NAMS 2002 Workshop - ICOM 2008

Tuesday, July 15 – Afternoon Sessions
12:30PM Lunch Break
2:15PM
3:00PM
3:30PM
4:00PM
4:30PM
5:00PM
Gas Separations II
(Kaua’i)
Chair: Yuri Yampolski, Topchiev
Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis,
Russia
Co-Chair: Kazu Nagai, Meiji
University, Japan
Highly Gas-Permeable Substituted
Polyacetylenes: Recent Advances
Masuda, Kyoto University, Kyoto,
Japan
Modelling Molecular-Scale Gas
Separation
Thornton, Hill, CSIRO, Clayton,
Australia
Hilder, Hill, University of Wollongong,
Wollongong, Australia
Physical Aging in Thin Glassy
Polymer Films: A Variable Energy
Positron Annihilation Lifetime
Spectroscopy Study
Rowe, Freeman, Paul, University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Hill, Pas, CSIRO, Clayton, Australia
Suzuki, AIST, Ibaraki, Japan
Gas Permeation Parameters and
Other Physicochemical Properties of
a Polymer With Intrinsic
Microporosity (PIM-1)
Budd, University of Manchester, United
Kingdom
McKeown, Ghanem, Msayib, Cardiff
University, United Kingdom
Fritsch, GKSS, Germany
Starannikova, Belov, Sanofirova,
Yampolskii, Institute of Petrochemical
Synthesis, Russia
Shantarovich, Institute of Chemical
Physics, Russia
Addition-Type Polynorbornene with
Si(CH3) 3 Side Groups: Detailed Study
of Gas Permeation and
Thermodynamic Properties
Yampolskii, Starannikova, Pilipenko,
Belov, Gringolts, Finkelshtein, Institute
of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russia
Analysis of the Size Distribution of
Local Free Volume in Hyflon® AD
Perfluoropolymer Gas Separation
Membranes by Photochromic Probes
Jansen, Tocci, De Lorenzo, Drioli, ITM-
CNR, Renda (CS), Italy
Macchione, Universitia della Calábria,
Rende (CS), Italy
Heuchel, GKSS Research Center,
Teltow, Germany
Drinking and
Wastewater
Applications II
(Maui)
Chair: Chuyang Tang, Nanyang
Technological University, China
Co-Chair: Dibakar Bhattacharyya,
University of Kentucky, USA
Analysis of RO Membrane
Performance for Municipal
Wastewater Treatment
Bartels, Franks, Gourley, Hydranautics,
Oceanside, California, USA
Adsorption Behavior of
Perfluorinated Compounds on Thin-
Film Composite Membranes
Kwon, Leckie, Stanford University, Palo
Alto, California, USA
Shih, University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, China
Tang, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore
RO Reject Recovery - A Challenge
Towards Sustainable Water
Reclamation
Viswanath, Tao, Kekre, CAWT,
Singapore Utilities International Pte Ltd,
Singapore
Ng, Lee, National University of
Singapore, Singapore
Seah, Public Utilities Board Board of
Singapore, Singapore
Effects of Organic Fouling on the
Removal of Trace Chemicals in
Nanofiltration Membrane Processes
Le-Clech Foo, Mcdonald, Khan,
University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia
Drewes, Colorado School of Mines,
Colorado, USA
Nghiem, University of Wollongong,
Wollongong, Australia
Emergency Water Purification
Device Using Gravity Driven
Membrane Filtration
Jiang, Cui, University of Oxford, Oxford,
United Kingdom
Membrane Defects and Bacterial
Removal Efficiency: Effect of
Alterations of the Skin and of the
Macroporous Support
LeBleu Causserand, Roques, Aimar,
Université de Toulouse, Toulouse,
France
Inorganic Membranes I
(Moloka’i)
Chair: Richard Noble, University of
Colorado, USA
Co-Chair: Hidetoshi Kita,
Yamaguchi University, Japan
Inorganic Membranes also Swell
Falconer, Yu, Lee, Funke, Noble,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Colorado, USA
Synthesis and Characterization of
SAPO-34 Zeolite Crystals and
Membranes Employing Crystal
Growth Inhibitors
Carreon Venna, University of Louisville,
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Effects of Electroless Plating
Conditions on the Synthesis of Pd-
Ag Hydrogen Selective Membranes
Bhandari, Ma, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, Worchester, Massachusetts,
USA
Upgrading of a Syngas Mixture for
Pure Hydrogen Production in a Pd-
Ag Membrane Reactor
Barbieri, Brunetti, Institute for
Membrane Technology, Rende (CS),
Italy
Drioli, University of Calabria, Rende
(CS), Italy
Preparation and Characterization of
Hollow Fibre Carbon Membranes
based on a Cellulosic Precursor
He, Lie, Sheridan, Hagg, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology,
Norway
High-Density, Vertically-Aligned
Carbon Nanotube Membranes with
High Flux
Yu, Funke, Falconer, Noble, University
of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Membrane Fouling –
UF & Water Treatment
(Honolulu/Kahuku)
Chair: Vicki Chen, UNESCO,
University of New South Wales,
Australia
Co-Chair: Robert H. Davis,
University of Colorado, USA
Fouling Mechanisms and Fouling
Control By Membrane Surface
Modification in Ultrafiltration of
Aqueous Solutions Containing
Polymeric Natural Organic Matter
Ulbricht, Peeva, Sustano, Universität
Duisburg-Essen, Germany
A Mechanistic Study on the Coupled
Organic and Colloidal Fouling of
Nanofiltration Membranes
Harris, Li, Rice University, Houston,
Texas, USA
Kim, University of Hawaii at Monoa,
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Effect of Crossflow on the Fouling
Rate of Spiral Wound Elements
Eriksson, GE W&PT, Vista, California,
USA
Exploiting Local Fouling Phenomena
in Dead-End Hollow Fiber Filtration:
The Partial Backwash Concept
van de Ven, Zwinnenburg, Kemperman,
Wessling, University of Twente, The
Netherlands
Fouling Resistant Coatings for
Oil/Water Separation
Wu, McCloskey, Kusuma, Ju, Freeman,
The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, USA
Park, University of Ulsan, Korea
On the Representativeness of Model
Polymers in Fouling Research
Drews, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Shammay, Chen, Le Clech, UNESCO
Centre UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Membrane Modeling II
– Gas Separation
(O’ahu/Wailua)
Chair: Albert Kim, University of
Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Co-Chair: Giulio Sarti, Universita
Degli Studi Di Bologna, Italy
Modeling Approaches for the Design
of High Performance Polymer Glassy
Membranes for Small Gas Molecule
Separations
Pullumbi, Air Liquide, Juoy-en-Josas,
France
Tocci, ITM-CNR, Rende (CS), Italy
Heuchel, Pelzer, GKSS, Teltow,
Germany
Molecular Modeling of Free Volume
in Poly (pyrrolone-imide)
Copolymers
Wang, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Sanchez, Freeman, University of Texas
at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Development of a Microscopic Free
Volume Theory for Molecular Self-
Diffusivity Prediction in Polymeric
Systems
Ohashi, University of Tokyo, Tokyo,
Japan
Ito, Yamaguchi, Tokyo Institute of
Technology, Tokyo, Japan
A Molecular Pore Network Model for
Nanoporous Materials
Rajabbeigi, Elyassi, Tsotsis, Sahimi,
University of Southern California,
California, USA
Modeling and Performance
Assessment of Pd- and Pd/Alloy-
Based Catalytic Membrane Reactors
for Hydrogen Production
Ayturk, Kazantzis, Ma, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, Worchester,
Massachusetts, USA
Free-Volume Holes in Amorphous
Polymers for Solvent Diffusion:
Reconsideration of the Free-Volume
Theory By Equation-of-State, Group
Contribution Method, PALS
Measurement and Molecular
Simulation
Lv, Wang, Yang, Tsinghua University,
China
Membrane and Surface
Modification I
(Wai’anae)
Chair: Young Moo Lee, Hanyang
University, China
Co-Chair: Mathias Ulbricht,
University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany
New Chemically Modified
Membranes in Bioseparations
Melzner, Faber, Satorius Biotech,
Goettingen, Germany
Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer
Radical Polymerization: A New Tool
to Produce High-Capacity
Adsorptive Membranes
Bhut, Husson,Clemson University,
Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Wickramasinghe, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Gas and Liquid Permeation Studies
on Modified Interfacial Composite
Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration
Membranes
Louie, Reinhard, Stanford University,
Palo Alto, California, USA
Pinnau, Membrane Technology and
Research, Menlo Park, California, USA
Study of a Hydrophilic-Enhanced
Ultrafiltration Membrane
Gullinkala, Escobar, University of
Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Crosslinked Poly(ethylene oxide)
Fouling Resistant Coating Materials:
Synthesis, Characterization, and
Application
Ju, McCloskey, Sagle, Freeman,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, USA
Dopamine: Biofouling-Inspired Anti-
Fouling Coatings for Water
Purification Membranes
McCloskey, Freeman, The University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Park, University of Ulsan, Korea