This award supports the participation of 30 U.S. graduate students in the North American Membrane Society's (NAMS) 2013 national meeting in Boise Idaho, June 8-12, 2013. This is the largest American meeting focused in the area of membrane science and engineering. Students will have opportunities to present their work, meet other scientists and engineers from around the world with similar interests, and see state-of-the-art presentations from other research groups working in this area.
This funding will be used to help disseminate knowledge about state-of-the-art research in membrane science and engineering from around the world to students. This is the premier meeting for students and engineers in the American membrane community, and this technology represents one of the fastest growing separations techniques. It is widely used in the chemical, petrochemical, food processing, food packaging, medical and pharmaceutical industries. The most respected and accomplished membrane scientists and engineers from around the world will participate in this meeting. Students will also have extensive opportunities to network with potential employers and with students and faculty from other research groups with similar interests. Society will benefit from this activity by having better trained, more knowledgeable graduate students prepared to push the frontiers of this unique enabling technology in a wide variety of practical applications.
The NSF student travel support fund was used to support the participation of U.S. students in the 2013 North American Membrane Society’s (NAMS) 2013 National Meeting. The objective was to encourage student participation in the largest American meeting focused on this subject, to provide opportunities for them to present their work, meet other scientists and engineers from around the world with similar interests, and see state-of-the-art presentations from other research groups working in this area. The meeting included 2 plenary lectures, 17 sessions of 152 oral presentations, a poster session of 122 poster papers, and 4 workshops on membrane synthesis and processes. About 400 people around the world attended the conference, among whom 94 graduate and undergraduate students from the U.S. universities attended this conference with the NSF travel support. Student participation in this meeting enhanced the infrastructure for research by giving students access to leading scientists and engineers from around the world in the technical sessions and in the workshops. Students also had extensive opportunities to network with potential employers and with students and faculty from other research groups with similar interests. Society would benefit from this activity by having better trained, more knowledgeable graduate students prepared to push the frontiers of this unique enabling technology in a wide variety of practical applications.
