empower communities”. And because of this diversity, even amongst other EWB organisations, we have a unique approach to social development and the use of technology in society"
Read more from David in an inspiring interview here.
Photo credit: Courtesy of 'EWB-SA'.
"EWB-SA creates opportunities for our members to demonstrate their resilience and resourcefulness in order to achieve fantastic results for the communities we meant to help"
Click here to watch an overview video how David Ming, James Hu and the many others at EWB-SA are activating, generating, using and transferring engineering knowledge that benefits society.
Learn more about the 2014 Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South African (for his contributions in Education) and read here why David is proudly both South African and Chinese.
