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Associate Professor

Reginald Beng Joo THIO

Programme Leader, SIT Industrial Doctorate in Engineering
Programme Leader, SIT Industrial Masters in Engineering
Associate Professor
PhD (Chemical Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States
Cluster:
Food, Chemical and Biotechnology
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SIT Appointments

  • Programme Leader, SIT Industrial Doctorate in Engineering
    – Present
  • Programme Leader, SIT Industrial Masters in Engineering
    – Present
  • Associate Professor
    – Present
  • Deputy Programme Director, TUM BSc Chemical Engineering
    –
  • Assistant Professor
    –

Education

  • PhD (Chemical Engineering)
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta , United States
  • Master of Science (Chemical Engineering)
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta , United States
  • Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering)
    University of Wisconsin-Madison , United States

Professional Certification

  • Professional Engineer (Chemical)
    Professional Engineers Board, Singapore

Professional Memberships

  • Tau Beta Pi – National Engineering Honor Society, Member

Corporate Experience

  • Collaboration with TPSC (Singapore) for process optimization
  • Collaboration with Billion Miles (Singapore) Pte Ltd for process optimization
  • Collaboration with A*star-ICES for Enhanced Ops Workstream for the pharmaceutical industry
  • Reviewer: Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
  • Reviewer: Langmuir journal
  • Reviewer: Measurement Science and Technology journal
  • Reviewer: Environmental Science & Technology journal
  • Reviewer: Nanotechnology journal
  • Reviewer: Environmental Engineering Science journal
  • Reviewer: Water Research journal

Research Interests

  • Colloid and Surface Science
  • Interfacial interactions in biological and materials systems
  • Design and fabrication of novel 'green' composite materials

Past Projects

  • SUTD Start-Up Research Grant - S$100,000
    –
    • Jan 2012 – Dec 2014
    • Understanding fine particles’ adhesion to indoor surfaces under environmentally relevant conditions in Singapore and China
       
  • SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC) Grant - S$369,400
    –
      • Aug 2012 – Dec 2014
  • SUTD-ZJU Research Collaboration Pilot Grant - S$50,000
    –
    • Aug 2012 – Jul 2013
    • Water Purification Technologies Using Carbonaceous Iron Sand (CarFeSand) Composite Filters

Journal Papers

  • C.L.C. Tan, S. Gao, B.S. Wee, A. Asa-Awuku, B.J.R. Thio, “Adhesion of Dust Particles to Common Indoor Surfaces in Air-Conditioned Environment”, Aerosol Science and Technology, 2014, 48 (5), pp 541 – 551, (doi: 10.1080/02786826.2014.898835)

  • X. Xu, B.J.R. Thio, J. Cao, “Correlated Local Bending of a DNA Double Helix and Its Effect on DNA Flexibility in the Sub-Persistence-Length Regime”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2014, 5, pp 2868–2873, (doi: 10.1021/jz501290b)

  • S.Y. Yeo, S. Choi, V. Dien, Y.K. Sow-Peh, G. Qi, T.A. Hatton, P.S. Doyle, B.J.R. Thio, "Using Magnetically Responsive Tea Waste to Remove Lead in Waters under Environmentally Relevant Conditions," PLoS ONE, 2013, 8(6): e66648 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066648)

  • X. Xu, H. Ge, C. Gu, Y.Q. Gao, S. S. Wang, B.J.R. Thio, J. T. Hynes, X. S. Xie, J. Cao, "Modeling Spatial Correlation of DNA Deformation: DNA Allostery in Protein Binding," J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117 (42), pp 13378–13387, (doi: 10.1021/jp4047243)

  • B.J.R. Thio, M.O. Montes, M.A. Mahmoud, D. Lee, D. Zhou, A.A. Keller, “Mobility of Capped Silver Nanoparticles under Environmentally Relevant Conditions,” Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012, 46 (13), pp 6985 - 6991 (doi: 10.1021/es203596w)

  • B.J.R. Thio, D. Zhou, A.A. Keller, “Influence of natural organic matter on the aggregation and deposition of titanium dioxide nanoparticles onto silica,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011, 189, pp 556 – 563 (doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.072)

  • B.J.R. Thio, K.K. Clark*, A.A. Keller, “Magnetic pollen grains as sorbents for facile removal of organic pollutants in aqueous media,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011, 194, pp 53 – 61 (doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.07.070) (*Co-first authors)

  • B.J.R. Thio*, J.H. Lee*, J.C. Meredith, A.A. Keller, “Measuring the influence of solution chemistry on the adhesion of Au nanoparticles to mica using colloid probe atomic force microscopy,” Langmuir, 2010, 26 (17), pp 13995 – 14003 (doi:10.1021/la1020516) (*Co-first authors)

  • V. Blasucci, R. Hart, V.L. Mestre, D.J. Hahne, M. Burlager, H. Huttenhower, B.J.R. Thio, P. Pollet, C.L. Liotta, C.A. Eckert, “Single component, reversible ionic liquids for energy applications,” Fuel, 2010, 89 (6), pp 1315 – 1319 (doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2009.11.015)

  • J.H. Lee, B.J.R. Thio, T.H. Bae, J.C. Meredith, “Role of Lewis Basicity and van der Waals Forces in Adhesion of Silica MFI Zeolites (010) with Polyimides,” Langmuir, 2009, 25 (16), pp 9101 – 9107 (doi: 10.1021/la9006313)

  • B.J.R. Thio, J.H. Lee, J.C. Meredith, “Characterization of ragweed pollen adhesion to polyamides and polystyrene using atomic force microscopy,” Environ. Sci. Technol., 2009, 43 (12), pp 4308 – 4313 (doi:10.1021/es803422s)

  • B.J.R.Thio, J.C. Meredith, “Quantification of E. coli adhesion to polyamides and polystyrene with atomic force microscopy,” Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2008, 65, pp 308 – 312 (doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2008.05.005)

  • B.J.R. Thio, J.C. Meredith, “Measurement of polyamide and polystyrene adhesion with coated-tip atomic force microscopy,” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2007, 314, pp 52 – 62 (doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2007.05.029)