Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Translating Separations Science to Applications
Discussion Leader: David Heldebrant (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Andrew Livingston (Imperial College London / Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom)
"Molecular Separations in Organic Liquids via Membranes"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Eric Schelter (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"New Vistas in the Separations of Rare Earth Elements"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Commodity Scale Chemical Separations
Discussion Leader: Ryan Lively (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Rakesh Agrawal (Purdue University, USA)
"Process Intensification in Distillation"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Meagan Mauter (Stanford University, USA)
"Distilling the Truth: Fundamental Constraints and Engineering Opportunities for High Salinity Brine Treatment"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Ben McCool (ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research, USA)
"Visionary Separations Technologies for the Chemical Industry"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Joan Brennecke (University of Texas at Austin, USA) and Krista Walton (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bioseparations
Discussion Leader: Radu Custelcean (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Richard Crooks (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Continuous Ion Separations by Insertion Processes"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Sehyun Shin (Korea University, South Korea)
"Separation of Microscale Particles and Extraction of Nanoscale Particles"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Membrane Separations
Discussion Leader: Benny Freeman (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Ruilan Guo (University of Notre Dame, USA)
"New Macromolecular Designs for Better Gas Separation Membranes"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Jeffrey McCutcheon (University of Connecticut, USA)
"3D Printed Membranes: Additive Approaches to Tailoring Membrane Properties"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Steven Regen (Lehigh University, USA)
"Facilitated Transport Across Hyperthin Polyelectrolyte Multilayers"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Adsorption-Drive Separations
Discussion Leader: Di Wu (Washington State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Coray Colina (University of Florida, USA)
"Modeling Amorphous Microporous Polymers for Chemical Separations"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Andy Cooper (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
"Designing Organic Separation Materials 'From Scratch' Using Energy-Structure-Function Maps"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Intensified Separations Processes
Discussion Leader: Di Wu (Washington State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Mark Shiflett (University of Kansas, USA)
"Ionic Liquids for Separations of Next Generation Refrigerants"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Tina Nenoff (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
"Scalable Nanoporous Materials for Capture and Detection of Environmental Species"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Dion Vlachos (University of Delaware, USA)
"Separations Needs for Biorefineries"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Selective Capture of Ions
Discussion Leader: Aurora Clark (Washington State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Amar Flood (Indiana University, USA)
"Designer Receptors for Selective and Responsive Separations"
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Designer Sorbents and Solvents
Discussion Leader: Vassiliki-Alexandra Glezakou (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
F. Handan Tezel (University of Ottawa, Canada)
"Different Applications of Adsorption Processes: From Gas and Liquid Separations to Energy Storage and Membranes"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Jared Anderson (Iowa State University, USA)
"Exploiting the Tunability of Ionic Liquids in Chemical Separations: From Sample Preparation to Multidimensional Chromatography"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Edward Maginn (University of Notre Dame, USA)
"A Computer-Aided Molecular Design Approach for the Separation of Azeotropic and Near-Azeotropic Hydrofluorocarbon Mixtures"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Separations in Complex Environments
Discussion Leader: Jason Bara (University of Alabama, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Susan Olesik (Ohio State University, USA)
"Impact of Enhanced-Fluidity Liquids on Analytical Separation Science and Mass Spectrometry"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Krista Walton (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Development and Scale-up of Adsorbents for Harsh Conditions"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure