Symposium P
Membrane Materials and Technologies for Emerging Applications
Chair
Neal Tai-Shung CHUNG, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Co-Chairs
Pramoda Kumari PALLATHADKA, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore
Wanqin JIN, Nanjing University of Technology, China
Kuo-Lun TUNG, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Liang HONG, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Correspondence
Neal CHUNG, National University of Singapore, Singapore Email: membrane_centre@nus.edu.sg Tel: +65 6516 6645 Fax: - Mailing Address: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Blk E5-02-09, 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117576
Scope of Symposium
Energy, water, affordable healthcare and global warming are four major concerns globally resulting from resource depletion, record high oil prices, clean water shortages, high costs of pharmaceuticals, and changing climate conditions. Among many potential solutions, advance in membrane technology is one of the most direct, effective and feasible approaches to solve these sophisticated issues.
Scope
This membrane program is dedicated to summarize the most current membrane research and development for water reuses and desalination, energy development including biofuel, CO2 capture, pharmaceutical purification and separation, and biomedical applications.
The proposed topics are:
1) Membranes for water reuses and desalination • Microfiltration and ultrafiltration • Membrane bioreactors and fouling • Nano-filtration and RO • Emerging membrane technologies (membrane distillation, forward osmosis and others) 2) Membranes for energy, gas separation and CO2 capture • Hydrogen and natural gas purification • Bioenegry (biogas and biofuel) • CO2 capture 3) Membranes for pharmaceutical separation and biomedical applications • Protein separation • Chiral separation • Biomedical applications
4) Membrane materials and sciences • Mixed matrix membranes • Gas separation • Pervaporation • Membrane formation • Membrane characterization
Publication We intend to publish this symposium work in a journal.
Invited Speakers
Namita CHOUDHURY, University of South Australia,
Neal Tai-Shung CHUNG, National University of Singapore,
Jos DE WIT, Eastman Chemical Company,
Xianshe FENG, University of Waterloo,
May-Britt HÄGG, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Liang HONG, National University of Singapore,
A.F. ISMAIL, Univeriti Teknologi Malaysia,
Jianwen JIANG, National University of Singapore,
Wanqin JIN, Nanjing University of Technology,
Santi KULPRATHIPANJA, UOP A Honeywell Company,
Pramoda Kumari PALLATHADKA, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering,
Klaus-Viktor PEINEMANN, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,
Suzana PEREIRA NUNES, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology,
Sanjay RASTOGI, Loughborough University, United Kingdom; Teijin Aramid, Netherlands
