Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Linking Materials Discovery with Membrane Innovation
Discussion Leader: Baoxia Mi (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm
Benny Freeman (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
"Emerging Basic Science Questions Regarding Water Transport in Polymers for Water Purification, Resource Recovery, and Energy Applications"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm
David Sholl (ORNL, United States)
"When Do I Get My Flying Car? Assessing The Potential Of AI To Revolutionize Separations Science"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Membranes Solutions for Water Quality, Quantity, and Equity
Discussion Leader: Anthony Straub (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Ngai Yin Yip (Columbia University, United States)
"All Models are Wrong but Some are Useful: Theories of Transport in Ion-Exchange Membranes"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Chuyang Tang (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Tailoring Thin-Film Composite Membranes for Water Reuse Applications"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Manish Kumar (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
"Biomimetic Ion Channels and Ion Channel Membranes"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Jamie Hestekin (University of Arkansas, United States) and Christina Carbrello (MilliporeSigma, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Removal and Recovery of Forever Chemical Contaminants
Discussion Leaders: Ngoc Bui (The University of Oklahoma, United States) and Priyesh Wagh (The Lubrizol Corporation, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Timothy Strathmann (Colorado School of Mines, United States)
"Membrane-Based Treatment Trains for PFAS-Contaminated Water: Removal and Destruction"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Xiao Su (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Coupling Redox-Electrochemistry with Membrane Design for Environmental Remediation and Resource Recovery"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Synthesis and Characterization of Membrane Building Blocks
Discussion Leader: Joshua Moon (University of Florida, United States)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Moon Jeong Park (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Strategies for Stabilizing Network Morphology in Block Copolymers"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Yan Xia (Stanford University, United States)
"Just Another PIM? CANAL Polymer Membranes for Gas Separations"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Marina Tsianou (University at Buffalo, SUNY, United States)
"Interfacial Interactions and Molecular Self-Assembly Inform the Design of Polymer Materials for Capture of PFAS from Aqueous Media"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Discovery and Design of Materials & Processes
Discussion Leader: Ryan Kingsbury (Princeton University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Faruque Hasan (Texas A&M University, United States)
"Linking Process Design with Material Discovery"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Rampi Ramprasad (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"AI-Assisted Design of Polymer Membranes"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Next-Generation of Membranes for Enabling the Energy Transition
Discussion Leaders: David Warsinger (Purdue University, United States) and Katherine Hornbostel (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Karen Winey (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Proton Conductivity in Hydrated Fluorine-Free Polymers"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
David Alfredo Pacheco Tanaka (Tecnalia, Spain)
"Carbon and Palladium Membranes for the Energy Transition"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Ryan Lively (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"The Future of Global Scale Chemicals Manufacturing – What Role, If Any, Can Membranes Play?"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Resource Recovery and Manufacturing of Critical Materials
Discussion Leader: Sage Hiibel (University of Nevada, Reno, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Victoria Flexer (CONICET, Argentina)
"Designing Membrane Processes for the Joint Recovery of Lithium Carbonate and Other Raw Materials from Native High Salinity Brines"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Christine Duval (Case Western Reserve University, United States)
"Bridging the Gap Between Coordination Chemistry and Membrane Science for REE Separations"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Grand Challenges to Inspire Interdisciplinary Membrane Research and Development
Discussion Leaders: Simona Liguori (Clarkson University, United States) and Gyorgy Szekely (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Andrew Zydney (Penn State University, United States)
"New Opportunities for Membrane Technology in the Production of Next Generation Gene Therapies"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Menachem Elimelech (Yale University, United States)
"The Physical Basis for Solvent Transport in "Dense" Polymer Membranes: Theory, Experiments, and Implications for Membrane Development"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Jeffrey McCutcheon (University of Connecticut, United States)
"The Materials We Leave Behind: Lost Opportunities for Advancing Membrane Science by Ignoring Manufacturing Science"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Integrating Material Science and Systems Modeling for Breakthrough Molecular Separations
Discussion Leaders: Alyson Beldon (Air Products & Chemicals, United States) and Stephanie Candelaria (Membrion, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Jerry Lin (Arizona State University, United States)
"Tailoring Surface Property of Zeolite Membranes for Membrane Reactor Applications"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Matthias Wessling (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
"Membrane Process Systems Design and Optimization"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure