Sunday, October 14, 2001

17:00 - 19:00 Registration

19:00 - 20:30 Dinner

20:30 - 20:45 Welcome Remarks
Dr. Norman Li, Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Herman Bieber, UEF Liaison

20:45 - 22:00 Reception

Monday, October 15, 2001

07:30 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room)

08:15 - 08:30 Conference Chair's Opening Remarks

08:30 - 12:00 MEMBRANE CONTACTORS
Session Co-Chairs: Dr. Enrico Drioli, University of Calabria, Italy and Dr. Kamalesh Sirkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

MM1 - Membrane Evaporative Cooling
Sidney Loeb, Israel

MM2 - Novel Immobilized Liquid Membranes for Gas/Vapor Separation
A. Sarma Kovvali, Gordana Obuskovic, Hua Chen, Sudipto Majumdar and Kamalesh K. Sirkar*
Center for Membrane Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

MM3 - Application of Hollow Fiber Membrane Contactors for the Catalyst Recovery of the Wet Peroxide Oxidation Process
A. M. Urtiaga*, C. Muela, L. Gonzalez, I. Ortiz, Universidad de Cantabria, Department of Ingenieria Quimica, Spain

MM4 - Membrane Contactors in Beverage Industry for Controlling the Water Gas Composition
A. Criscuoli* and Enrico Drioli, Research Institute on Membranes and Modeling of Chemical Reactors (IRMERC-CNR),Italy

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch - Pick up boxed lunch

13:30 - 17:00 Ad hoc sessions and/or free time
Optional Trip to Barga - (sign up on site; pay hotel directly - modest bus fee)

17:00 - 17:30 Afternoon Coffee

17:30 - 20:00 MEMBRANE FORMATION AND NEW MATERIALS
Session Chair: Dr. W.S. Winston Ho, University of Kentucky, USA

ME1 - New Developments in the Methodology, Characterization and Modeling of Polymeric Membrane Formation
William B. Krantz*, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA

ME2 - Membrane Formation via Various Phase Separation Methods
Hideto Matsuyama and Masaaki Teramoto*, Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

ME3 - High Performance Perfluoropolymer Films and Membranes
Vincenzo Arcella* and Giulio Tommasi
Ausimont SpA, CRS, Italy

20:00 - 21:00 Dinner

21:00 - 22:00 Social Hour

Tuesday, October 16, 2001

07:30 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room)

08:30 - 12:00 MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS
Session Co- Chairs: Dr. Andrew Zydney, University of Delaware, USA and Dr. Richard Bowen, University of Wales, UK

TM1 - From Protein Sequence to Membrane Process Performance
W. Richard Bowen* and Paul M. Williams, Department of Chemical & Biological Process Engineering, University of Wales, UK

TM2 - Enhanced Ultrafiltration and High Performance Tangential Flow Filtration of Human Pharmaceutical Proteins
Robert van Reis*, Benedicte Lebreton, Vassia Tegoulia and Arick Brown
Genentech, Inc., USA

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

TM3 - Effects of Membrane Pore Structure/Morphology on Protein Fouling During Microfiltration
Andrew Zydney*
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, USA

TM4 - Current Trends and Unmet Needs in Hemodialysis 2001
Norma J. Ofsthun*
Fresenius Medical Care, USA 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 Ad hoc session

16:00 - 17:30 POSTER SESSION (Afternoon coffee served in poster area)

17:30 - 20:00 INORGANIC MEMBRANES
Session Chair: Dr. Steven R. Auvil, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., USA

TE1 - Ceramic Oxygen Transport Membranes for Syngas Production
Terry Mazanec*
BP, Naperville, IL, USA.

TE2 - Preparation and Characterization of Thin Composite Palladium Membranes for Hydrogen Separation and Reaction Applications
Yi Hua Ma* and Ivan Mardilovich
Center for Inorganic Membrane Studies, Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

TE3 - Manufacturing of Ceramic Hollow Fiber Membranes from an Industrial Point of View
S. Tudyka, A. Urbahn, K. Gerlach and M. Micke
FILTERWERK MANN+HUMMEL GMBH, Germany

TE4 - Design and Characterization of Ceramic Membranes Exhibiting an Ordered Mesoporosity
André Ayral*, Christian Guizard and Louis Cot
Institut Européen des Membranes, UMR CNRS 5635, Université de Montpellier II CC047, France

20:00 - 21:30 Dinner

21:30 - 22:30 POSTER SESSION (continued) and Social Hour

Wednesday, October 17, 2001

07:30 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room)

08:15 - 10:15 MEMBRANES FOR WATER TREATMENTS
Session Chair: Dr. Norman N. Li, NL Chemical Technology, Inc., USA

WM1 - Functionalized Membranes for Water Treatment
Dibakar Bhattacharyya*, Stephen Ritchie, Kris Wood, David Meyer, and Leonidas Bachas
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, USA

WM2 - Removal and Recovery of Metals by Supported Liquid Membranes with Strip Dispersion
W.S. Winston Ho*
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, USA
Drs. Tarun K. Poddar and Bing Wang
Commodore Separation Technologies, Inc., USA

WM3 - Water Purification with Catalytically Active Membranes
Klaus V. Peinneman*, K. Ludtke, D. Fritsch, J. Klenine
GKSS Research Center, Max-Planck-Strasse, Germany, University of Paderborn

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:45 ELECTROMEMBRANES
Session Co-Chairs: Dr. Heiner Strathmann, Germany and Dr. Seung-Hyeon Moon,
Dept. of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology (K-JIST), Korea

WE1 - Preparation and Characterization of Bipolar Membranes
Eric Da Silvia*, Laurent Lebrun and Michel Métaye
Laboratoire P.B.M. - UMR 6522, Université de Rouen - Faculté des Sciences, France

WE2 - Material Transport through Charged Mosaic Membranes
Akira Yamauchi* and Takasi Fukuda
Chemistry Division, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Japan

WE3 - Production of Organic Acids from Organic Acids Salts by Electro-Ion Substitution Reaction
Seung-Hyeon Moon*, Jae-Hwan Choi and Sung-Hye Kim
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology (K-JIST), Korea

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch - Pick up boxed lunch for those going to the trip
Optional Trip to Lucca and Pisa - (Sign up on site; pay hotel directly - modest bus fee)

20:00 - 21:00 Dinner

21:00 - 22:00 Social Hour

Thursday, October 18, 2001

07:30 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room)

08:30 - 12:30 MEMBRANE REACTORS
Session Co-Chairs: Dr. Roger Ben Aim, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, France and Dr. Michael J. Semmens, University of Minnesota, USA

THM1 - Enzymatic Inorganic Membrane Reactor in Supercritical Media
D. Paolucci-Jeanjean, M. P. Belleville and G. M. Rios
Institut Européen des Membranes, ENSCM / Université Montpellier II - CC 047, France

THM2 - Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor: a CSTR Disguised as a Packed Bed
David F. Ollis
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, USA

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

THM3 - Solvent Resistant Nanofiltration in Liquid Phase Organic Synthesis Reactions
Andrew Livingston*, Dinesh Nair, Justin Scarpello
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London,U.K.
Luisa Freitas dos Santos
GlaxoSmithKline
L. Steve White
W. R. Grace, UK

THM4 - Membrane Aerated Bioreactors: Design Considerations
Michael J. Semmens* and Alina Christianson
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

14:30 - 16:00 POSTER SESSION (Afternoon coffee served in poster area)

16:00 - 18:30 MEMBRANES FOR GAS APPLICATIONS
Session Co-Chairs: Dr. William J. Koros, University of Texas at Austin, USA and Dr. Donald R. Paul,
University of Texas at Austin, USA

THA1 - Natural Gas Clean-up by Means of Membranes
Klaus V. Peinneman and Klaus Ohlrogge
GKSS Research Center, Max-Planck-Strasse, Germany

THA2 - Current and Developing Applications for Membranes in Natural Gas Separations
Richard Baker*
Membrane Technology & Research, USA

THA3 - New Directions in Membranes for Gas Separation
Ian C. Roman *
MEDAL, L.P.,USA

19:00 - 23:00 Dinner (Banquet) "Rustic Dinner on the Mountain"

Friday, October 19, 2001

07:30 - 08:15 Breakfast Buffet (Dining Room)

08:30 - 11:45 PLANT OPERATIONS
Session Chair: Dr. John A. Howell, University of Bath, UK

FM1 - Reverse Osmosis: How to Maintain High Plant Availability and Quality When Treating Industrial Wastewater
A. Maartens*, J. C. Swart, J. G. Nieuwenhuis, G. H. Du Plessis, P. G. Boshoff, M. P. Augustyn and D. de Villiers
Department of Water and Environmental Technology, Sasol Synthetic Fuels, Secunda, R.S.A.

FM2 - Application of Neural Networks for Reverse Osmosis Plant Opearation
Mutaz Jafar*
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Water Resources Division, Kuwait

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

FM3 Experiences of Operating a Large Submerged Membrane Bioreactor Plant Treating Municipal Sewage
Author TBD

11:45 - 12:00 Summary and Closing Remarks

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:30 Conference Adjournment and Departure (by bus to Pisa)

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1. New gas separation polymer materials based on polypyrrole
D.V. Andreeva, N.V. Bobrova, G.A. Polotskaya, G.E. Elayashevich Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIA

2. Topographic changes in SEM preparation of microfiltration membranes analyzed by SPM
G. Arranz, L. Palacios, P. Pradanos, A. Hernandez Group of Surfaces and Porous Materials, Departamento de Termodinamica y Fisica Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, SPAIN

3. A dense palladium-silver alloy membrane reactor for non-oxidative coupling of methane using a 5% RU catalyst
A. Basile, A. Vazzana, L Paturzo Research Institute on Membranes and Modelling of Chemical Reactors, IRMERC-CNR, ITALY

4. Interactions biomass/membrane in membrane bioreactors
Roger Ben Aim Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, FRANCE Claire Albasi Laboratoire de Génie Chimique UMR

5. Nanofiltration applications in aqueous and non-aqueous systems
D. Bhanushali, A. Hollman, D. Bhattacharyya Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, USA

6. Spinning and characterization of carbon black filled asymmetric polysulfone hollow fiber membranes for gas separation
V. Bhardwaj, S.A. Gordeyev, I.D. Sharpe and S.J. Shilton Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK

7. Ceramic membranes for biotech and beverage application
Peter Bolduan Atech Innonvations GmbH, GERMANY

8. The Role of Hydrophobicity in Colloidal Interactions with Membrane Surfaces
Jonathan A. Brant, Amy E. Childress University of Nevada, USA

9. EPR spin label titration: a novel method to assess the activity and active site structure of randomly - or site- specifically-immobilized enzymes on hydrophobic or hydrophilic polymeric membranes
D. Allan Butterfield, Joshua Colvin, Leonidas Bachas, Jiangling Liu and Dibakar Bhattacharyya Department of Chemistry and Center of Membrane Sciences, University of Kentucky, USA

10. Fabrication of porous/microporous polymeric membranes via melt processing of polymer blends
Chaiya Chandavasu, Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Marino Xanthos and Costas G. Gogos Department of Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

11. Characterization and use of ceramic nanofiltration membranes
Horst Chmiel, V. Mavrov and R. Weber Institute for Environmentally Compatible Process Technology, Saarland University, GERMANY

12. Membrane contactors for textile wastewater ozonation
Gianluca Ciardelli Tecnotessile s.r.l., ITALY Gustavo Capannelli and Aldo Bottino Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Genova, ITALY

13. Mesoporous zirconia membranes derived from nanoceramic suspensions
prepared by different routes
Kinga Czechowska, Jacek Dabiñski, Anna Jirsa-Ociepa Institute of Refractory Materials, POLAND Zbigniew Pêdzich University of Mining and Metallurgy Stanislaw Staszic Micha Bodzek, Krystyna Konieczny The Silesian University in Gliwice - Institute of Water and Wastewater Engineering

14. Some keys to simulate ultrafiltration of complex biological solutions
Estelle Darnon, Marie-Pierre Beleville and Gilbert M. Rios Institut Européen des Membranes, FRANCE

15. Membrane bioreactors with unsteady filtration conditions for liquid or gaseous pollutants biodegradation can provide efficient processes
Isabelle Daubert, Muriel Mercier-Bonin, Claude Maranges, Christine Lafforgue and Christian Fonade Laboratoire Biotechnologie - Bioprocédés, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, UMR INSA CNRS, FRANCE

16. Sorption and transport of gases and organic vapors in poly(ethylene terephthalate)
Sushil N. Dhoot, Benny D. Freeman North Carolina State University, USA Mark E. Stewart Eastman Chemical Company, USA

17. An evaluation of a low energy side-stream MBR for the treatment of municipal wastewaters
Chris Dotremont, Bart Molenberghs, Roger Leysen Vito, Flemish Institute for Technological Research, BELGIUM Ronald Carrette Aquafin Caroline Jonkers SVW, Studie-en Samenwerkingsverband Vlaams Water

18. Does hydrophobic pervaporation have a future?
Robert W. Field University of Bath, UK

19. Thiomersal transport using ionic liquids in a supported liquid membrane
Raquel Fortunato, Carlos A.M. Alfonso, Maria A. Reis and João G. Crespo Department of Chemistry - CQFB, Facultade de Ciências e Tecnologie, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PORTUGAL

20. A trickling filter combined with dead end membrane filtration for domestic wastewater treatment
Werner Fuchs, Mounir Brik and Rudolf Braun IFA-Tulln, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, AUSTRIA

21. Thin and defect-free tubular MFI zeolite membranes by in-situ nucleation and secondary growth
Gianni Golemme Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Calabria, ITALY Catia Algieri, Paola Bernardo, Giuseppe Barbieri and Giuseppe Marigliano IRMERC CNR, ITALY Stefan Kallus, and John D.F. Ramsay LMPM, FRANCE

22. Membranes in petrochemical industry II* - a comparison of integrated membrane modules with traditional separation technology
May-Britt Hägg and Arne Lindbraathen Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, NORWAY Lars-Petter Isdahl Telemark University College

23. Modeling of spiral wound pervaporation modules
Michael A. Henson, Bing Cao Lousiana State University, USA

24. Separation and purification of caseinophosphopeptides from casein hydrolizate by membrane processes and ion metal affinity chromatography
Shih-Yow Huang, Tse-Yuan Lo and Tsuong-Yuang Chen Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, CHINA

25. Application of organic and aqueous liquid membranes in separation of metals and acids: comparative analysis
Vladimir Kislik and Aharon Eyal Casai Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL

26. Denitrification in membrane bioreactor with immobilized bacterial cells
V.V. Konovalova and M.T. Bryk Department of Chemistry, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", UKRAINE R.R. Nignatullin Department of Chem. Biol. Process Engineering, University of Wales Swansea, UK

27. Gas mixture separation by hollow fiber carbon selective adsorption membrane
V. Krakov, G. Dagan, G. Agam and N. Tsesin Carbon Membranes Ltd, ISRAEL

28. Thermally assisted evaporative phase separation: modeling and experimental studies
William B. Krantz Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA Diana J. Hellman IBM Corporation, USA Alan R. Greenberg University of Colorado, USA

29. Water deactivation by reverse osmosis
Antonina Kryvoruchko and Boris Kornilovich Institute of Colloid and Water Chemistry, Ukranian National Academy of Science, UKRAINE

30. Effect of the transport characteristics of natural organic matter (nom) on flux decline of NF membrane against UF membrane
Sangyoup Lee, Yongki Shim, Jihee Moon, Boksoon Kwon and Jaeweon Cho Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology (K-JIST), SOUTH KOREA

31. Isomorphously substituted MFI zeolite membranes
Richard D. Noble, John L. Falconer, Vu A. Tuan and Christopher Gump Chemical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, USA

32. Azeotropic separation of THF/water using zeolite membranes
Richard D. Noble, John L. Falconer, Vu A. Tuan and Shiguang Li Chemical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, USA

33. Separation of fermentation products using zeolite membranes
Richard D. Noble, John L. Falconer, Vu A. Tuan and Shiguang Li Chemical Engineering Department, University of Colorado, USA

34. Closing pulp and paper mill water circuits with membrane filtration
Jutta Nuortila-Jokinen, Marianne Nyström Lappeenranta University of Technology, FINLAND

35. Protein mixtures in microfiltration flux decay. The case of BSA-lysozyme and BSA-pepsine
L. Palacio, P. Padranos and A. Hernández Group of Surfaces and Porous Materials, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, SPAIN C.C. Ho, A.L. Zydney Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, USA

36. Effects of electro-oxidation prior to membrane on natural organic matter rejection and fouling
Gunyoung Park, Jihee Moon and Jaeweon Cho KwangJu Institute of Science and Technology (K-JIST), SOUTH KOREA

37. Pulsed bioreactor for the removal of atrazine from water
V.G.J. Rodgers, Tonya L. Peeples, Elena Lobyntseva and Jin-Woo Kim The University of Iowa, USA

38. Hydrogen separation and purification by its filtration through metal membrane
V.V. Rumyantsev, V.M. Shatalov and E. Ya. Shtaerman Physical - Technical Institute of NASU, UKRAINE

39. General formulation of mass diffusion through a slab - factors affecting the diffusion process
Abraham Sagiv Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL

40. General formulation of mass diffusion through a slab - theory validation
Abraham Sagiv Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL

41. Poly(vinyl alcohol)-based polyelectrolyte pervaporation membranes
Benhui Sun, Jian Zou Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Materials Science and Technology, CHINA

42. Ion exchange extraction of heavy metal ions water solutions
I. Tamananenko, A. Krivoruchko, S. Verbych, L. Yurlova and B. Kornilovich Institute of Colloide and Water Chemistry, Ukranian National Academy of Sciences, UKRAINE

43. Zeolite tubular catalytic composite membrane preparation and characterization: RH-containing mordenite formed on alumina support
Adalgisa Tavolaro IRMERC-CNR, ITALY

44. CO2 capture by enzyme-based facilitated transport
Michael C. Trachtenberg, Jijun Ge, Robert M. Cowan, Yingjie Qin, Martin L. McGregor Sapient's Institute, Rutgers University, USA

45. Flux decline in nanofiltration of aqueous solutions containing organic compounds
Bart Van der Bruggen, Leen Braeken and Carlo Vandecasteele University of Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, BELGIUM

46. High pressure carbon dioxide permeation through a microporous ceramic membrane
A.W. Verkerk, L.J.P. van den Broeke, E.L.V. Goetheer and J.T.F. Keurentjes Department of Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS

47. Separation and purification of kraft black liquor lignin
Ola Wallberg, Ann-Sofi Jönsson and Roland Wimmerstedt Chemical Engineering, Lund University, SWEDEN

48. Membranes on mars-martian air separation for in-situ resource utilization processes
J. Douglas Way, Ananth Srinivasan, James MacArthur, Robert M. Baldwin Colorado School of Mines, USA Larry W. Mason Lockheed Martin Astronautics, USA

49. Micro-scale, palladium-copper alloy composite membranes for hydrogen separations
J. Douglas Way, Fernando Roa, Robert L. McCormick and Robert M. Baldwin Colorado School of Mines, USA

50. Designing blood oxygenators
Ranil Wickramasinghe, Aaron Goerke Department of Chemical and Bioresource Engineering, Colorado State University, USA

51. New approaches to the transport characterization of nanoporous inorganic membranes in electrolyte solutions: a novel technique and an improved conventional protocol
Andriy E. Yaroshchuk Institute of Chemistry, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, AUSTRIA

52. Development of mixed matrix conductive gas separation membranes
Levent Yilmaz, Levent Toppare and Pelin Hacarlioglu Chemical Engineering Department, METU, TURKEY

53. Development of mixed matrix conductive gas separation membranes
Levent Yilmaz, Levent Toppare and Pelin Hacarlioglu Chemical Engineering Department, METU, TURKEY

54. Rare earths extraction by inner-coupled extraction-stripping process
Z.M. Gu, Z.X. Zheng, X.Y. Gan, W. Shen, X.F. Wang and J. Tian China Institute of Atomic Energy, CHINA

55. Preparation of charge-mosaic composite membrane from blends of poly(isoprene-4-methyl styrene) diblock copolymer with poly(isoprene-styrene-isoprene) triblock copolymer
S. Cheng and B. Sun Beijing University of Chemical Technology, CHINA

56. Effect of the compatibility of PVC/P2 alloy systems on the membrane structure and performance
P.B. Sun and B. Sun Beijing University of Chemical Technology, CHINA

57. Membrane technologies applied to textile wastewater treatment
Manuele Marcucci, Ingrid Ciabatti, Alessandro Matteucci and Guido Vernaglione Tecnotessile, ITALY

58. Enzyme transmission during crossflow microfiltration of yeast suspensions using gas/liquid two-phase flows
Muriel Mercier-Bonin and Christian Fonade INSA Laboratory Biotechnology - Bioprocesses, FRANCE

59. Study on facilitated transport membrane with liquid crystalline carriers
Jin Meifang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CHINA

60. Proton conducting hybrid membranes
Monica Pica Dipartimento di Chimica-Università di Perugia

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