David You Hong Pui (; born 27 May 1949) is a Chinese-American mechanical engineer and professor.

Education and career

Pui, a native of

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, earned his bachelor's of science (1970), master's of science (1973), and doctor of philosophy degrees (1975), all in mechanical engineering, from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

, where he later taught as Regents Professor and LM Fingerson/TSI Chair in Mechanical Engineering. Pui has held a Presidential Chair Professorship at the

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (abbreviated as CUHK–Shenzhen or CUHK–SZ) is a university in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It was established under a partnership between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shenzh ...

. In 2016, Pui was elected a member of the

United States National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. It is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), along with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the ...

, " r contributions to aerosol and nanoparticle science and engineering for air pollution control."

World's largest air purification tower

“Pui and his colleagues successfully installed their first air purification tower in China in 2016. As the world's first large-scale air filtration project, the tower relies on solar power to draw in polluted air ... Pui developed the technology in 2014 with the help of Ph.D. student Qingfeng Cao.”

Air cleaning towers in India

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pui, David Living people Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering University of Minnesota alumni American mechanical engineers 20th-century American engineers 21st-century American engineers Chinese emigrants to the United States University of Minnesota faculty Academic staff of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 1949 births Engineers from Shanghai Chinese mechanical engineers 21st-century Chinese engineers 20th-century Chinese engineers Engineers from Minnesota American engineering academics