International Travel Support Grant: 1996 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM '96) in Yokohama, Japan

9632847国际膜和膜过程大会将于1996年8月18-23日在日本横滨举行。ICOM96由日本膜学会主办，北美膜学会和欧洲膜科学技术学会协办。1996年国际博协将把重点放在合成膜和生物膜上，希望这两个领域之间的信息交流将有助于未来创新和令人兴奋的膜技术。具体主题包括多相传输现象、流体力学、反渗透、纳滤、超滤和微滤、气体分离、渗透汽化和蒸气渗透、无机膜、电膜、液膜、囊泡和微胶囊、生物和仿生膜、膜反应器、食品加工和环境应用。这笔赠款将为大约15名参与者的费用提供部分支持。长期以来，美国学术界一直在膜研究中发挥关键作用。与国际同行的互动将有助于美国膜研究人员在该领域保持领先地位。此次会议有助于提高美国膜业在全球的竞争力，并更有效地处理环境和生物技术应用。

CTS-9632847 Timothy Barbari Johns Hopkins University ABSTRACT The 1996 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM '96) will take place in Yokohama, Japan from August 18-23, 1996. ICOM '96 is sponsored by the Membrane Society of Japan and co-sponsored by the North American Membrane Society and the European Society of Membrane Science and Technology. The 1996 ICOM will focus on both synthetic and biological membranes in the hope that the exchange of information between these two fields will contribute to innovative and exciting membrane technologies in the future. Specific topics include multi-phase transport phenomena, hydrodynamics, reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration and microfiltration, gas separation, pervaporation and vapor permeation, inorganic membranes, electro-membranes, liquid membranes, vesicles and microcapsules, biological and biomimetic membranes, membrane reactors, food processing and environmental applications. This grant will provide partial support of the expenses of about 15 participants. The United States academic community has long played a key role in membrane research. Interactions with international colleagues will help the American membrane researchers to maintain a leadership role in the field. This meeting could help to make the U.S. membrane industry more competitive globally and to handle environmental and biotechnological applications more effectively.