Preliminary Program subject to change
02D05 Future Directions of Membrane Science (invited papers) I
OverviewThis session will consist of longer papers that provide the speaker s assessment of future directions for membrane science. The goal of this session is to establish the link between marketplace opportunities and research challenges in membrane science and technology. Leading researchers from academia, industry, and the government laboratories will be invited to present overview papers in this session. However, presentations are also invited from anyone in the membrane research community who is interested in providing an informative analysis of where the exciting field of membrane science and technology is going in this 21st century.
Primary SponsorMembrane-Based Separations (02d)

Chair

William Krantz
Emeritus Professor
Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Cincinnati
Mail Location 0012
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012
Phone Number: (513) 961-4122
Fax Number: (513) 556-1522
Email: bkrantz@alpha.che.uc.edu

CoChair

Alfred Gaertner
Danisco Genencor
925 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone Number: 650-846-7500
Email: agaertner@genencor.com
Materials & Materials Processing Opportunities to Enable Future Membrane Development
William J. Koros, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, 778 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
Nurturing Membranes from Nature: Possible Opportunities for the Future
Georges Belfort, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St., Ricketts Bldg,, Troy, NY 12180
Biotechnology in Everyday Life: Opportunities for Membrane Technology in Non-Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Alfred Gaertner1, Meng Heng2 and Glenn Rozeboom2, (1)Danisco Genencor, 925 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, (2)Process Science, Danisco Genencor, 925 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Membrane Clarification
Charles E. Glatz, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 2114 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011

Separations Division