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 |
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 |