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

1453081 Chaplin CAREER：可持续水处理应用的活性电化学膜的开发：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。水的可持续性有很多方面，其中一个技术领域是为许多不同用途开发膜。例如，这些膜可用于水和废水处理和/或海水淡化。因此，这项职业计划的首要目标是通过开发用于水处理的新型反应性电化学膜来促进水的可持续性。这将通过以膜技术开发为重点的全面研究计划、努力制定将这项研究转化为几个教学单元的综合教育计划以及针对不同学生群体的专业发展活动来实现。这项工作旨在为新一代反应电极材料在不同的水处理应用中的应用奠定基础。研究计划包括开发新的膜材料；从机理上了解与反应电化学膜的污染物去除相关的过程；以及评估和优化反应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)从机理上了解在不同的水基质中发生在反应性电化学膜表面的电化学反应；2)了解这些反应如何破坏/去除水污染物、灭活病原体和防止生物膜的形成；3)构建坚固、可靠和低维护的反应性电化学膜，可用于水处理。PI还将开发1)侧重于新兴水处理技术的新教学模块；2)与环境电化学有关的教育手稿；3)教学和知识传播的创新战略，包括视频实验室和使用社交媒体创建按需学习。该项目还将向来自代表性不足群体的学生介绍工程研究；并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.