Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5
Room 125, Caesar’s Forum Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Organizers
William Phillip, University of Notre Dame
Hee Jeung Oh, The Pennsylvania State University
Sponsors
We thank our generous sponsors: Physical Review Materials, University of Notre Dame Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Penn State University Department of Chemical Engineering, National Science Foundation, University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame Materials Science and Engineering Program, and Air Products.
Course Details
Overview
Polymer membranes play central roles in energy-efficient gas separations and water purification. This short course will bring together experts from academia, national laboratories, and industry to teach related aspects in polymer membranes for gas and water separations, including established and emerging uses of polymer membranes at the Water-Energy Nexus and gas separations, the multiscale design and experimental and computational characterization of polymer membranes, and the formulations and non-equilibrium processing methods used to manufacture polymer membranes at the industrial scale. Attendees will leave with knowledge on fundamental aspects and cutting-edge research in these areas and will experience tutorial activities for hands-on learning throughout the short course.
Who should attend?
The workshop is appropriate for polymer and soft materials researchers at all levels, in academia, national laboratories, and industry, who would like to learn about the polymer physics of polymer membranes for water purification and gas separations. While aimed toward early-career researchers (including graduate students, postdocs, and early-career faculty and scientists) there will be topics of interest for researchers at all career levels.
Additional Information
Please bring a laptop for the hands-on tutorials on both Saturday and Sunday. No software installation is required beyond access to a web browser. Free Wi-Fi will be provided
Course Registration
Register Here
Graduate Student Travel Scholarships
Graduate student travel scholarships are available for both in-person and virtual participation in the short course.
Eligibility: This award is open to graduate students who are studying at U.S. institutions. Applicants must be a member of the DPOLY division (click "Join DPOLY" on https://engage.aps.org/dpoly/home). We especially encourage nominations of women and students from underrepresented groups.
Application: Please send the following information to Bill Phillip and Hee Jeung Oh in one PDF file by January 27, 2023:
• Letter of nomination from research advisor (maximum 2 pages)
• Nominee CV (maximum 3 pages)
• Short paragraph (< 250 words) on how participation in the short course may enable the student's research
Schedule
Saturday, March 4:
| 1:00 |
Introduction to the Short Course, Prof. William Phillip and Prof. Hee Jeung Oh
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| 1:15 |
Overview of polymer membranes for water purification and gas separations, Prof. Benny Freeman, University of Texas at Austin
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| 1:55 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 2:15 |
Break
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| 2:25 |
Experimental membrane chemistry and fabrication, Dr. Abhishek Roy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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| 3:05 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 3:25 |
Coffee and Snack Break |
| 3:45 |
Membrane fabrication and non-equilibrium formation, Prof. Glenn Fredrickson, University of California–Santa Barbara
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| 4:25 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 4:45 |
Wrap Up |
Saturday, March 5:
| 8:00 |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Polymer materials and structural characterization, Prof. Ruilan Guo, University of Notre Dame
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| 9:40 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 10:00 |
Break
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| 10:15 |
Solute partitioning in polymers via interfacial characterization, Dr. Christopher Stafford, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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| 10:55 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 11:15 |
Break |
| 11:30 |
Solute partitioning in polymers via computation, Prof. Scott Milner, Pennsylvania State University
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| 12:10 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 12:30 |
Lunch
|
| 1:30 |
Solute dynamics in gas separation polymers driven by pressure and concentration gradient, Prof. Zachary Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| 2:10 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 2:30 |
Coffee and Snack Break
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| 2:50 |
Solute dynamics in liquid separation polymers via molecular scale characterization, Prof. Marta Hatzell, Georgia Institute of Technology
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| 3:30 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 3:50 |
Break
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| 4:05 |
Separation membranes under electric field, Prof. Rafael Verduzco, Rice University
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| 4:45 |
Q&A (20 min)
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| 5:05 |
Wrap Up
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