IUCRC Phase III University of Colorado Boulder: 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。科罗拉多大学正在与工业界合作，开发更有效的膜材料和脱盐工艺，从驱动水中去除污染物，如多氟烷基物质（PFAS），生物制造，以及分离和捕获二氧化碳和其他化学品。此外，MAST中心正在与当地少数民族服务社区学院和学校合作，培训熟练的劳动力，以支持发展中的当地生物技术产业和促进多样性。膜应用科学技术中心（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）开发用于水处理的膜工艺，（4）制造用于（4）生物制药工业的产品，（5）制药工业和（6）食品和饮料工业中的膜应用。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。科罗拉多大学在膜基础、新型膜材料和工艺以及新型膜表征技术方面拥有独特的专业知识。专业知识和能力的范围对于解决膜行业面临的知识差距和挑战至关重要，包括水净化和生物制造中的污染控制，新的和更有效的膜材料和工艺，先进的计量学，以更好地了解膜技术中的传输过程。独特的MAST中心研究平台将被科罗拉多大学基地的优秀项目所利用，以培养不同层次的未来劳动力，重点是促进多样性和包容性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值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. The University of Colorado Site is working with industry to develop more efficient membrane materials and processes for desalination, removing contaminants such as polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from driving water, biomanufacturing, and separation and capture of CO2 and other chemicals. Further, the MAST Center is working with local minority serving community colleges and schools to train a skilled workforce to support a developing local biotechnology industry and to promote diversity. 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, (4) 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. University of Colorado Site brings unique expertise in membrane fundamentals, novel membrane materials and processes, and novel membrane characterization techniques. The range of expertise and capabilities are crucial to addressing knowledge gaps and challenges facing membrane industries, including, fouling control in water purification and biomanufacturing, new and more efficient membrane materials and processes, advanced metrology to better understand the transport processes in membrane technologies. The unique MAST Center research platform will be leveraged by the excellent programs at University of Colorado Site to develop future workforces at different levels with emphasis on promoting diversity and inclusiveness.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.