Planning Grant for Emerging Contaminants Center

新兴污染物（Emerging Pollutants，ECs）是指环境中最近发现的、可能对人类健康或环境造成潜在或真实的威胁的化学物质和物质。 EC的挑战涉及多个行业，包括制药和个人护理产品行业、纳米材料生产商以及处理废水和饮用水的实体。 将举行一次规划会议，以调查拟议建立一个多大学工业/大学合作研究中心的新兴污染物。 拟议中的中心的主要地点将在新泽西理工学院，第二个地点在维拉诺瓦大学。 拟议中心的使命是解决新兴污染物（EC）的传感和修复。 拟议中的中心将致力于对寻求避免成为污染主要贡献者的广泛美国公司具有重要意义的研究项目。 该中心及其研究活动将涉及教师研究人员，研究生和本科生与工业代表一起工作。 该中心将进一步加强这两个机构在课堂教学中整合研究方面的持续努力。

Emerging contaminants (ECs) generally refer to chemicals and materials recently detected in the environment, and which may have potential or real threat to human health or the environment. The challenge of ECs intersects several industries including the pharmaceutical and personal care products industries, producers of nano-sized materials, as well as entities that treat wastewater and drinking water. A planning meeting will be held to investigate the proposed establishment of a multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Emerging Contaminants. The lead location of the proposed center will be at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, with a second site at Villanova University. The mission of the proposed center is to address sensing and remediation of emerging contaminants (EC). The proposed center will pursue research projects of importance to a broad range of US companies seeking to avoid becoming a major contributor to pollution. The center and its research activity will involve faculty researchers, graduate and undergraduate students working together with industrial representatives. The center will further enhance the ongoing efforts at both institutions of integrating research in classroom teaching.