| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:40 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:40 pm - 4:30 pm | Membrane Transport: Theory and Practice |
| Discussion Leaders: Laura Hoover (Yale University) and Michiel Raaijmakers (University of Twente, Netherlands) |
| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm | Basavaraju Agasanapura (Clarkson University)
"Effect of Convective Hindrance Factor On Predictions of the Rejection of Rod Shaped Particles from Porous Membrane" |
| 4:00 pm - 4:05 pm | Discussion |
| 4:05 pm - 4:25 pm | Alberto Tiraferri (Yale University)
"Anti-Fouling Thin-Film Composite Membrane Functionalized with Superhydrophilic Nanoparticles" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Membrane Transport: Theory and Practice (continued) |
| Discussion Leaders: Laura Hoover (Yale University) and Michiel Raaijmakers (University of Twente, Netherlands) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Jenia Gutman (Ben Gurion University, Israel)
"Tertiary wastewater reclamation by reverse osmosis: effect of pressure (permeate flux) on the fouling layer and concentration polarization phenomenon" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Presentations |
| Discussion Leaders: Michelle Marincel Payne (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Meagan Mauter (Carnegie Mellon University) |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Rich Noble (University of Colorado)
"Success through Failure" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Keith Murphy (Air Products)
"Research and Development - Working in an Industrial Environment" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Poster Session I (continued) |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Novel Structures and Materials for Membrane Separation |
| Discussion Leaders: Charles-Francois de Lannoy (Duke University) and Ngai Yin Yip (Yale University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Con Dimitrakakis (CSIRO, Australia)
"Patterned growth of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework membranes on polymeric substrates" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Ana Martinez Saenz de Jubera (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Development of dendrimer-modified NF membranes with enhanced performance: How to covalently attach dendrimers to polyamide active layers" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Michelle Marincel Payne (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Quantifying insertion efficiency of Aquaporin proteins in lipid and polymer vesicles" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 11:50 am | Wun-Gwi Kim (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Nanoporous Layered Silicate AMH-3/Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes for Gas Separations" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Overcoming Implementation Challenges in Novel Membrane Applications |
| Discussion Leaders: Fee Pitsch (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) and Patrick Saboe (Pennsylvania State University) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Chen Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Design of ZIF/Polyimide Mixed Matrix Membrane for Olefin/Paraffin Separations" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Kerri Hickenbottom (Colorado School of Mines)
"Membrane Distillation for Resource Recovery: A Novel Approach to Sustaining Water Flux at Supersaturated Conditions" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
