Phase II U. of Colorado Boulder Site: Center for Membrane Science, Engineering and Technology (MAST)

科罗拉多大学博尔德分校二期基地：膜科学、工程和技术中心 (MAST)

• 批准号: 1624602
• 负责人: Yifu Ding
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-15 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1624602&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Phase; II; U.; Colorado; Boulder

A membrane is a selective barrier that enables some small particles, molecules or ions to pass through but rejects others. Membrane-based separations offer a number of advantages over conventional processes used in chemical separations. They are often more energy efficient, more environmentally friendly, easier to scale-up for manufacturing, and more compatible with process streams, and thus provide lower-cost separation in a wide range of critical applications including sea water desalination, food and beverage production, pharmaceutical processing and blood dialysis. The University of Colorado Boulder site of the MAST Center is focused on providing more advanced membranes for future separations needs as well as leading the development of new separations processes. This work addresses critical national economic competitiveness, defense and health needs.The MAST Center is a multi-campus industry-university collaborative research Center with the University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) as one of the three sites that (1) conduct fundamental and applied research in the field of membranes via innovative materials and processes to facilitate the use of membrane technology for current and emerging industrial applications; (2) sustain U.S. technological leadership in membrane materials and membrane-based separation processes and accelerate commercialization by Center industrial sponsors of novel, sustainable and innovative technologies; and (3) provide undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers with a superior educational and research experience that will enable them to become productive and effective professionals. Research at the UCB site is focused on the development of novel membrane materials and structures, innovative membrane characterization techniques and the generation of fundamental and applied knowledge regarding selective molecular transport mechanisms and membrane fouling. The technical expertise represented by participating UCB faculty from five academic departments is focused on important membrane applications in water, energy, and barrier materials.

膜是一种选择性屏障，允许一些小颗粒，分子或离子通过，但拒绝其他人。 基于膜的分离提供了许多优于化学分离中使用的常规方法的优点。 它们通常更节能，更环保，更容易扩大生产规模，与工艺流更相容，因此在广泛的关键应用中提供低成本分离，包括海水淡化，食品和饮料生产，制药加工和血液透析。 科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的MAST中心致力于为未来的分离需求提供更先进的膜，并引领新分离工艺的发展。 MAST中心是一个多校区的工业-大学合作研究中心，与科罗拉多大学博尔德分校（UCB）合作，是三个研究中心之一，（1）通过创新材料和工艺在膜领域进行基础和应用研究，以促进膜技术在当前和新兴工业应用中的应用;（2）维持美国在膜材料和膜基分离工艺方面的技术领先地位，并加速中心工业赞助商对新型、可持续和创新技术的商业化;以及（3）为本科生、研究生和博士后研究人员提供上级教育和研究经验，使他们能够成为富有成效的专业人士。 在UCB网站的研究重点是开发新型膜材料和结构，创新的膜表征技术和有关选择性分子传输机制和膜污染的基础和应用知识的产生。 来自五个学术部门的UCB参与教师代表的技术专长专注于水，能源和阻隔材料中的重要膜应用。