... addressing issues in energy, food, and water - membrane applications and advanced materials
Each guest speaker presentation has 25 minutes + 5 minutes discussion time, and each student presentation has 12 minutes + 2 minutes discussion time. The opening ceremony will be conducted by Mikel Duke and representatives of our Sponsors.
Single row = 30 minutes
| Time | Thursday 18th February | Friday 19th February | Saturday 20th February |
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| 10-11 am | Morning Tea | ||
| 11-12 noon | |||
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| 5-6 pm | Registration | Drinks on the Beach | |
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| Opening Ceremony & Cocktails |
Conference Dinner | ||
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The eminent speaker presentations include:
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The Role of Membrane Technology in our Quality of Life by Prof. Tony Fane School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore & UNSW, Sydney, Australia Director, Singapore Membrane Technology Centre |
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Functional Materials for Water Treatment by Prof. Rose Amal Chemical Sciences & Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, Australia Leader, Particles and Catalysis Research Group Director, Centre for Energy Research and Policy Analysis (CERPA) Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials |
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New Materials, New Possibilities for Membrane Technologies by Prof. Gordon Wallace University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia Director, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute |
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CSIRO's Perspective on Membranes and Advanced Materials by Dr. Matthew Hill Materials Science and Engineering, CSIRO, Victoria, Australia Research Scientist |
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Liquid Separation & Fouling - practical issues in membrane science by Prof. Vicki Chen Chemical Sciences & Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, Australia Director, UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology Director of Teaching and Learning, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, UNSW |
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Gas Separation by A/Prof. Sandra Kentish Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Melbourne Univeristy, Victoria, Australia Deputy Head of Department, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, MU Reader |
Session 1: Friday 19-Feb-2010
| Time | ID | Name | Presentation Title | |
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| 10:30 am | S1-1 | Angayar Pavanasam | Parameter Estimation Studies for the Novel Model Formulation of Ultrafiltration | |
| 10:45 am | S1-2 | Karim Ghasemipanah | Petroleum Industry (RIPI) (Iran) |
Treatment of Wastewater from the Regeneration of Ion Exchangers Using Reverse Osmosis Method for Reuse |
| 11:00 am | S1-3 | Ebrahim Negaresh | (Australia) |
Nanofiltration – An effective treatment option for pulp and paper mill effluents |
| 11:15 am | S1-4 | Nashida Subhi | (Australia) |
Advanced Characterization of Biopolymers and Cleaning Solutions in MBR |
| 11:30 am | S1-5 | George Chen | (Australia) |
Preliminary study of water vapor-induced plasticization on thin polyimide membranes |
| 11:45 am | S1-6 | Abdul Mutalib Md Jani | (Australia) |
Nanoporous anodic alumina oxide membranes with tailored chemical functionalities |
Session 2: Friday 19-Feb-2010
| Time | ID | Name | Presentation Title | |
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| 1:00 pm | S2-1 | Mojgan Bassandeh | Assessment of fouling structure of membrane and sorptive separation process in industrial water recycling | |
| 1:15 pm | S2-2 | Myat Darli Theint | (Australia) |
Study of microfiltration membrane fouling by representative model compound |
| 1:30 pm | S2-3 | Shima Hajibabania | Effect of membrane fouling on removal of trace organic compounds by NF in water and wastewater treatment and reuse | |
| 1:45 pm | S2-4 | Geoffrey Geise | (USA) |
Water and Ion Transport Characterization of a Novel Sulfonated Pentablock Copolymer for Desalination Membrane Applications |
| 2:00 pm | S2-5 | Guangxi Dong | Matrimid hollow fiber membrane for CO2 removal from natural gas: Fabrication process optimization and thermal annealing aiming to suppress plasticization | |
| 2:15 pm | S2-6 | Amir Razmjou Chaharmahali | Performance of PES-TiO2 hybrid membranes; Optimization of PES Membrane fabrication using Experimental Design and statistical analysis |
Session 3: Friday 19-Feb-2010
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| 3:00 pm | S3-1 | Jin Zhou | (Singapore) |
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Desalination in Different Countries |
| 3:15 pm | S3-2 | Ludo Dumée | (Australia) |
Improved performance composite membranes for water desalination by Direct Contact Membrane Distillation |
| 3:30 pm | S3-3 | Rosiah Rohani | (New Zealand) |
Synthesis of Nano-structured Polyaniline Membranes by Solution-Coated Polymerization and Phase Separation Methods |
| 3:45 pm | S3-4 | Andrew Vogt | (Australia) |
Nitrene Chemistry - A Route to Utilize Pre-Click Materials for Functionalization of Porous Silicon |
| 4:00 pm | S3-5 | Juan (Jane) Zhang | (Australia) |
Preparation of Cross-linked Nanoporous Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate Membrane in Hexagonal Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Phases |
| 4:15 pm | S3-6 | David Uhlmann | (Australia) |
Hydrothermal Stability of Cobalt-Doped Silica Membranes for Gas Separation |
| 4:30 pm | S3-7 | Angela Hausmann | (Australia) |
Dairy processing with low energy membrane systems |
Session 4: Saturday 20-Feb-2010
| Time | ID | Name | Presentation Title | |
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| 10:30 am | S4-1 | Shuaifei Zhao | (Australia) |
Surface hydrophilization for reverse osmosis membrane by plasma polymerization towards reducing organic fouling |
| 10:45 am | S4-2 | Jaka Sunarso | (Australia) |
Novel barium bismuth scandium cobalt oxide dense ceramic membrane for oxygen separation |
| 11:00 am | S4-3 | Aaron Thornton | (Australia) |
Nano-scale separation models for advanced fuel and water technologies |
| 11:15 am | S4-4 | Xing Yang | (Singapore) |
Evaluation of three hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes applied for MD application |
Poster Presentations: Friday 19-Feb-2010
| Time | ID | Name | Presentation Title | |
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| All Day | P-1 | Lata Ramachandran | (Australia) |
Performance of nanofiltration membranes in lactic acid purification |
| All Day | P-2 | Leonora Velleman | (Australia) |
Functionalised gold nanotube membranes for molecular separations |
| All Day | P-3 | Lin Sun | (Australia) |
Polyphenols extraction from black tea (nanofiltration) |
| All Day | P-4 | Luke Sweetman | (Australia) |
Carbon Nanotube Membranes: Tailoring Properties using Functional Materials |
| All Day | P-5 | Moom Sinn Aw | (Australia) |
The loading and release property of nanoporous anodic alumina for delivery of drugs and drug carriers |
| All Day | P-6 | Patrick Haworth | (Australia) |
A novel yttrium-doped perovskite for oxygen separation |
| All Day | P-7 | Po Zhang | (Australia) |
Fouling and Membrane Cleaning in Membrane Distillation of Brine Wastes |
| All Day | P-8 | Ruby (Li) He | (Australia) |
Synthesis of microporous carbonaceous poly(furfuryl alcohol) membrane for water desalination |
| All Day | P-9 | Thao Tran | (Australia) |
Novel process combining membrane separation system with upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor |
The winners of the various awards presented at the MSA Student Symposium 2010 were:
| Award | Won by | for |
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| Best oral presentation award | Ludo Dumée | Improved performance composite membranes for water desalination by Direct Contact Membrane Distillation |
| Best 1st year student oral presentation award | Angela Hausmann | Dairy processing with low energy membrane systems |
| Best last-minute oral presentation award | Leonora Velleman | Functionalised gold nanotube membranes for molecular separations |
| Best poster presentation award | Pat Haworth | A novel yttrium-doped perovskite for oxygen separation |
| Best quote award | Guangxi Dong | "Hollow fibre is better" |