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

膜用于各种工业，例如药物制造、食品和饮料生产、饮用水和废水处理以及从废物流中回收有价值的化学物质。膜应用、科学和技术中心（MAST）正在与这些领域和其他领域的膜制造商和用户合作，以促进科学知识和开发促进人类健康、繁荣和福利的新产品。通过与来自一系列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中心正在解决具有挑战性的真实的世界技术问题，这些问题在医疗保健和环境可持续性领域具有重大的社会影响。在新泽西理工学院（NJIT），MAST中心正在与工业界合作开发膜，膜装置和工艺，以有效地生产药物，药物输送和基因治疗车辆和生物制药;有机溶剂为基础的工艺流的处理是特别感兴趣的。废水膜处理去除无处不在的污染物是进一步废水再利用的另一个重点领域。作为一个新指定的少数民族服务机构，NJIT的研究人员将采用一系列可用的程序，以培训少数民族在膜科学和技术。膜应用、科学和技术中心（MAST）在六个领域进行工业相关研究：（1）新膜的开发和表征;（2）绿色膜制造方法的开发;（3）水处理膜工艺的开发;用于（4）生物制药工业、（5）制药工业和（6）食品和饮料工业中的膜应用的产品的制造。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师和学生合作，以开发具有挑战性的分离技术解决方案。同时，该中心培养学生成为技术发展的未来领导者。在新泽西理工学院，MAST中心开发了独特的膜开发方法，并应用于小分子药物制造中使用的有机溶剂型系统的分离，以及有效开发小分子药物递送和基因治疗的载体。MAST中心正在研究高压膜工艺，用于去除水循环和再利用的微量污染物。该中心还从事开发防护服，以防止有毒气体和化学战剂。该中心正在利用各种计划在NJIT，少数民族服务机构，以培养多元化的劳动力。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

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.