Water Technologies

Symposium Co-Chairs

YuanQiao Rao
Fellow, The Dow Chemical Company

Baoxia Mi
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

Key Speakers

3D Printed Polyamide Membranes for Desalination
Jeffrey R. McCutcheon
Al Geib Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut

Membranes for water – Current state of art and future opportunities
Derek M. Stevens
Product and Process R&D Leader, Dow Energy and Water Solutions

Synergistic Systems for Water Reuse and Desalination
Amy Elizabeth Childress
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California

Advances in Membrane Filtration: Ceramic Membranes, Polymeric Membranes and Intelligent Controls
Eric M.V. Hoek
Co-Founder and CEO, Water Planet

Symposium Sessions
	Tuesday May 15
10:30	Wastewater
1:30	Water Technology Innovations
	Wednesday May 16
8:30	Desalination
10:30	Environmental Sensors: Air and Water
3:30	Water Technologies: Posters

Symposium Program
	Tuesday May 15

10:30	Wastewater	263 A
	Session chair: YuanQiao Rao, The Dow Chemical Company, US; Baoxia Mi, UC Berkeley, US
10:30	Advances in Membrane Filtration: Ceramic Membranes, Polymeric Membranes and Intelligent Controls (invited presentation) E.M.V. Hoek, Water Planet / UCLA, US
10:55	New Inorganic-Organic Carbon-Based Hybrid Material for Selective Uranium Capture L. Frolova, S. Seville, S. Rogelj, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, US
11:15	Using the Membrane Biofilm Reactor to Recover Platinum Group Metals from Wastewater B. Lusk, C. Zhou, B. Rittmann, A. Tomaswick, Precient Technologies, US
11:35	Development of photosensitiser functionalised electrospun nanofibre for photoremediation of of industrial waste water. K.F. Chowdhury, P. Millner, S. Russell, N. Sargeeva, University of Leeds, UK
11:55	The GreenBox: Wastewater Remediation and Energy Generation G.G. Botte, Ohio University - Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research, US

1:30	Water Technology Innovations	263 A
	Session chair: Baoxia Mi, UC Berkeley, US; YuanQiao Rao, The Dow Chemical Company, US
1:30	Membranes for water – Current state of art and future opportunities (invited presentation) D.M. Stevens, Dow Energy and Water Solutions, US
1:55	Synergistic Systems for Water Reuse and Desalination (invited presentation) A.E. Childress, University of Southern California, US
2:20	Photo-active porous polymer composite fibers and membranes for water treatment J. Markovski, R. Mathews, V.V.K. Pentapati, G. Athanasaki, B. Azeredo, K. Hristovski, Arizona State University, US
2:40	Micro magnetic driven bidirectional turbine used in urban water mains for hydropower generation H. Yang, J. Du, Z. Shen, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
3:00	Magna Imperio Systems: Innovating Solutions Through Technology G. Page, Magna Imperio Systems, US
	Wednesday May 16

8:30	Desalination	263 A
	Session chair: YuanQiao Rao, The Dow Chemical Company, US ; Baoxia Mi, UC Berkeley, US
8:30	3D Printed Polyamide Membranes for Desalination (invited presentation) J. McCutcheon, University of Connecticut, US
8:55	Recovery of Desalination Brine Concentrate Using Waste Heat and Membrane Evaporation D. Johnson, University of Texas at San Antonio, US
9:15	Bio-inspired Solar Desalination with Zero Liquid Discharge C. Finnerty, B. Mi, University of California - Berkeley, US
9:35	Exploring the Effects of Highly Conductive Carbon Fibers on Evaporation and Desalination Rates of Salt Water F.S. Tanzim, M.M. Rahman, R. Asmatulu, Wichita State University, US
9:55	Super-porous PVDF nanofibre membranes for efficient desalination of brackish water in membrane distillation applications S.D. Mhlanga, L.N. Nthunya, N.P. Khumalo, A.R. Verliefde, University of South Africa, ZA

10:30	Environmental Sensors: Air and Water	252 A
	Session chair: YuanQiao Rao, The Dow Chemical Company, US ; Baoxia Mi, UC Berkeley, US
10:30	In-Gel Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (gLAMP) Enables Coliphage Quantification within 30 Minutes X. Huang, California Institute of Technology, US
10:50	Electromechanical Detection of Pathogens with Self-Assembled Nucleic Acid Biosensors K. Urmann, J. Bahnemann, Z. Chikneyan, L.M. Kasmaee, M.R. Hoffmann, California Institute of Technology, US
11:10	Selective and Sensitive Sensors Based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Detection of Pollutants in Water S.F.Y. Li, National University of Singapore, SG
11:30	An innovative device to determine the partial pressure of volatile components via substrate-integrated hollow waveguide infrared spectroscopy with integrated microfluidics C. Penisson, J. Theisen, V. Kokoric, A. Wilk, G. Bernard, T. Zemb, B. Mizaikoff, J.-C.P. Gabriel, CEA, FR
11:50	Silicon Nanowire Vertical Arrays with Porous Top Electrodes for Trace Vapor Preconcentration and Partial Separation B. Giordano, P. Pehrsson, K. Johnson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, US

3:30	Water Technologies: Posters	2nd Floor
	Bromate free disinfection by high voltage pulse I-S Chang, Hoseo University, KR
	Sustainable Water Softeners for Residential, Industrial, and Agricultural Applications T. Vo, F. Freund, B. Stone, AkwaMag, PBC, US
	Treatment of Cu (II) and Pb (II) ions-based effluent using Manganese oxide and Zeolite and their composite H.I. Adegoke, F.A. Adekola, J.O. Balogun, University of Ilorin, NG
	Preparation and physical characterization of Iron oxide nanoparticles and its application for Cr (VI) removal T.M. Tamer, W.M. Abou-Taleb, G.D. Roston, M.S. Mohyeldin, A.M. Omer, E.F. Shehata, Alexandria University, EG
	Integration of microfluidic chip with Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid quantification of Enterococcus Faecalis M. Han, G. Kamalakshakurup, A.P. Lee, S. Jiang, University of California, Irvine, US
	Development of a new solar desalination technology to facilitate early-stage growth of developing nations: Direct desalination of salt water using a sunlight-driven ion pump W. White, C.D. Sanborn, E. Schwartz, L.A. Renna, S. Ardo, University of California Irvine, US
	Modifications to permeable pavement structure to achieve improved heavy metal attenuation in stormwater runoff U. Kuruppu, A. Rahman, A. Sathasivan, Western Sydney University, AU
	Reactive Fe0 Composite for Groundwater Remediation S.L. Foster, M. Abolhassani, A. Carpenter, C. Gause, L. F. Greenlee, CatalyzeH2O, LLC, US

This symposium focuses on advanced and emerging technologies for improvements in water purification, disinfection, generation, processing, filtration, manufacturing processes, waste use and local/global access and distribution. Industry leaders and experts will share their insights on economics and investment strategies, novel and proven solutions. Innovators from industry, government and academic laboratories around the world will share what's new and what's next in materials design and advanced technologies for water. Join us as we identify the innovations that are changing the future of water for our planet.