Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session: Membrane Materials and Processes |
| Discussion Leader: Kerri Hickenbottom (Humboldt State University, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Andrew Livingston (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) "Liquid Permeation Through Thick and Thinner - Speedy Membranes, Fast Processes?" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Thomas Epps (University of Delaware, USA) "Engineering Nanostructured Membranes Through Macromolecular Design: Tapered Block Copolymers for Lithium Battery Electrolytes" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Membranes for Water Treatment |
| Discussion Leader: William Phillip (University of Notre Dame, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Meagan Mauter (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) "Processes and Materials for Aqueous Separations with Low-Temperature Heat" |
9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:25 am | Baoxia Mi (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Layer-Stacked Graphene Oxide Membrane for Water Purification: Uniqueness and Opportunity" |
10:25 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 11:10 am | Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 11:45 am | Hyung Gyu Park (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) "Permeation and Selectivity of Membranes out of Low-Dimensional Materials and Nanomanufacturing" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Youngbin Baek (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) "A Facile Surface Modification by Polydopamine Under UV Irradiation for Water Treatment Membrane" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Md. Shahidul Islam (Concordia University, Canada) "Highly Effective Microfiltration Membrane Based on Electrospun Nylon 6/SiO2 Composite" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Power Hour |
| The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring. |
| Organizer: Isabel Escobar (University of Kentucky, USA) |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Modeling Membrane Transport |
| Discussion Leader: Sylvie Neyertz (University of Savoy, France) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Rich Lueptow (Northwestern University, USA) "Ångström-Scale Molecular Interactions in Reverse Osmosis Membranes" |
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:55 pm | David Sholl (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) "Quantitative Prediction of Adsorption and Diffusion in Crystalline Materials via Modeling - Is the Dream Reaching Fruition?" |
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Nitish Mittal (University of Minnesota, USA) "Conceptual Process Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of Zeolite Membrane-Based Separation Systems" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Gas Separation Membranes |
| Discussion Leader: J.R. Johnson (SABIC, Saudi Arabia) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Andre Beyer (Bielefeld University, Germany) "Carbon Nanomembranes (CNMs): Mechanics and Gas Permeation" |
9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:25 am | Ryan Lively (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) "Water, Gases, Organic Liquids: How 60 Years of Membrane Research Enabled Organic Solvent Reverse Osmosis" |
10:25 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 11:10 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 11:45 am | Ho Bum Park (Hanyang University, South Korea) "Graphene-Based Membranes: From Strategy to Reality into Actual Separation Process" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Michael Alders (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) "Chilled Membranes: How a Temperature Decline Can Improve Gas Permeation Processes" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Ramy Swaidan (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia) "Tuning Hybrid PIM-PI-OH/Z-MOF-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Highly Efficient C3H6/C3H8 Separation" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Inorganic Membranes |
| Discussion Leader: Jerry Lin (Arizona State University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Kang Li (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) "Ceramic Membranes for Separation and Reaction" |
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:55 pm | Arian Nijmeijer (University of Twente, The Netherlands) "Inorganic Membranes in the Petrochemical Industry" |
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Zachary Smith (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Gas Transport and Mechanical Properties of Mixed-Matrix Membranes Formed with M2(dobdc) Nanoparticles" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | The Business of Membranes |
| Discussion Leader: David LaMonica (Rochem Americas Inc., USA) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Hans Wijmans (Membrane Technology and Research, Inc., USA) "Do You Need a Good Membrane to Be in the Membrane Business?" |
9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:25 am | Robert McGinnis (Nagare Water, USA) "Water Tech Startups in a Software Tech World" |
10:25 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 11:10 am | Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 11:45 am | MaryTheresa Pendergast (Oasys Water, USA) "Forward Osmosis: From Ideation to Commercialization" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Lingling Xia (University of Connecticut, USA) "Application of Trimethylamine-Carbon Dioxide in Osmotic Heat Engine for Power Generation" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Chad Gilmer (University of Iowa, USA) "Easily Tunable Poly(epoxy) Membranes to Separate Organic Molecules" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 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 | Biological, Biomimetic, and Biomedical Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Zydney (Pennsylvania State University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Claus Helix-Nielsen (Aquaporin, Denmark) "Biomimetic Membranes: Design Strategies and Applications" |
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:55 pm | Bruce Hinds (University of Washington, USA) "Electrodynamically Pumped Bio-Mimetic Membrane Systems" |
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Yuexiao Shen (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) "Highly Permeable Artificial Water Channels in Block Copolymer Membranes" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Advanced Membrane Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Shihong Lin (Vanderbilt University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Nieck Benes (University of Twente, The Netherlands) "Hybrid Membranes by Localized Reactions" |
9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:25 am | Brian Benicewicz (University of South Carolina, USA) "Conventional and Unconventional Ideas in Polymer Membranes" |
10:25 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 11:10 am | Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 11:45 am | Ulrich Wiesner (Cornell University, USA) "Advanced Membrane Materials from Block Copolymers" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Papatya Kaner (Tufts University, USA) "Zwitterion-Containing Polymer Additives for Fouling Resistant Ultrafiltration Membranes: Choosing the Right Chemistry and Architecture" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Neda Mahmoudi (University of Arkansas, USA) "Modified Polysulfone Hollow Fibers with Peptoid Having Improved Protein Fouling" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session: Membrane Controversies and Perspectives |
| Discussion Leader: Manish Kumar (Pennsylvania State University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Isabel Escobar (University of Kentucky, USA) "Are You Still Not Modifying Your Membranes?" |
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion |
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm | David Ladner (Clemson University, USA) "The Power of Hydrodynamics" |
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Scott Husson (Clemson University, USA) "Recent Poll Shows Slight Edge for Surface Modification over Hydrodynamics in New Hampshire" |
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | John Pellegrino (University of Colorado, USA) "Channeling Nikuradse" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | General Discussion: Surface Modification Versus Hydrodynamics |
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm | Richard Baker (Membrane Technology and Research, Inc., USA) "Barriers to the Development of New Membrane Gas Separation Technology" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |