[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 147 (Monday, October 1, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2033-E2034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            DR. THOMAS C. HO

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 1, 2007

  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, the Texas State University System (TSUS) 
recently announced the establishment of the TSUS Regents' Professor 
Award to honor outstanding performance and contributions of its 
professors.
  These ``stars of academia'' bring attention to their campuses through 
their distinguished teaching, accomplishments in research, scholarly 
activities, service at the local, state, and national levels, and 
commitment to their colleges and universities.
  On August 16, 2007, Dr. Thomas C. Ho, a Lamar University Professor in 
the Chemical Engineering Department was one of six outstanding faculty 
members to be recognized as the first recipients of the Regents' 
Professor Award.
  Dr. Ho has had a 25-year long teaching career at Lamar University. 
He, shapes his students through his unique and challenging

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teaching methods and projects. His exceptional student evaluations 
attest to his commitment to their success, and their appreciation of 
his efforts.
  As a member of the AIChE Fluidization Committee, and ASME Industrial 
Waste Committee, Dr. Ho has received numerous teaching awards, 
including the Amoco Teaching Excellence Award, the Lamar University 
Teaching Bonus Award, and the Certificate of Recognition awarded by the 
International Incineration Conference.
  With expertise in thermal treatment of hazardous and industrial 
wastes, fluidization and fluidized bed combustion & incineration, 
metals and sulfur emission control, mercury sorption and desorption on 
sorbents, it is obvious why he received the International Incineration 
Conference's Outstanding Service Award four times.
  Dr. Ho currently has active research projects in metal capture by 
sorbents during fluidized bed technology for metal emissions control; 
development of two-state fluidized bed technology for metal emissions 
control; sorbent technology for multipollutant air emissions control; 
and statistical study of PM-10, PM-2.5, and PM-1.0
  Dr. Ho also has illustrative papers and presentations on metal 
capture during fluidized bed incineration wastes contaminated with lead 
chloride; metal behavior during fluidized bed thermal treatment of 
soil; and adsorption and desorption of mercury on sorbents at elevated 
temperatures.
  Dr. Ho's passion for students, his research projects and 
publications, and contributions to professional societies earned him 
this top honor. I am proud to recognize his contributions in the Second 
Congressional District.
  And that's just the way it is.

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