IUCRC Phase III New Jersey Institute of Technology: Center for Membrane Applications, Science and Technology (MAST)

膜被用于各种行业，如药品制造、食品和饮料生产、饮用水和废水的处理以及从废流中回收有价值的化学物质。膜应用科学和技术中心(MAST)正在与这些领域的膜制造商和用户以及其他领域合作，以促进科学知识和开发新产品，促进人类健康、繁荣和福利。通过与来自不同行业的科学家以及四个机构的大学研究人员建立多学科项目团队，Mast Center正在解决在医疗保健和环境可持续发展领域具有重大社会影响的具有挑战性的现实世界技术问题。在新泽西理工学院(NJIT)，Mast中心正在与工业界合作开发膜、膜设备和工艺，以高效地生产药物、药物输送和基因治疗载体以及生物制药；有机溶剂型工艺流程的处理尤其令人感兴趣。膜处理废水去除无处不在的污染物是进一步实现废水回用的另一个重点领域。作为一家新指定的少数群体服务机构，NJIT研究人员将利用一系列可用的项目来培训少数群体膜科学和技术。膜应用科学技术中心(MAST)在六个领域开展工业相关研究：(1)新型膜的开发和表征；(2)绿色膜制造方法的开发；(3)水处理膜工艺的开发；(4)生物制药工业、(5)制药工业和(6)食品和饮料工业的膜应用产品的生产。该中心与代表膜用户和制造商的工业合作伙伴以及来自四个机构的教职员工和学生合作，以开发具有挑战性的分离的技术解决方案。同时，该中心还培养学生成为未来技术发展的领导者。在新泽西理工学院，Mast Center开发了独特的膜开发和应用方法，用于小分子药物制造中使用的有机溶剂型系统的分离，以及小分子药物输送和基因治疗载体的高效开发。桅杆中心正在研究用于水循环再利用的去除微量污染物的高压膜工艺。该中心还致力于开发西装，以防止有毒气体和化学战剂的伤害。该中心正在利用NJIT(一家为少数族裔服务的机构)的各种计划来培训多样化的劳动力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Membranes are used in a variety of industries such as the manufacture of drugs, production of food and beverages, treatment of drinking and wastewater and recovery of valuable chemical species from waste streams. The Center for Membrane Applications, Science and Technology (MAST) is collaborating with membrane manufacturers and users in these fields and others, to promote scientific knowledge and to develop new products that advance human health, prosperity and welfare. By establishing multidisciplinary project teams with scientists from a range of industries as well as university researchers across four institutions, the MAST Center is addressing challenging real world technical issues that are of significant societal impact in the areas of healthcare and environmental sustainability. At New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), the MAST Center is working with industry to develop membranes, membrane devices and processes to produce efficiently pharmaceuticals, drug delivery and gene therapy vehicles and biopharmaceuticals; treatment of organic solvent-based process streams is of special interest. Membrane treatment of wastewater to remove ubiquitous pollutants is an additional focus area to further wastewater reuse. As a newly designated minority serving institution, NJIT researchers will employ a host of available programs to train minorities in membrane science and technologies. The Center for Membrane Applications, Science and Technology (MAST) conducts industrially relevant research in six areas: (1) development and characterization of new membranes; (2) development of green membrane manufacturing methods; (3) development of membrane processes for water treatment; manufacture of products for the (4) biopharmaceutical industry, (5) pharmaceutical industry and (6) membrane applications in food and beverage industries. The Center works with industrial partners representing membrane users and manufacturers and faculty and students from four institutions in order to develop technological solutions to challenging separations. In parallel, the Center trains students to be future leaders of technology development. At New Jersey Institute of Technology, the MAST Center has developed unique approaches to membrane development and applications for separations in organic solvent-based systems used in small-molecule drug manufacturing as well as for efficient development of vehicles for small molecule drug delivery and gene therapy. The MAST Center is studying high pressure membrane processes for removal of trace pollutants for water recycle and reuse. The Center is also engaged in development of suits to protect from toxic gases and chemical warfare agents. The Center is tapping into a variety of programs at NJIT, a minority serving institution, to train a diverse workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.