IUCRC Phase III New Jersey Institute of Technology: Center for Membrane Applications, Science and Technology (MAST)

IUCRC 第三期新泽西理工学院：膜应用、科学与技术中心 (MAST)

• 批准号: 2310866
• 负责人: Kamalesh Sirkar
• 金额: $ 16.67万
• 依托单位: New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-03-01 至 2029-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2310866&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Phase; III; New; Jersey

Membranes are used in a variety of industries such as the manufacture of drugs, production of food and beverages, treatment of drinking and wastewater and recovery of valuable chemical species from waste streams. The Center for Membrane Applications, Science and Technology (MAST) is collaborating with membrane manufacturers and users in these fields and others, to promote scientific knowledge and to develop new products that advance human health, prosperity and welfare. By establishing multidisciplinary project teams with scientists from a range of industries as well as university researchers across four institutions, the MAST Center is addressing challenging real world technical issues that are of significant societal impact in the areas of healthcare and environmental sustainability. At New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), the MAST Center is working with industry to develop membranes, membrane devices and processes to produce efficiently pharmaceuticals, drug delivery and gene therapy vehicles and biopharmaceuticals; treatment of organic solvent-based process streams is of special interest. Membrane treatment of wastewater to remove ubiquitous pollutants is an additional focus area to further wastewater reuse. As a newly designated minority serving institution, NJIT researchers will employ a host of available programs to train minorities in membrane science and technologies. The Center for Membrane Applications, Science and Technology (MAST) conducts industrially relevant research in six areas: (1) development and characterization of new membranes; (2) development of green membrane manufacturing methods; (3) development of membrane processes for water treatment; manufacture of products for the (4) biopharmaceutical industry, (5) pharmaceutical industry and (6) membrane applications in food and beverage industries. The Center works with industrial partners representing membrane users and manufacturers and faculty and students from four institutions in order to develop technological solutions to challenging separations. In parallel, the Center trains students to be future leaders of technology development. At New Jersey Institute of Technology, the MAST Center has developed unique approaches to membrane development and applications for separations in organic solvent-based systems used in small-molecule drug manufacturing as well as for efficient development of vehicles for small molecule drug delivery and gene therapy. The MAST Center is studying high pressure membrane processes for removal of trace pollutants for water recycle and reuse. The Center is also engaged in development of suits to protect from toxic gases and chemical warfare agents. The Center is tapping into a variety of programs at NJIT, a minority serving institution, to train a diverse workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

膜用于多种行业，例如药品制造、食品和饮料生产、饮用水和废水处理以及从废物流中回收有价值的化学物质。膜应用、科学与技术中心 (MAST) 正在与这些领域及其他领域的膜制造商和用户合作，推广科学知识并开发新产品，以促进人类健康、繁荣和福利。通过与来自各个行业的科学家以及四个机构的大学研究人员建立多学科项目团队，MAST 中心正在解决具有挑战性的现实世界技术问题，这些问题在医疗保健和环境可持续性领域具有重大社会影响。在新泽西理工学院 (NJIT)，MAST 中心正在与业界合作开发膜、膜装置和工艺，以高效生产药物、药物输送和基因治疗载体以及生物制药；基于有机溶剂的工艺流的处理特别令人感兴趣。对废水进行膜处理以去除普遍存在的污染物是进一步废水再利用的另一个重点领域。作为新指定的少数族裔服务机构，新泽西理工学院的研究人员将采用一系列可用的项目来培训少数族裔的膜科学和技术。膜应用、科学与技术中心（MAST）在六个领域开展工业相关研究：（1）新膜的开发和表征； (2)开发绿色膜制造方法； (3)水处理膜工艺的开发；为 (4) 生物制药行业、(5) 制药行业和 (6) 食品和饮料行业的膜应用制造产品。该中心与代表膜用户和制造商的工业合作伙伴以及来自四家机构的教职员工和学生合作，开发技术解决方案来应对具有挑战性的分离。与此同时，该中心还将学生培养成为未来技术开发的领导者。在新泽西理工学院，MAST 中心开发了独特的膜开发方法和应用，用于小分子药物制造中使用的有机溶剂系统的分离，以及用于小分子药物输送和基因治疗的载体的高效开发。 MAST 中心正在研究高压膜工艺，用于去除微量污染物，实现水的回收和再利用。该中心还致力于开发防护有毒气体和化学战剂的防护服。该中心正在利用 NJIT（一家少数族裔服务机构）的各种计划来培训多元化的劳动力。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。