BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:58@researchweek.unc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T170000 DTSTAMP:20230721T183832Z URL:https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/hosb-clean-water/ SUMMARY:Health of Our State and Beyond Series: Access to Clean Water DESCRIPTION:Addressing a need that affects over the drinking water in North Carolina\, as well as 1.8 billion people worldwide\, the Sustainable Acce ss to Clean Water Creativity Hub is pursuing the development of an innovat ive\, affordable membrane-based water purification tool that can safely re move a broad range of water contaminants.\n\nThe project team is comprised of polymer chemists\, computational modelers\, and engineers from the Col lege of Arts & Sciences’ applied physical sciences and mathematics depar tments and the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Building on graphe ne and graphene oxide nanocomposite membrane technology developed by the D ingemans lab\, the team aims to develop new filters that make water purifi cation more energy efficient. The new technology will lay a foundation for large-scale\, affordable membrane production and be used for a whole rang e of pollutants – including removal of heavy metals which can be extract ed and then reused.\n\nClick here for BrightTalk link\n\nMaster of Ceremon ies:\nJacqueline M. Olich \nVice President\, University Collaborations of RTI International\nAdjunct Associate Professor\, Gillings School of Global Public Health\nJacqueline M. Olich\, PhD\, is the vice president of unive rsity collaborations at RTI International ($912M revenue in 2020)\, one of the world's largest independent research institutes. She heads the Univer sity Collaboration Office (UCO)\, which serves as a catalyst and hub for d eveloping and managing partnerships with leading regional\, national\, and international academic institutions. Dr. Olich monitors a $75M+ active re search portfolio with North Carolina universities. She oversees the RTI Un iversity Scholars Program\, which has appointed 36 scholars since 2014 and led to $61M of new proposals awarded\, and RTI’s Internship Program. Sh e led RTI's co-investments to seed fund collaborative teams and initiative s with Duke University\, North Carolina State University\, the University at North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, North Carolina Central University and R ush University. She is also the executive liaison for the RTI Board of Gov ernors University Research Collaboration Committee (URCC)\, RTI Internatio nal’s newest and largest Board Committee. \n\nPresenters:\nTheo Dingeman s \nProfessor\, Applied Physical Sciences\, UNC College of Arts & Sciences \nAfter receiving his PhD from Carolina\, Theo Dingemans was a National Research Council (NRC) research fellow at the NASA Langley Research Center from 1998 to 2003. He joined the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and App lied Sciences at the Delft University of Technology in 2003 as an associat e professor and was appointed Antony van Leeuwenhoek Professor at the same University in 2009. In the same year he was appointed as the first Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI) research fellow. In 2016 he moved back to UNC-Chap el Hill where his studies all-aromatic high-performance polymers for funct ional and structural applications.\n\nAnna Fraser \nPhD candidate\, Chemis try\, UNC College of Arts & Sciences\nAnna Fraser attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK) for her bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and geography. She spent the summer of 2016 researching polymeric gas sepa ration membranes under Judy Riffle at Virginia Tech. This opportunity prom pted her to pursue a PhD in polymer chemistry at UNC-CH. She is currently working in the Dingemans Lab on rigid polyamides for water purification ap plications. Outside of lab\, she enjoys leading scientific outreach\, read ing novels\, and exploring the numerous trails in the Triangle area.\n\nRi ley Vickers \nPhD candidate\, Environmental Sciences and Engineering\, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health \nRiley received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently a PhD student in the Gillings’ environmental sciences and eng ineering department and is advised by Orlando Coronell and Casey Miller. H is research interests include continuum physics modeling\, molecular dynam ics modeling\, polymer chemistry\, and reverse osmosis membrane treatment. His dissertation aims to improve synthetic membranes for water treatment using molecular-scale modeling.\n\nPanelists:\n\nJill Stewart \nPhilip C. Singer Distinguished Professor\, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering\, Gillings\nDeputy Director\, UNC Galapagos Initiative/Center for Galapagos Studies \nJill Stewart develops novel techniques to detect a nd track pathogens in water. She is particularly interested in linkages be tween ecosystems and human health and well-being. Areas of specialty inclu de water and shellfish quality. She is also interested in evaluating impac ts of non-point source pollution\, and in evaluating the way human activit ies (development\, stormwater management) can affect their exposure to mic robial contaminants. Overall\, this research is leading to a greater under standing of how environmental conditions can affect human health\, and how humans themselves influence this process.\n\nOrlando Coronell\nAssociate Professor and Associate Chair for Academics\, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering\, Gillings\nAdjunct Associate Professor\, Departm ent of Applied Physical Sciences\, UNC College of Arts & Sciences \nOrland o Coronell studies basic and applied aspects of technologies for clean wat er and energy applications. His focus areas are membrane processes and\, m ore recently\, sorption processes. Currently\, membrane research focuses o n advancing the understanding of the mechanisms of transport of water\, sa lts\, and other solutes through membranes\; the development of new and imp roved membranes\; and the optimization of membrane processes and systems. Sorption research focuses on the study of sorbents for heavy metal and per -and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water. Work in Coronell's labo ratory involves wet chemistry\, materials synthesis/modification\, materia ls characterization\, performance characterization of engineering systems and mathematical modeling. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://researchweek.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ 2021/09/51488027244_0f51813fd6_k.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR