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Promoting resilient communities and ecosystems through membrane separations

University of Houston
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Shaffer Lab
2 months
Welcome Rutesh Gaikwad @Rutesh_L_G to @UHEngineering! Rutesh is a PhD student with @RahulShevate1 at NCL-Pune. We look forward to working with him to advance contorted polyamide desalination membrane technology. Welcome to Houston! ๐Ÿค 
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Shaffer Lab
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Great work by @SayaliShaligra1, @RahulShevate1, and.@Siddhartha_0505 with funding from @usbr! @UHEngineering.
@UH_News
UH Media Relations
5 months
Researchers @UHouston make clean water more accessible by creating a new salt-blocking membrane
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Shaffer Lab
5 months
Incorporating contorted monomers in polyamide membranes increases free volume and improves their permselectivity. ๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŒŠ Check out our @usbr-funded work by @SayaliShaligra1, @RahulShevate1, and @Siddhartha_0505 published in @ACS_AMI. @UHEngineering
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Shaffer Lab
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Congratulations Marcela Strane on your Best Graduate Poster award at the Society of Wetland Scientists @SWS_org Student Section Virtual International Conference!! ๐Ÿ† Marcela presented her research characterizing microplastics at the land-water interface. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ @UHEngineering
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Shaffer Lab
7 months
Congrats Dana R. Flores on your @J_Membrane_Sci publication! ๐Ÿ‘Dana quantifies the contributions of different solute rejection mechanisms in nanofiltration using covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as model materials. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌThank you sponsors @NSF and @AMTAorg.
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Shaffer Lab
8 months
Introducing Dr. Dana R. Flores! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘Congratulations Dana on the successful defense of your Ph.D. dissertation "Modeling Nanofiltration Separation Mechanisms in Covalent Organic Framework Membranes." ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฅณ We are so proud of your accomplishments! Congrats! @UHEngineering #PhDone
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Shaffer Lab
8 months
Congratulations Dr. Parisa Taheri on earning your Ph.D.! ๐ŸŽ“@Pari3a_Taheri successfully defended her dissertation "Scalable Synthesis and Separation Performance of Covalent Organic Framework and Contorted Polyamide Membranes." Great work from a great researcher! ๐Ÿ‘@UHEngineering
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
Incroyable! @ErinSPicton has been named a @ChateaubriandUS Fellow! She will spend the fall researching supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs) for lithium extraction with @jannick_duchet at @insadelyon. Congrats Erin! Thank you @FranceintheUS for your sponsorship. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
Congratulations Tristan on your selection as a @UHouston Energy Scholar! ๐ŸŽ‰Tristan will research membranes for direct lithium extraction, a continuation of their work as a @UHteachHOUSTON researcher. Great job Tristan! ๐Ÿ‘@uhoustonenergy #UHEngineering.
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
LiQuidium wins the @NOVGlobal Energy Technology Innovation Prize @RBPC!! ๐Ÿ†Congrats to the team @ErinSPicton @Pari3a_Taheri @PranjalSheth2 for your excellent plan and pitch ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Many thanks to @ricealliance for hosting a great competition! @UHEngineering @uhoustonenergy #GoCoogs
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
Congratulations LiQuidium for advancing to the semifinal round of the @RBPC ! Co-founders @ErinSPicton and @Pari3a_Taheri wowed the judges with their business pitch for membrane-based direct lithium extraction. ๐Ÿคฉ Best of luck to all of the teams! @UHEngineering @uhoustonenergy
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
Excellent pitch today from LiQuidium co-founders @ErinSPicton and @Pari3a_Taheri at the Rice Business Plan Competition @RBPC! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Thank you to our neighbors @RiceUniversity for hosting a world-class competition! ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿค๐Ÿˆ @UHEngineering #GoCoogs
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
We are excited to partner with Dr. Dimitrios Kalliontzis at #UHEngineering to develop a wave-powered desalination system for coastal communities ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’ง with funding from @eeregov Water Power Technologies Office and @MSRDConsortium! #GoCoogs
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
Congratulations Pablo Bribiesca @pablo2br on your ACS Energy & Fuels paper! ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌPablo shows that tuning waterflood chemistry enhances oil recovery during waterflooding in a radial Hele-Shaw cell. ๐Ÿ’งThanks @acsprf for funding Pablo's research! @UHEngineering
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
Graduate student Siddhartha Paul @Siddhartha_0505 presents his poster about chlorine-resistant covalent organic framework membranes at the Society of Plastics Engineers @4SPE_Plastics International Polyolefins Conference. Nice work! #UHEngineering
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Shaffer Lab
1 year
Reflecting on a great week @GordonConf Chemical Separations with inspiring talks and discussions. Congrats to Dana Flores, @Pari3a_Taheri, @Siddhartha_0505 Paul, and @ErinSPicton for your excellent poster presentations. ๐Ÿ“Š @UHEngineering #GoCoogs
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Shaffer Lab
2 years
Congratulations to Marcela Strane on passing her environmental engineering PhD Qualifying Exam! ๐Ÿฅณ#CoogEngineers #UHEngineering #GoCoogs #UHEngineers
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Shaffer Lab
2 years
Congrats Marcela Strane on your award of a Society of Wetland Scientists Student Research Grant! Marcela will study the transport of microplastics in freshwater environments as 1 of 10 student awardees. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌThanks SWS for the research support! @UHEngineering
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Shaffer Lab
2 years
Congratulations to @Siddhartha_0505 Paul for earning a scholarship from the American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects! @UHEngineering #GoCoogs.
@UHEngineering
UH Cullen College of Engineering
2 years
The American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) just announced that seven talented students from the #CullenCollege were awarded scholarships! They won an impressive $23,000 in scholarship money. ๐Ÿคฉ .Read More:.#ASIE #CuleenCollege #GoCoogs
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Shaffer Lab
2 years
Covalent organic framework (COF) membranes can improve the performance of organic batteries!๐Ÿ”‹๐Ÿ”‹Expanding COF membranes to new applications through collaboration with @YanYao2 lab and @ErinSPicton @ACSEnergyLett @TCSUH @UHEngineering @uhoustonenergy.
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