U.S.-Venezuela: Planning Visit

在美国-委内瑞拉规划访问由国际科学与工程办公室的美洲计划和化学和运输系统部的界面，运输和热力学处理计划支持，奥本大学的罗纳德纽曼将前往委内瑞拉的两个机构，加拉加斯的西蒙玻利瓦尔大学（USB）和梅里达的洛斯安第斯山脉大学（USB）。 这些访问的目的是与Erich A.穆勒在USB和Jean-Louis Salager教授。 拟议的研究项目将调查复杂流体（液体/液体）系统中的界面现象，并反映所涉及的合作者的互补专业知识。 与USB的合作项目将采用分子模拟和并行计算机处理的最新进展，研究金属从水相到非极性有机相的液/液萃取。 该项目将研究由固体颗粒稳定的复杂原油乳状液，以获得将用于开发新的补救和污染清除方法的基础知识。拟议的研究有可能开发一种环境清洁的方法，以清除沿海海滩的石油泄漏，并获得可回收回炼油作业的清洁石油产品。 拟议的活动涉及研究生和本科生的交流，他们将因此获得国际合作的第一手经验。

In this U.S.-Venezuela planning visit supported by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Interfacial, Transport and Thermodynamic Processing Program of the Division of Chemical and Transport Systems, Ronald Neuman of Auburn University will travel to two institutions in Venezuela, the Universidad Simon Bolivar (USB) in Caracas, and the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA) in Merida. The purpose of these visits is to plan new research collaborative projects with Professor Erich A. Muller at USB and Professor Jean-Louis Salager at ULA. The proposed research projects will investigate interfacial phenomena in complex fluid (liquid/liquid) systems and reflect the complementary expertise of the collaborators involved. The collaborative project with USB will employ recent advances in molecular simulation and parallel computer processing to investigate the liquid/liquid extraction of metals from aqueous to nonpolar organic phases. The proposed project with ULA will investigate complex crude oil emulsions stabilized by solid particles to obtain fundamental knowledge that will be applied to develop new remediation and pollution cleanup methods.The proposed research has the potential for the development of an environmentally clean method to remove oil spills from coastal beaches and obtain a clean oil product that can be recycled back into petroleum refining operations. The proposed activities involve the exchange of graduate students and undergraduate students, who will thus have first-hand experience with international collaborations.