SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ZEOLITE MEMBRANES |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. C. Munson (ChevronTexaco, Inc.) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Professor R. Noble (University of Colorado)
"Applications of Isomorphously Substituted Zeolite Membranes" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Professor K. Okamoto (Yamaguchi University)
"Pervaporation using Zeolite Membranes: An Industry / University Collaboration" |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | POLYMER MEMBRANE FUNDAMENTALS |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. John Pellegrino (Santa Fe Science and Technology) |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Professor A. Hiltner (Case Western Reserve University) "Oxygen Transport as a Solid State Structure Probe" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break and Group Photograph |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Professor D. Gin (University of Colorado)
"Cross-linked Amphiphilic Liquid Crystal Assemblies as Novel Nanoporous Separation Materials" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Professor T. Barbari (University of Maryland)
"Membrane Transport Models Based on the "Chemical" Theory of Solutions" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #1 (Posters available for browsing) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. R. Prasad (Hewlett-Packard, Inc.) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Professor W. Arnold (University of Minnesota)
"Reactive Membrane Barriers as Landfill Liners" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Professor G. Lipscomb (University of Toledo)
"Why Don't Hollow Fiber Membrane Gas Separation Modules Perform as Well as they Should?" |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MEMBRANES IN FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Professor P. Pintauro (Tulane University) |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Professor M. Mulder (Twente University)
"Materials for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: An Assessment" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Dr. T. Zawodzinski (Los Alamos National Laboratory) "'Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells'" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Dr. D. Edlund (Idatech, Inc.)
"Small-Scale Hydrogen Purification for Fuel Cell Applications" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #1 (Authors present for discussion) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TRANSPORT THROUGH HUMAN SKIN |
| Discussion Leader: Prof. Benny Freeman (Univ. of Texas - Austin) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Professor A. Bunge (Colorado School of Mines)
"A New Look at the Membrane that Surrounds Us" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Dr. J. Tamada (Cygnus, Inc.)
"Transport Across Skin Under the Influence of Electric Fields" |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INDUSTRY / UNIVERSITY / GOVERNMENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH - I |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. T. Chapman (National Science Foundation) |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Professor T. Tsotsis (University of Southern California) "The Preparation of Microporous Membranes for H2 and CO2 Separations" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Professor A. Greenberg (University of Colorado)
"Development of an Acoustic Technique for Evaluating Membrane Morphology and Fouling" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Professor M. Wessling (University of Twente)
"Percolation in Polymer Nanofoams" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #2 (Posters available for browsing) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | INDUSTRY / UNIVERSITY / GOVERNMENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH - II |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. R. Beyerlein
(National Institute of Standards & Technology) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Dr. I. Pinnau (MTR, Inc.)
"Novel Perfluorinated Polymer Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separation" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Dr. S. Kloos (Osmonics, Inc.)
"Development of Solvent Resistant Membranes as Part of a NIST-ATP Award" |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MIXED-MATRIX MEMBRANES |
| Discussion Leader: Professor E. Marand (Virginia Tech) |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Professor W. Koros (Georgia Tech)
"Opportunities and Challenges in Applying Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Membrane Materials to Advanced Gas Separations" |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:30 am | Dr. Santi Kulprathipanja (UOP, Inc.)
"Mixed-Matrix Membrane Development" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Professor S. Tantekin-Ersolmaz (Istanbul Technical University) "Advances in Zeolite-Polymer Mixed Matrix Gas Separation Membranes" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #2 (Authors present for discussion) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE SESSION & BUSINESS MEETING |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. P. Bryan (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Dr. R. Baker (MTR, Inc)
"Future Directions in Membrane Separation Applications" |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |