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Membranes: Materials and Processes (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Novel Concepts for Current Global Challenges

July 24 - 25, 2010
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Colby-Sawyer College
541 Main Street
New London, New Hampshire, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Membranes: Materials & Processes is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting in general is novel membrane processes and materials. In particular, the topics for the 2010 GRS include: novel membrane materials, innovations in membrane processing, and new paradigms for next generation membrane applications. This meeting will be an excellent opportunity for young researchers in the field of membrane science to gather, share information and, most importantly, learn from one another via both formal seminar discussions and informal networking opportunities.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Membranes: Materials and Processes" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pmKeynote Presentation
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Ingo Pinnau (KAUST)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Discussion
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmAqueous Separations using Membranes
Discussion Leaders: David Ladner (Arizona State Univ.) & Andrea Achilli (Univ. of Nevada - Reno)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm Megan Mauter (Yale University)
"Vertical Alignment of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) in Polymer Membrane"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Mary Laura Lind (Univ. of California - Los Angeles)
"Nanocomposite membranes with Sea-Water Reverse Osmosis Performance"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm Minghao Gu (Rennesalear Polytechnic Institute)
"Grafting monomers for improved protein resistance with high throughput atmospheric plasma"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm Ngai Yin Yip (Yale University)
"Thin-Film Composite Membrane for Osmotically-Driven Membrane Processes"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pmPoster Session I (continued)
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 10:50 amMembranes for Gas Separations and Energy Applications
Discussion Leaders: Marco Scholz (RWTH Aachen, DE) & Phuc Tien Nguyen (CNRS, Nancy, FR)
9:00 am - 9:20 am Jason Ballangee (Vanderbilt University)
"Nanofiber Composite Proton Exchange Membranes"
9:20 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am Aaron Thornton (CSIRO, Australia)
"Stepping over the upperbound: Optimal pore morphology of Thermally Rearranged (TR) polymers and Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs)"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am Jinchen Liu (University of Pittsburgh)
"Atomic-Level Modeling of Separation CO2 Using Metal-Organic Framework Membrane"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 12:30 pmProcess Applications
Discussion Leaders: Andrea Semao (University of Edinburgh, UK) & William Phillip (Yale University)
10:50 am - 11:10 am Fabian Itel (University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Mimicking CO2 capture in plant carboxysomes using membrane protein functionalized block copolymer membranes"
11:10 am - 11:20 am Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am Micheal Daramola (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
"Production of Ultra-pure Para-xylene in Extractor-type Zeolite Catalytic Membrane Reactors: The use of a nanocomposite MFI-alumina membrane tube"
11:40 am - 11:50 am Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm Achyuta Teella (Univ. of Massachusetts - Amherst)
"Separation of acids from fast pyrolysis bio-oils using nanofiltration/reverse osmosis membranes"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Closing Remarks
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pmPoster Session II
3:30 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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