Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Molecular Design of Novel Membrane Materials
Discussion Leaders: Gabrielle Levato (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) and Ashish Aher (University of Kentucky, USA)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Ratul Chowdhury (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"PoreDesigner: Dialing in Solute Selectivity in a Robust and Highly Permeable Outer Membrane Protein Pore"
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Discussion
4:05 pm - 4:15 pm
Zhenzhen Zhang (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Germany)
"Isoporous Block Copolymer Membranes with Tunable Polyelectrolyte Pores"
4:15 pm - 4:20 pm
Discussion
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
General Discussion: Molecular Design of Novel Membrane Materials
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular Design of Novel Membrane Materials (continued ) / Fabrication and Transport Studies of High-Performance Membranes
Discussion Leaders: Oluseyi Aberefa (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Yi Yang (Arizona State University, USA), Michael Geitner (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Dinesh Mahalingam (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Md. Mushfequr Rahman (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany)
"Gas Permeance Through Semicrystalline PolyActive™ Membranes: Contradiction with the Gibbs-Thomson Equation?"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Yang Yang (Bielefeld University, Germany)
"Carbon Nanomembranes (CNMs): Combining High Water Permeance with High Selectivity"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Jiali Wang (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany)
"Novel Post Treatment Approaches to Tailor the Pore Size and Hydrophilicity of PS-b-PHEMA Isoporous Membranes"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
General Discussion: Molecular Design of Novel Membrane Materials
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Lingling Xia (University of Connecticut, USA)
"High-Performance Ceramic Supported Thin Film Composite Membrane for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Guangwei He (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
"Electrophoretic Nuclei Assembly for Crystallization of High Performance MOF Membranes on Unmodified Supports"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Syed Islam (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
"Synthesis of Microporous Al2 O3 /SAPO-34 Membranes on Ceramic Hollow Fibers for High Temperature Separation of H2 /N2 "
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion: Fabrication and Transport Studies of High-Performance Membranes
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Fabrication and Transport Studies of High-Performance Membranes (continued ) / Keynote Session: Industry and Academics
Discussion Leaders: Wen Ma (Concordia University, Canada) and Haley White (Tennessee Technological University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:15 am
Cassandra Porter (Yale University, USA)
"Brush up on Your Membrane Science: Polymer Brushes on Membrane Substrates"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Shiqi Huang (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
"Single-Layer Graphene Membranes by Crack-Free Transfer for Gas Mixture Separation"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Feng Gao (University of Notre Dame, USA)
"Elucidating Effects of Pattern Geometry on Ion Transport Through Charge Patterned Membranes"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:00 am
General Discussion: Fabrication and Transport Studies of High-Performance Membranes
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Ryan Lively (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"From New Materials to Modules: A Case Study"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Arian Nijmeijer (Shell Global Solutions International BV, The Netherlands)
"The Use of Inorganic Membranes in the Oil and Gas Industry"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Advanced Membrane Modules Minimizing Fouling and Concentration Polarization
Discussion Leaders: Mattia Giagnorio (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) and Boya Xiong (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 1:45 pm
Fatemeh Fallahianbijan (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Virus Filtration: Effect of Protein Fouling and Transmembrane Pressure"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm
Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Johannes Lohaus (DWI - Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien e.V., Germany)
"What Are the Microscopic Events of Colloidal Membrane Fouling?"
2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
Discussion
2:05 pm - 2:15 pm
Xi Chen (Columbia University, USA)
"Unlocking High-Salinity Desalination with Cascading Osmotically Mediated Reverse Osmosis: Analysis of Energy, Pressure and Membrane Transport Properties"
2:15 pm - 2:20 pm
Discussion
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
General Discussion: Advanced Membrane Modules Minimizing Fouling and Concentration Polarization
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
