North American Membrane Society (NAMS) annual meeting was held in Bellevue, WA, during the last week of May. Due to the great collective interest shown by the membrane research community, only 40% of the abstracts submitted to the meeting could be accepted for podium presentation, which made up to about 140 talks! In addition, about 140 posters were presented in 5 parallel poster sessions. As a comparison, there were about 144 talks and 160 posters in NAMS 2015 meeting at Boston. Conference attendees were primarily researchers from industry and academia. Research was focused on the following topics:
- Membrane Distillation (MD)
- Biomimetic membranes
- Desalination and potable water production
- Gas separation
- Design and processing of polymeric and inorganic membranes
- Designs and processing of composite and hybrid membranes
- Novel membrane materials
Other topics of interest included:
- Pervaporation
- Membrane transport: theory and characterization tools
- Water treatment, reclamation, and reuse
- Energy applications (fuel cells, batteries, buildings)
Sterlitech was present at NAMS 2016. Our Product Manager, Sepideh Jankhah, also presented the results of her most recent research; title of her talk was “How Do Hydrodynamic Conditions in Spiral Wound Membrane Elements Translate into Shear Forces Effective for Fouling Control at Membrane Surface?” Her research was conducted in a CF042 cross flow filtration cell using feed spacers commonly used in commercial spiral wound elements. For more information about the meeting please visit: membranes.org