Program - ICOM 2008
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Program - ICOM 2008
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8:15AM<br />
8:50 –<br />
9:15AM<br />
NAMS Alan S.<br />
Michaels Award<br />
(Kaua’i)<br />
Chair: Greg Fleming, Air Liquide,<br />
USA<br />
Co-Chair: Rich Ubersax, Air<br />
Liquide, USA<br />
Some Reflections and Projections<br />
Based on Thirty Five Years in<br />
Membranes<br />
Koros, Georgia institute of Technology,<br />
Atlanta, Georgia, USA<br />
A Versatile Membrane System for Bulk<br />
Storage and Shipping of Produce in a<br />
Modified Atmosphere<br />
Paul, Kirkland, University of Texas at<br />
Austin, Austin, Texas, USA<br />
Clarke, Landec Corporation, Menlo Park,<br />
California, USA<br />
Nanofiltration and Reverse<br />
Osmosis II – Imaging and<br />
Characterization<br />
(Maui)<br />
Chair: Ho Bum Park, University of Ulsan, Korea<br />
Co-Chair: Andrew Livingston, Imperial College,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
8:15AM On the Correlation Between MWCO<br />
Values for Nanofiltration Membranes<br />
and Quantitative Porosity Analysis<br />
Using Variable Energy Positron<br />
Beams<br />
De Baerdemaeker, Ghent University,<br />
Gent, Belgium<br />
Boussu, Bruggen, KU Leuven, Leuven,<br />
Belgium<br />
Weber, Lynn, Washington State<br />
University, Pullman Washington, USA<br />
Tuesday, July 15 – Morning Sessions<br />
Nanostructured<br />
Membranes II<br />
(Moloka’i)<br />
Chair: Bruce Hinds, University of<br />
Kentucky, USA<br />
Co-Chair: Anita Hill, CSIRO,<br />
Australia<br />
Nanofiltration of Electrolyte Solutions<br />
by Sub-2nm Carbon Nanotube<br />
Membranes<br />
Fornasiero, Park, Holt, Stadermann,<br />
Noy, Bakajin, Lawrence Livermore<br />
National Laboratory, Livermmore,<br />
California, USA<br />
Kim, University of California at Davis,<br />
Davis, California, USA<br />
In, Grigoropoulos, University of California<br />
at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA<br />
9:00AM Coffee Break (Ballroom Foyer)<br />
9:30AM<br />
9:55AM<br />
10:20AM<br />
10:45AM<br />
Enhancing Natural Gas Purification<br />
with Advanced Polymer/Molecular<br />
Sieve Composites<br />
Miller, Vu, Chevron Energy Technology<br />
Company, Richmond, California, USA<br />
High Performance Ultrafiltration: What<br />
Can We Learn from the Gas<br />
Separations Experts?<br />
Zydney, The Pennsylvania State<br />
University, University Park,<br />
Pennsylvania, USA<br />
Membranes and Reactors and<br />
Integration, Oh My!<br />
Rezac, Kansas State University,<br />
Manhattan, Kansas, USA<br />
Membranes for Energy Efficiency and<br />
Sustainability<br />
Murphy, Air Products, St. Louis, Missouri,<br />
USA<br />
11:10AM On the Time Scales of Sorption<br />
Induced Plasticization<br />
Wessling, University of Twente, The<br />
Netherlands<br />
11:35AM Recent Developments in Membranes<br />
for Gas Separation Applications<br />
Pinnau, Membrane Technology and<br />
Research, Inc., Menlo Park, California,<br />
USA<br />
12:00PM Various Poly(dimethylsiloxane)<br />
Membranes for Removal of Volatile<br />
Organic Compounds from Water<br />
Uragami, Ohshima, Miyata, Kansai<br />
University, Suita, Osaka, Japan<br />
9:30AM<br />
10:00AM<br />
10:30AM<br />
11:00AM<br />
11:30AM<br />
Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy<br />
(PAS): A New Powerful Technique to<br />
Study Membrane Structure<br />
Cano-Odena, Vandezande, Hendrix,<br />
Zaman, Vankelecom, Katholieke<br />
Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium<br />
Mostafa, Baerdemaeker, NUMAT<br />
(Nuclear Methods in Materials Science),<br />
Gent, Belgium<br />
Characterization of Biofouling<br />
Development of Spiral Wound<br />
Membrane Systems: The First NMR<br />
Study<br />
Vrouwenvelder, Loosdrecht, Wetsus,<br />
Delft University of Technology, The<br />
Netherlands<br />
Schulenburg, Johns, University of<br />
Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom<br />
Kruithof, Wetsus, The Netherlands<br />
Probing Polyamide RO Membrane<br />
Surface Charge, Energy, and Potential<br />
With Advanced Contact Angle<br />
Titrations<br />
Hurwitz, Hoek, University of California,<br />
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California,<br />
USA<br />
Removal of Emerging Organic<br />
Contaminants by High-Pressure<br />
Membranes: Mechanisms, Monitoring,<br />
and Modeling<br />
Drewes, Sonnenberg, Colorado School<br />
of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA<br />
Bellona, Carollo Engineers, Broomfield,<br />
Colorado, USA<br />
Evidence of Change in the Top<br />
Surface Layer Structure of<br />
Nanofiltration Membranes due to<br />
Operating Temperature Variation<br />
Andre, Université Montpellier, France,<br />
Nihel, Saidani, Ecole Nationale des<br />
Ingénieurs de Tunis, France<br />
John, Université Paul Sabatier, France<br />
12:00PM Characterization of the Polyamide<br />
Active Layer in NF/RO Membranes<br />
Using Gold Nanoparticles<br />
Pacheco, Reinhard, Leckie, Stanford<br />
University, Stanford, California, USA<br />
Aligned Carbon Nanotube<br />
Membranes: Transport Enhancement<br />
and Gatekeeper Activity<br />
Hinds, Wu, Kiess, Majumder, University<br />
of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA<br />
Hybrid Biomimetic Membranes: Past,<br />
Present and Beyond<br />
Barboiu, Institut Europeen des<br />
Membranes, France<br />
Nanostructured Polymers with<br />
Uniform d1 nm Pores Based on<br />
Cross-linked Lyotropic Liquid<br />
Crystals for Molecular Size-Selective<br />
Separations<br />
Gin, Zhou, Lu, Hatakeyama, Noble,<br />
University of Colorado at Boulder,<br />
Boulder, Colorado, USA<br />
Elliott, TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge,<br />
Colorado, USA<br />
Track-Etched Polymer Membranes as<br />
Tool to Investigate Grafted Stimuli-<br />
Responsive and Other Functional<br />
Polymers for Smart Nano- and Micro-<br />
Systems<br />
Ulbricht, Friebe, Tomicki, Unv. Duisburg-<br />
Essen, Germany<br />
Fixed-Charge Group-Like Behavior of<br />
the Captured Ion by Crown Ether and<br />
Its Effect on the Response of a<br />
Molecular Recognition Ion Gating<br />
Membrane<br />
Ito, Yamaguchi, Chemical Resources<br />
Laboratory, Tokyo Inst. of Tech.,<br />
Yokohama, Japan<br />
Multifunctional Ultrathin TiO 2<br />
Nanowire Ultrafiltration Membrane for<br />
Water Treatment<br />
Du, Zhang, Pan, Sun, Nanyang<br />
Technological University, Singapore<br />
Leckie, Stanford University, Stanford,<br />
California, USA<br />
Pervaporation and<br />
Vapor Permeation I<br />
(Honolulu/Kahuku)<br />
Chair: Leland Vane, US EPA,<br />
USA<br />
Co-Chair: Ivy Huang, Membrane<br />
Technology and Research, Inc.,<br />
USA<br />
Bioethanol Production Using<br />
Pervaporation and Vapor Permeation<br />
Membranes<br />
Huang, Baker, Membrane Technology &<br />
Research, Menlo Park, California, USA<br />
Vane, The U.S. EPA, Cincinnati<br />
Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA<br />
Dewatering Ethanol with Chemically<br />
and Thermally Resistant<br />
Perfluoropolymer Membranes<br />
Majumdar, Stookey, Nemser, Compact<br />
Membrane Systems, Inc., Newport,<br />
Delaware, USA<br />
Modelling and Process Integration of<br />
Membranes for Ethanol Dehydration<br />
Friedl, Schausberger, Bosch, Vienna<br />
University of Technology, Vienna, Austria<br />
Boontawan, Suranare University of<br />
Technology, Institute of Agricultural<br />
Technology, Sc, Nakhon Ratchasima,<br />
Thailand<br />
Performance of a New Hybrid<br />
Membrane in High Temperature<br />
Pervaporation<br />
Van Veen, Kreiter, Engelen, Rietkerk,<br />
Vente, Energy Research Centre of the<br />
Netherlands, The Netherlands<br />
Castricum, Elshof, Univ. of Twente, The<br />
Netherlands<br />
Investigation of the Fundamental<br />
Differences Between Polyamide-Imide<br />
(PAI) and Polyetherimide (PEI)<br />
Membranes for Isopropanol<br />
Dehydration via Pervaporation<br />
Wang, Jiang, Chung, Goh, Nat. Univ. of<br />
Singapore, Singapore<br />
Matsuura, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,<br />
Ontario, Canada<br />
Preparation of Asymmetric<br />
Polyetherimide Membranes for<br />
Molecular Liquid Separations<br />
Favre, El-Gendi, Roizard, LSGC-CNRS,<br />
Nancy Université, France<br />
Preparation of a Novel Styrene-<br />
Butadiene-Styrene Block Copolymer<br />
(SBS) Asymmetric Membrane for VOC<br />
Removal by Pervaporation<br />
Figoil, Drioli, Institute on Membrane<br />
Technology (ITM-CNR), Italy<br />
Sikdar, Burckle, US EPA, Cincinnati,<br />
Ohio, USA<br />
Osmotically Driven<br />
Membrane Processes<br />
(O’ahu/Waialua)<br />
Chair: Jeff McCutcheon, Stony<br />
Brook Water Purification Co., USA<br />
Co-Chair: Klaus-Viktor<br />
Peinemann, GKSS, Germany<br />
Characterization of Solute Transport<br />
in Osmotically Driven Membrane<br />
Processes<br />
Hancock, Cath, Colorado School of<br />
Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA<br />
Forward-Osmosis Using Ethanol for<br />
Concentrate Minimization<br />
Pellegrino, Mendoza, University of<br />
Colorado at Boulder, Golden, Colorado,<br />
USA<br />
McCormick, Denver Water Department,<br />
Denver, Colorado, USA<br />
A Novel Hybrid Forward Osmosis<br />
Process for Drinking Water<br />
Augmentation Using Impaired Water<br />
and Saline Water Sources<br />
Lundin, Cath, Drewes, Colorado School<br />
of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA<br />
Osmotic Membrane Bioreactor and<br />
Pressure Retarded Osmotic<br />
Membrane Bioreactor for Wastewater<br />
Treatment and Water Desalination<br />
Achilli, Marchand, Childress, University<br />
of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada, USA<br />
Cath, Colorado School of Mines, Golden,<br />
Colorado, USA<br />
Osmotic Power - A New, Renewable<br />
Energy Source<br />
Skilhagen, Dugstad, Statkraft AS,<br />
Norway<br />
Holt, SINTEF, Scandinavia<br />
Influence of Membrane Support Layer<br />
Hydrophobicity on Water Flux in<br />
Osmotically Driven Membrane<br />
Processes<br />
McCutcheon, Stony Brook Water<br />
Purification Co., East Setauket, New<br />
York, USA<br />
Elimelech, Yale University, New Haven,<br />
Connecticut, USA<br />
Developing Permeation Enhanced<br />
Nanofiltration Hollow Fiber<br />
Membranes Used in Forward Osmosis<br />
Wang, Yang, Chung, National University<br />
of Singapore, Singapore<br />
Gin, Centre for Advanced Water<br />
Technology, Singapore<br />
Asymmetric Polymeric<br />
Membrane Formation<br />
(Wai’anae)<br />
Chair: Max Ekiner, Air Liquide,<br />
USA<br />
Co-Chair: Christiano Borges,<br />
Universidade Federal de Rio de<br />
Janeiro, Brazil<br />
Manipulation of Block Copolymer<br />
Nanostructure in Membranes<br />
Prepared by Solvent Evaporation and<br />
Non-Solvent Induced Phase<br />
Separation<br />
Yave, Boschetti-de-Fierro, Garamus,<br />
Peinemann, Abetz, Simon, Institute of<br />
Polymer Research, GKSS Research<br />
Centre, Germany<br />
Synthesis and Characterization of<br />
Nanoporous Polycaprolactone<br />
Membranes for Controlled Drug<br />
Release<br />
Yen, Lee, Ho, Ohio State University,<br />
Columbus, Ohio, USA<br />
He, Nanoscale Science and Engineering<br />
Center for Affordable Nanoengineering,<br />
Columbus, Ohio, USA<br />
Catalytic PVDF Microcapsules for<br />
Application in Fine Chemistry<br />
Figoli, ITM-CNR c/o UNICAL, Italy<br />
Buonomenna, ITM-CNR c/o University of<br />
Calabria, Italy<br />
Spezzano, Drioli, ITM-CNR, Italy<br />
The Impact of Solvent on the<br />
Microstructure of Integrally Skinned<br />
Polyimide Nanofiltration Membranes<br />
before and after Casting<br />
Patterson, Costello, Havill, Turner, The<br />
University of Auckland, Auckland, New<br />
Zealand<br />
See-Toh, Livingston, Imperial College,<br />
London, United Kingdom<br />
Nanofiltration Membranes for Polar<br />
Aprotic Solvents<br />
Lim, Sereewatthanawut, Boam,<br />
Membrane Extraction Technology Ltd.,<br />
London, United Kingdom<br />
See-Toh, Livinston, Imperial College<br />
London, London, UK<br />
Phase Separation Microfabrication<br />
Bikel, Lammertink, Wessling, University<br />
of Twente, The Netherlands<br />
In-Line and In-Situ Determination of<br />
Non-Solvent, Solvent and Polymer<br />
Composition within a Film-Forming<br />
System prior to Phase Separation<br />
during VIPS<br />
Bouyer, Werapun, Pochat-Bohatier,<br />
Dupuy, Université Montpellier,<br />
Montpellier, France<br />
Deratani, CNRS, Montpellier, France