Information and Communications Fabrication & Processing Technology Qualtiy, Reliability, & Maintenance
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Membrane Applied Science and Technology Center (MAST)University of Colorado at Boulder (lead) and University of CincinnatiA National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center since 1990Membranes offer new separation techniques that will save money and energy for industry. Moreover, membranes are the only separations technique that will work on the Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) scale. Hence, they offer exceptional potential for separations and controlled release on the microscale. Center Mission and RationaleSeparation processes constitute a large segment of materials processing in the chemical, petrochemical, and gas separation industries. The cost of separation can represent as much as 80% of total processing costs, especially for commodity chemicals. A wide range of separation issues is of increasing concern to the pharmaceutical, biomedical, semiconductor, and food and beverage industries. In addition, there are exciting new applications for membranes in biosensors and MEMS devices. Utilization of polymeric, ceramic, and metallic membranes offers new possibilities for efficient separations with a resulting positive impact on the user-industry's capital, operating costs, and energy-consumption costs. The MAST Center was established to advance the technology of membrane separations. The Center mission is to:
Research ProgramThe MAST Center is a multi-university Center with sites at the University of Colorado and the University of Cincinnati. In addition, faculty from the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, and the University of Toledo participate in the Center research program. Faculty and students from the biological, chemical, and physical sciences; health sciences; pharmacy; and aeronautical, chemical, civil and environmental, electrical and computing, materials, and mechanical engineering departments conduct research for the MAST Center in chemically enhanced separations, membrane structure and performance, membrane fouling, catalytic membrane reactors, water treatment and reclamation, and applications in food and beverage, barrier layer and container, pharmaceutical and biomedical, smart sensors and MEMS areas. The Center has exceptional facilities and equipment to characterize membranes and evaluate the performance of membrane separation devices. In the area of technology transfer, the Center's milestone achievements include:
Special Center ActivitiesThe MAST Center sponsors an NSF Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Membrane Science, with a special focus on providing research opportunities for women and minorities. Highlights of other MAST Center activities include:
Center Headquarters Membrane Applied Science and Technology Center
Center Co-Director: Professor Alan R. Greenberg
Center Co-Director: Professor Richard D. Noble
Center Coordinator: Sandy Spahn
Center Evaluator: Dr. B. J. Meadows
Cincinnati Site
Center Co-Director: Professor and Rieveschl Ohio Eminent Scholar William B. Krantz
Center Co-Director: Professor Sun-Tak Hwang
Center Coordinator: Gerri Burke
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