CAREER: Development of Reactive Electrochemical Membranes for Sustainable Water Treatment Applications: An Integrated Research and Education Plan

1453081 chaplinccareer：用于可持续水处理的反应性电化学膜的开发：综合研究和教育计划在可持续发展的背景下，水将是21世纪的关键。水的可持续性有许多方面，其中一个技术领域是开发用于许多不同用途的膜。例如，这些膜可用于水和废水处理和/或海水淡化。因此，本次CAREER提案的总体目标是通过开发一种新型的反应性电化学膜来促进水的可持续性。这将通过一个全面的研究计划来实现，重点是膜技术的发展，努力制定一个综合的教育计划，将这项研究转化为几个教学模块，以及针对不同学生群体的专业发展活动。这项工作旨在为新一代活性电极材料奠定基础，这些材料将在不同的水处理应用中发挥作用。研究计划包括开发新型膜材料；对反应性电化学膜中污染物去除过程的机理理解；以及评估和优化反应性电化学膜性能的新工具（即原位流动模块和扫描电化学显微镜）。具体的研究目标是：1)发展对不同水基质中反应性电化学膜表面发生的电化学反应的机理理解；2)了解这些反应是如何破坏/去除水中污染物、灭活病原体和防止生物膜形成的；3)构建坚固、可靠、低维护的反应性电化学膜，可用于水处理。PI还将开发：1)新的教学模块，重点关注新兴的水处理技术；2)环境电化学相关教育稿件；3)教学和知识传播的创新策略，包括视频实验室和使用社交媒体来创建按需学习。该项目还将介绍来自代表性不足群体的学生参与工程研究；通过社交媒体传播教育模块和参与无国界工程师组织，提高公众的科学素养。

1453081ChaplinCAREER: Development of Reactive Electrochemical Membranes for Sustainable Water Treatment Applications: An Integrated Research and Education PlanWithin the context of sustainability, water will be critical in the 21st Century. There are numerous aspects to water sustainability with one of the technology areas being the development of membranes for many different uses. As examples, these membranes may be useful in water and wastewater treatment and/or desalination. Therefore, the overarching goal of this CAREER proposal is to promote water sustainability through developing a new class of reactive electrochemical membranes for water treatment. This will be accomplished through a comprehensive research plan focused on membrane technology development, work to develop an integrated education plan that translates this research into several teaching modules, and professional development activities targeted at a diverse student population. This work seeks to lay the groundwork for a new generation of reactive electrode materials that will be useful across different water treatment applications.The research plan includes the development of novel membrane materials; a mechanistic understanding of the processes associated with contaminant removal at reactive electrochemical membranes; and new tools to assess and optimize reactive electrochemical membranes performance (i.e., in situ flow-module and scanning electrochemical microscopy). The specific research objectives are to 1) develop a mechanistic understanding of the electrochemical reactions that occur on the reactive electrochemical membranes surface in diverse water matrices; 2) understand how these reactions act to destroy/remove water contaminants, inactivate pathogens, and prevent biofilm formation; and 3) construct robust, reliable, and low maintenance reactive electrochemical membranes that can be used in water treatment. The PI also will develop, 1) new teaching modules focused on emerging water treatment technologies; 2) educational manuscripts related to environmental electrochemistry; and 3) innovative strategies for teaching and knowledge dissemination that involve video labs and the use of social media to create on-demand learning. This project will also introduce students from underrepresented groups to engineering research; and improve the general public's scientific literacy via dissemination of educational modules through social media and involvement with Engineers without Borders.