Congratulations to Zachary P. Smith and Qiang Liu for both winning the poster competitions at NAMS 2013. Zach received the first place in the membrane synthesis category, and Qiang received the first place in the membrane properties category.
Dr. Freeman wins the 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers International Award
Dr. Freeman has been awarded the 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers International Award. This International Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Plastics Engineers. It recognizes lifetime achievements in the fields of polymer science or polymer/plastics engineering. Nominees are recognized internationally by their peers for excellence in their fields.
Dr. Freeman was given the award based on his seminal contributions to plastics engineering, research, technology, service, and education in polymer membranes for low-energy gas and liquid separations. An award symposium will be held at the SPE ANTEC meeting April 22-24, 2013 in Cincinnati. The award comes with a $5,000 honorarium and a gold medal.
Hee Jeung Oh wins Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award from Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers
Hee Jeung Oh, a PhD student, has won a Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award from Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers. The Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award has been awarded once a year to 1-2 Korean student(s) studying Chemical Engineering in doctoral programs in the United States since 2004 by the US Chapter of Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering. Hee Jeung is the 4th UT Austin student to win this award since 2004.
Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications
Polymer membranes are critically important in addressing urgent global needs in the 21st century for energy efficient gas separations as well as reliable, sustainable, efficient access to clean energy and clean water. In the gas separation field, polymer membranes are now well established for air separation, hydrogen purification, and, increasingly, natural gas processing. We are working on new membranes based on so-called thermally-rearranged polymers, which have among the highest combinations of gas permeability and selectivity. [Read more…] about Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications
Geoff Geise wins student oral presentation award at ICOM
Congratulations to Geoff Geise who won one of four student oral presentation awards at International Congress on Membrane and Membrane Processes (ICOM) for his talk on “Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS) Characterization of Polymeric Membrane Materials for Desalination Applications”. The award, sponsored by European Membrane Society, is selected from a group of over ninety presentations.
Daniel Miller was awarded the graduate level First Prize for North American College Student Technical Writing Competition
Congratulations to Dan Miller who was awarded the graduate level First Prize in the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) 2012 North American College Student Technical Writing Competition sponsored by the Polymer Modifiers and Additives (PMAD) Division. The PMAD Challenge is a technical writing competition involving the critical review of one of three selected journal articles and the development of a research proposal based upon the review of the selected paper. Submissions are reviewed and judged by a team of university professors and plastics industry technical professionals. Prizes are awarded to both undergraduate and graduate student winners of the competition who demonstrate excellence in technical writing and scientific creativity. As the First Prize winner, Dan will be invited to attend the SPE’s annual ANTEC meeting in Orlando, FL on April 2-4, 2012, where he will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony.
