MORNING SESSION
MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MEMBRANE FILTRATION APPLICATIONS Track
ROOM 254 ROOM 255 Room
WED01—MEMBRANE INNOVATIONS—PART I WED04—INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS: OIL & GAS Session Title
Moderator: Christine Owen Moderator: YuJung Chang Concentration Polarization Over Reverse Osmosis Membranes
With Engineered Surface Features Hydrocarbon Recovery from Oil/Gas Produced Waters Using
Superhydrophobic/Superoleophilic Membranes Zuo Zhou, Clemson University, Ilenia Battiato, Scott Husson,
David Ladner, Sapna Sarupria, Steven Weinman Jonathan Brant, Seyed Shahabadi Silica-Functionalized Quaternary Ammonium Nanocoated Mesh
for Water Disinfection and Cyanobacteria Growth Control Membrane Technology Assessment Program (MTAP) at NAIT’s
Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability Daniela Diaz, University of Central Florida, Jared Church,
Woo Hyoung Lee, Swadeshmukul Santra, Mikaeel Young Andrea Sedgwick, NAIT, Helen Hu, NAIT,
Jean Francois Bouffard, James Laszlo Understanding Wetting and Rejection in Membrane Distillation
for High Recovery Treatment of High-Salinity Streams MBR in Refi nery Applications—Meeting Tough Discharge Standards
and Enabling Reuse Allyson McGaughey, University of Southern California,
(ADC-AMTA Fellowship Awardee),
Amy Childress, Ryan Gustafson, Prathamesh Karandikar,
Malancha Gupta Stephen Katz, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions, Brian Arntsen,
John Bigham, John Hilts, Mark Knight, Lanny Weimer
NETWORKING BREAK & EXHIBIT HALL EDUCATION SESSIONS (SEE PAGE 32 FOR DETAILS)—EXHIBIT HALL
8:30–9:00
9:00–9:30
9:30–10:00
10:00–10:30
MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MEMBRANE FILTRATION APPLICATIONS Track
ROOM 254 ROOM 255 Room
WED05—MEMBRANE INNOVATIONS—PART II WED08—MEMBRANES IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS Session Title
Moderator: Christine Owen Moderator: YuJung Chang Toward Optimized Membrane Unit Processes Via Multi-
Scale Modeling Make the Old New Again by Converting and Upgrading with a
Different UF Membrane David Ladner, Clemson University, Ilenia Battiato, Scott Husson,
Bowen Ling, Sapna Sarupria, Zuo Zhou Thomas Lebeau, Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, Paul Gallagher,
Lisa Leckie, James McMahon, Dan Micher, Melizza Tariga Implications of the Membrane-Independent Limiting Flux in
Forward Osmosis: The Relative Unimportance of Membrane
Properties Under Fouling Conditions MAXH2O Desalter Technology–Innovative Solution for Brine
Minimization
Christopher Morrow, University of Southern California,
Amy Childress
10:30–11:00
11:00–11:30
Alex Drak, IDE Technologies/Mccann Discipline, Tomer Efrat,
Marco Kerstholt, Gerard van Houwelingen, Roi Zaken Porat
Batch Reverse Osmosis: Experimental Results, Model
Validation, and Design Implications Membrane Distillation as a Viable Option for Desalination of Highly
Saline Oil/Gas Produced Waters
Quantum Wei, MIT, Carson Tucker, Priscilla Wu, Ali Trueworthy,
Emily Tow, John Lienhard Jonathan Brant, University of Wyoming
AWARDS LUNCHEON—LA NOUVELLE ORLEANS BALLROOM (TICKET REQUIRED)
PLEASE ARRIVE PROMPTLY; AWARDS CEREMONY BEGINS AT 12:20 P.M. AT WHICH TIME FOOD SERVICE WILL BE DISCONTINUED.
PLEASE NOTE THAT EXHIBIT HALL IS CLOSED DURING AWARDS LUNCHEON.
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