| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Penetrating the Nexus: Novel Membranes and Processes for a Sustainable World |
| Discussion Leaders: Chad Gilmer (University of Iowa, USA) and Morten Logemann (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) |
| 3:45 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm | George Chen (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
"Evaluation of Nanofiltration and Electrodialysis
for Product Recovery and Treatment of Dairy Whey" |
| 4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
| 4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | Jovan Kamcev (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Fundamental Studies of Ion Sorption and Transport in Ion-Exchange Membranes" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Penetrating the Nexus: Novel Membranes and Processes for a Sustainable World (continued) / Keynote Session: Industry and Academics: Local to Global Perspectives |
| Discussion Leaders: Steven Weinman (Clemson University, USA) and Lingling Xia (University of Connecticut, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Tao Luo (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
"Porous Polybenzimidazole Membranes for the All Vanadium Redox Flow Battery" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Anthony Straub (Yale University, USA)
"Harvesting Low-Grade Heat Energy Using Thermo-Osmotic Vapor Transport Through Nanoporous Membranes" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
| 8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Ruth Baltus (Clarkson University, USA)
"From Discs to Rods and the Tortuous Path Between" |
| 8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | J.R. Johnson (SABIC, Saudi Arabia)
"Industry Perspectives" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Innovation in Emerging Membrane Materials |
| Discussion Leaders: Pradeep Ramiah Rajasekaran (University of Florida, USA) and Michael Alders (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Sarah Hesse (Cornell University, USA)
"Block Copolymer-Derived Graded, Hierarchically Porous Carbon Materials" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Papatya Kaner (Tufts University, USA)
"Zwitterion-Containing Polymer Additives for Fouling Resistant Ultrafiltration Membranes: Choosing the Right Chemistry and Architecture" |
| 9:45 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:05 am | Nitish Mittal (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Mathematical Modeling, Process Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of Zeolite Membrane-Based Separation Systems for Butane Isomer Separation" |
| 10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:25 am | 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" |
| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Jian Ren (University of Connecticut, USA)
"Optimizing
Hollow Fiber Membranes and Modules for Osmotic Processes: From Models to
Membranes to Modules" |
| 10:45 am - 10:50 am | Discussion |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | General Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 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 | Next Stage Processes and Membranes for Tomorrow's Global Industry / Mentorship Component: Industrial Panel Discussion |
| Discussion Leaders: Dooli Kim (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia) and Douglas Davenport (Yale University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 1:35 pm - 1:50 pm | Boya Xiong (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Are Chemicals in Fracking Fluid Causing Membrane Fouling?" |
| 1:50 pm - 1:55 pm | Discussion |
| 1:55 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Industrial Panel Discussion" |
|
- Kah Peng Lee (Evonik Industries, Austria)
- J.R. Johnson (SABIC, Saudi Arabia)
- Xiaosong Wu (Pall Corporation, USA)
|
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
