IREE: New Generation Tailored Adsorptive Membranes
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| Abstract | An IREE supplement to the main NSF grant titled New Generation Tailored Adsorptive Membranes was obtained in order to send two PhD students, one from Clemson University and one from Colorado State University, to Germany. The German host is Prof. Mathais Ulbricht, Professor of Technical Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen. The first student, from Clemson University, spent three months in Germany from October 2007 to January 2008. In addition, the Principal Investigators, Profs. Wickramasinghe and Husson spent a week at the University of Duisburg-Essen reviewing the students accomplishments as well as developing further collaborations. A manuscript is currently being prepared for submission to the Journal of Membrane Science, based on the results of the first students visit. The second student from Colorado State University will spend 3 months in Professor Ulbrichts laboratory later this year. Profs. Wickramasinghe and Husson will make a second visit to the University of Duisburg-Essen when the second student is in Germany. NSF IREE funding has led to the submission of a proposal that aims to develop collaborative degrees between the University of Duisburg-Essen and Colorado State University and Clemson University. |
| Contributor | daniel polonsky |
| Bio | Ranil Wickramasinghe received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1986 and 1988. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1992. From 1992-1997 Prof Wickramasinghe worked in the Biotechnology industry for Separacor Inc. and Biogen Inc. both in the Boston area. Prof Wickramasinghe has been a faculty member in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Colorado State University since 1998. He currently holds the positions of Associate Professor and Associate Department head for graduate Studies. His research interests include development of new membrane based separation processes especially for bioseparations, biomedical separation and environmental separations Scott Husson received the B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1993. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998. Prof. Husson has been a faculty member in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Clemson University since 1998. He currently holds the positions of Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator, and he is acting Topic Leader in the NSF Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films. Research interests include surface engineering by self-assembly and surface-initiated polymerization, bioseparation materials synthesis, molecular imprinting, and surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. Nripen Singh received his B.E. degree in Chemical Engineering from Panjab University in 2002. He will complete his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University in June 2007. In 2006, he was named the Clemson University College of Engineering and Science Outstanding Graduate Researcher. Mr. Singh was a Visiting Scientist at the University of Duisburg- Essen from Oct. 2006-Jan. 2007 as part of this IREE grant. Research interests include polymer-peptide |
| Sponsored By | NSF CBET-0456831 |
| Cite this work | Researchers should cite this work as follows: S. Ranil Wickramasinghe, Scott M. Husson and Nripen Singh, "IREE: New Generation Tailored Adsorptive Membranes", Trip report presented at the NSF IREE 2007 Grantees Conference, October 30 - November 1, 2007, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana |
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