CAREER: Optimizing Flux and Rejection in Pressure Driven Membrane Processes by Exploiting Electrostatic Interactions Near the Membrane Surface

琼斯9734429这个奖项是为了支持一个项目，该项目符合向美国国家科学基金会97-87《教师早期职业发展(职业)计划》提交建议书的指导方针。首席调查员的研究目标是开展工作，调查制造膜的创新程序，作为水和废水处理过程的组成部分，不受污染。她计划使用离子注入技术给膜表面注入永久电荷。这种技术产生的静电势垒可以提供一种屏障，减少溶质在膜表面的积累。预计这将有助于防止膜污染。根据NSF 97-87，首席调查员计划将她的研究结果作为向本科生和中学生教授技术和非技术问题解决技能的平台。她希望通过将创新的教学技术融入课堂讲课，开发一门基于网络的环境工程课程，以及开发一项有效的外联计划来吸引和留住少数族裔学生参加教育项目，从而培养环境工程实践能力，从而实现这一目标。***

Jones 9734429 This is an award to support a project proposed in accord with the Guidelines for Submission of Proposals to the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, NSF 97-87. The Principal Investigator's research objective is to conduct work that will investigate innovative procedures to make membranes as components of processes for treatment of water and wastewater that are not subject to fouling. She plans on using an ion implanting technique to impart a permanent charge to membrane surfaces. The electrostatic barrier produced by this technique may provide a barrier that decreases the accumulation of solutes on the membrane surface. This is expected to assist in preventing fouling of the membranes. In accord with NSF 97-87, the Principal Investigator plans on using the results of her research as a platform for teaching both technical and nontechnical problem-solving skills to undergraduate and secondary school students. She expects to do this by incorporating innovative teaching techniques into classroom lectures, development of a web-based course in environmental engineering and development of an effective outreach program targeted to attract and retain minority students in educational programs that lead to competence in environmental engineering practice. ***