CAREER: Optimizing Flux and Rejection in Pressure Driven Membrane Processes by Exploiting Electrostatic Interactions Near the Membrane Surface

这是一个奖项，用于支持根据向教师早期职业发展（Career）计划提交建议的指导方针提出的项目，NSF 97-87。首席研究员的研究目标是开展工作，研究创新的方法，使膜成为水和废水处理过程的组成部分，而不会受到污染。她计划使用离子植入技术给膜表面注入永久电荷。这种技术产生的静电屏障可以提供一个屏障，减少溶质在膜表面的积累。预计这将有助于防止膜的污染。根据NSF 97-87，首席研究员计划将她的研究成果作为一个平台，向本科生和中学生教授技术和非技术问题解决技能。她希望通过将创新的教学技术融入课堂讲座，开发基于网络的环境工程课程，以及开发有效的外展计划来吸引和留住少数民族学生参加教育项目，从而培养他们在环境工程实践中的能力。＊＊＊

Jones 9734429 This is an award to support a project proposed in accord with the Guidelines for Submission of Proposals to the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, NSF 97-87. The Principal Investigator's research objective is to conduct work that will investigate innovative procedures to make membranes as components of processes for treatment of water and wastewater that are not subject to fouling. She plans on using an ion implanting technique to impart a permanent charge to membrane surfaces. The electrostatic barrier produced by this technique may provide a barrier that decreases the accumulation of solutes on the membrane surface. This is expected to assist in preventing fouling of the membranes. In accord with NSF 97-87, the Principal Investigator plans on using the results of her research as a platform for teaching both technical and nontechnical problem-solving skills to undergraduate and secondary school students. She expects to do this by incorporating innovative teaching techniques into classroom lectures, development of a web-based course in environmental engineering and development of an effective outreach program targeted to attract and retain minority students in educational programs that lead to competence in environmental engineering practice. ***