Planning Grant for Emerging Contaminants Center

新出现的污染物一般是指最近在环境中发现的可能对人类健康或环境构成潜在或实际威胁的化学品和材料。ECs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。将召开计划会议，研究建立一个多所大学的新兴污染物产学研合作研究中心的建议。该中心的主要地点将设在新泽西理工学院，第二地点将设在维拉诺瓦大学。拟议中心的任务是解决新出现的污染物（EC）的传感和修复。拟建的中心将开展一些重要的研究项目，这些项目对许多寻求避免成为主要污染制造者的美国公司具有重要意义。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两校正在进行的将研究与课堂教学相结合的努力。

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.