Novel topics

Dr. Johan T. Padding

Eindhoven University of Technology
The Netherlands
 

Dr. Johan Padding specializes in the development of particle-based simulation methods for complex fluids, ranging from polymer and micellar solutions to colloidal suspensions and granular fluids. A recurring theme in his work is the inclusion of hydrodynamic interactions and non-Newtonian flow behaviour.

Title of presentation:

" Hydrodynamic interactions in non-equilibrium computer simulations of colloidal systems for electrochemical engineering"

 

Oane Galama, MSc

Wageningen University / Wetsus, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology
The Netherlands
 

Oane Galama is specialized in modeling ion-exchange membrane transport in a variety of advanced electrodialysis technologies, for instance systems with only cation-exchange membranes. He has published five times in the Journal of Membrane Science and is an expert in the history of theoretical developments in ion-exchange membrane transport. Oane is a very lively speaker who will teach you the various conceptual models for membrane transport in an unforgettable way. Oane is Dutch national champion fierljeppen and multiple national champion pole climbing.

Title of presentation:

“Ion-exchange membrane modeling for advanced electrodialysis: historical developments and state-of-the-art”

 

Jouke Dykstra, MSc

Wageningen University / Wetsus, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology
The Netherlands
 

Jouke Dykstra studied Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University, and is now a PhD student working on Membrane Capacitive Deionization (MCDI). He has two publications on the theory of ion transport and simultaneous acid-base reactions in bioelectrochemical systems, and in membrane/electrode electrochemical cells for energy applications.

Title of presentation:

"Theory of ion transport through membranes, porous carbon electrodes and other porous media, including the effect of acid-base reactions and pH gradients” 

 

Dr. Maarten Biesheuvel

Wageningen University / Wetsus, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology
The Netherlands
 

Dr. Maarten Biesheuvel leads a group at Wetsus, centre of excellence for sustainable water technology, working on Capacitive Deionization, a water desalination technology. He is founding chair of the International Working Group on CDI, www.cdi-electrosorption.org. Other interests are in electrokinetics and transport in ion-exchange membranes. He teaches the MSc course Chemical Reactor Design in the MSc program Water Technology. He is in the editorial (advisory) board of ES&T Letters and JMSR.

Title of presentation:

“Electrochemical engineering aspects of Capacitive Deionization, a technology for water desalination using porous carbon electrodes”

 

 

Dr. Xochitl Dominguez-Benetton

VITO, the Flemish Institute for Technological Development

Belgium

 

Xochitl Dominguez-Benetton is research scientist at VITO, the Flemish Institute for Technological Development, Belgium. She is Doctor of Science by the Mexican Petroleum Institute (Mexico) in the field of (bio)electrochemistry and more particularly in biocorrosion. She has been research professor at the University of Yucatan (Mexico) and postdoctoral researcher at the National Polytechnic of Toulouse (France), where she expanded her experience on advanced electrochemical methods, computational multiphysics modeling and bioelectrochemical conversions.

Her research interests are in recovery of critical metals and metalloids, development of novel electrochemical processes and bioelectrochemical conversions. She is an respected active member of the Mexican Talent Network and she is member of the National System of Researchers (Mexico).

Title of presentation:

“Reengineering electrochemistry for resource recovery: shifting the paradigm from removal to synthesis”

 

Prof. Hans Lyklema

Wageningen University

The Netherlands

 

Hans Lyklema is since 1995 Emeritus Professor Physical and Colloid Chemistry in the department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences at the Wageningen University. He was Professor from 1962-1995 in this department, after starting his scientific career as scientific co-worker and lecturer at the University of Utrecht (1958-1961, Utrecht, The Netherlands). His specialization are colloid and interface science, interfacial electrochemistry, adsorption phenomena, proteins at interfaces, and electrokinetics. Besides many publications and several books, he is the author of: “Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science”, Vol. I-V. Dr. Lyklema completed the Study Chemistry and Physics (1948-1955), at the State University Utrecht, where in 1956 he received his Ph.D. degree.

Title of presentation:

"Electrochemical Engineering and Thermodynamics: Friend or Foe"

 

Prof. Dennis C. Prieve

Carnegie Mellon University

United States of America

 

Professor Prieve is the Gulf Oil Foundation Professor of Chemical Engineering.  He also currently serves as Editor of Colloids and Surfaces A and is the Immediate-Past President of the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (IACIS).  He joined CMU in 1975 after receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware and a B.S.Ch.E. from the University of Florida in 1970.  Prieve has been a visiting professor at Princeton University and the University of Melbourne (Australia),  Prof. Prieve is a current or past member of editorial boards including Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Langmuir, Colloid and Surface Engineering, Colloids and Surfaces A, and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.  He chaired the 2002 Gordon Research Conference on “Chemistry at Interfaces” and co-chaired the 2004 International Electrokinetics Conference (ELKIN).

Title of presentation:

"Surface chemistry (charge regulation, ionization equilibria) in electrochemical engineering"

 

Prof. Matthew Suss

Technion Israel Institute of Technology

Israel

 

Matthew obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in 2013 under the direction of Prof. Juan Santiago, where he was supported by NSERC and FQRNT awards from the Canadian and Quebec governments, respectively. Concurrently, from 2010 to 2013, he was a Lawrence Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Michael Stadermann, and in 2013, Matthew joined the laboratory of Prof. Martin Bazant in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT as a Postdoctoral Associate. In October 2014, Matthew begins as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, where he will hold the Leader in Science and Technology Chair and was elected as a member of the Israel National Research Center for Electrochemical Propulsion.

Title of presentation:

“Electrochemical Engineering on the microfluidic scale”

 

Dr. Evan Spruijt

Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI ParisTech)

Paris, France

 

Evan Spruijt specializes in transport phenomena and interactions at soft interfaces, ranging from polymer brushes and gels to vesicles and picoliter droplets. He is especially interested in aqueous two-phase systems to control the transport and reaction kinetics of macromolecules and as model system for biological cells.

Title of presentation:

“Electrochemistry at soft interfaces"