Our Research

Research Areas

 

Membrane Fundamentals

Water Purification

Biopharmaceutical Processing

 

Chemical Separations

Food & Beverage

Green Industry

Research Projects

Our Center researchers are working on 12 active projects in which 5 are focused on membrane fundamentals, 3 in biopharmaceutical processing, and 1 each in chemical separations, food & beverage, green industry, and water purification.

The MAST Center Industry Advisory Board (IAB) selects projects to fund each year. Our Center has run nearly 100 research projects since our inception. Some of these past projects include:

  • Green Chemistry with Coupled Electrolysis and Electrodialysis: Enhancing Selectivity and Conversion

  • Hollow Fiber Membranes for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration (OSNF) and Organic Solvent Reverse Osmosis (OSRO)

  • Nanoparticle Tracking in Virus Filtration Membranes – Implications for Virus Retention Behavior

  • Investigations of Nanofiltration/RO Applications to Remove PFASs: Baseline Performance of Commerical RO Membranes and Novel Chemically Modified Membranes

  • Membrane-Assisted Continuous Manufacturing of Liposomes and Lipid Nanoparticles

  • Understanding Fouling Behavior during Perfusion Operation of Cell Culture Harvesting

  • Membrane Separation of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Nutrients with Downstream recovery as Struvite Fertilizer

  • Single Pass Tangential Flow Filtration: Hydrodynamics and Flux

  • Elucidating the 3D Microstructure of Virus Filtration/Ultrafiltration Membranes using Electron Tomography

  • Combined Electrocoagulation and Reverse Osmosis for Brackish Groundwater Treatment

  • Novel Fouling Resistant Polymeric Membranes Fabricated Using Atomic and Molecular Layer Deposition

  • Understanding Virus Prefilters

  • Modeling Tools for Membrane Process

  • Membrane Filtration for Wastewater Treatment

  • Coupled UV-Membrane and Oxidant-Membrane Process for Decreased Biofouling and Enhanced Flux in Water Reclamation Applications

  • Understanding the Performance of Bio Optimal Hollow Fiber Filtration

  • New Real-Time Methodology for Detection of Fouling in Gas Separation Membranes