NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in Australia

这项行动资助了北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的Ariel Atkinson于2013年夏天在澳大利亚布里斯班昆士兰大学高级水管理中心开展一项工程研究项目。项目名称为“高质量循环水生产过程中有机物对消毒副产物命运的影响”。主持会议的科学家是Maria joss<s:1> farr<e:1>博士。水资源短缺和水源水质受损是美国和世界许多地区面临的一个主要问题；对替代水源的需求继续增长。膜可以用来解决这个问题；特别是处理废水或受损水源与其他处理工艺相结合，以生产高质量的饮用水。水在消毒过程中会形成对人体健康有潜在危害的消毒副产物（DBPs）。在生产高质量循环水的过程中，如何防止它们进入成品水，对保护公众健康非常重要。本研究专门研究了膜处理中有机物质对dbp命运的影响。该项目将增加对膜处理、消毒产物命运、水循环利用和新技术实施的基本理解和实际问题。从废水中生产高质量的水可以成为饮用水的主要可持续替代来源，并且不可避免地向饮用水再利用的方向发展，使得对水循环利用的彻底调查在这个时候变得更加重要。EAPSI奖学金的广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍该地区的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及对社会、文化和语言的了解。这些活动符合美国国家科学基金会的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期培养国际合作，从而确保美国科学劳动力具有全球意识。

This action funds Ariel Atkinson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct a research project in Engineering during the summer of 2013 at the Advanced Water Management Centre at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. The project title is "The Effect of Organic Matter on the Fate of Disinfection By-Products during the Production of High Quality Recycled Water." The host scientist is Dr. Maria José Farré.Water scarcity and compromised source water quality is a major issue facing many areas of the US and around the world; the need for alternative water sources continues to grow. Membranes can be used to address this problem; specifically to treat wastewater or compromised water sources in conjunction with other treatment processes to produce high quality potable water. Disinfection by-products (DBPs), which are potentially harmful to human health, are formed during water disinfection. How they can be prevented from ending up in finished water during high quality recycled water production is important for the protection of public health. This study specifically investigates the role organic matter plays on the fate of DBPs in membrane treatment. This project will add to the fundamental understanding and practical issues of membrane treatment, disinfection-by product fate, water recycling, and the implementation of this new technology. The production of high quality water from wastewater can be a major sustainable alternative source for drinking water, and the inevitable move toward potable water reuse makes the thorough investigation of water recycling even more vital at this time. Broader impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.