Planning Grant : Formation of a New MAST Center Site at New Jersey Institute of Technology

新泽西理工学院(NJIT)Sirka新泽西理工学院(NJIT)正计划加入名为“膜应用科学与技术”(MAST)的产业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，该中心目前是一个单一的大学中心。科罗拉多大学目前是该研究所的牵头机构。在石油、化学、生化、食品和水处理行业中，膜可以显著降低与气体和液体分离相关的成本和能源消耗。NJIT的网站将为中心带来新的专业知识领域，并在科罗拉多州网站正在进行研究的其他领域提供重要的补充专业知识。桅杆中心在膜的形成、表征和性能方面具有核心能力。NJIT研究基地将加强这些核心领域，并促进在膜材料和当前工业感兴趣的应用领域的新的研究互动和机会。拟议的场地将为膜及相关行业的研究生和博士后研究员提供教育和培训。拟建地点的PI还将寻求在NJIT提供的Ronald E.McNair毕业后成就计划中纳入膜和膜分离的介绍以及动手实验膜研究活动，以招募未被充分代表的群体进入科学和工程领域。类似的活动将在夏季与高中生一起与ACS SEED计划一起进行。总体而言，NJIT桅杆中心场地的研究和教育活动将对广泛的关键行业的分离需求产生重大影响。

PROGRAM DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONIIP 0855798New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)SirkarNew Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is planning to join the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) entitled "Membrane Applied Science and Technology" (MAST) which currently is a single university center. University of Colorado is currently the lead institute. Membranes offer the potential to dramatically decrease costs and energy consumption associated with gas and liquid separations in the petroleum, chemical, biochemical, food and water treatment industries. A site at NJIT would bring new areas of expertise to the Center and significant complementary expertise in other areas in which the Colorado site has ongoing research. The MAST center has core capabilities in membrane formation, characterization and performance. The NJIT research site will strengthen these core areas as well as facilitate new research interactions and opportunities in membrane materials and areas of applications of current industrial interest. The proposed site will lead to the education and training of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows for the membrane and related industries. The PI at the proposed site would also seek to incorporate the introduction to membranes and membrane separations as well as hands-on experimental membrane research activities in the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievements Program offered by NJIT to recruit underrepresented groups to science and engineering. Similar activities will be undertaken with high school students during the summer with the ACS Seed Program. Overall, the research and education activities of a NJIT MAST Center site will have a significant impact on the separation needs of a broad range of critical industries.