This joint fellowship with the Bureau of Reclamation advances AMTA’s mission to promote and advance the understanding and application of membrane technology to reduce the cost, energy usage and environmental impacts in advanced water treatment and desalination. Read More About the Fellowship…
2023 Fellowship Recipients
Ms. Minju Cha, University of California, Los Angeles
Minju is a Ph.D. student researching Development of Nickel-Selective Ion Exchange Membrane for Nickel Extraction under the guidance of David Jassby, Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles. Minju earned her B.S and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science and Engineering from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea.
Ms. Brielle Januszewski, Yale University
Brielle is a graduate student studying Selective Ion-Exchange Membranes for Electrodialysis Pretreatment of Brackish Water for High Water Recovery Reverse Osmosis under the guidance of Menachem Elimelech at Yale University Brielle earned her B.A. in Political Science, B.S. in Biological Sciences and B.S.E. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from Arizona State University – Barrett, the Honors College.
Mr. David Lu, University of Kentucky
David is a Ph.D. Candidate exploring Reduction of Biofouling in Brackish Water using Scaled Silver Nanoparticle-Embedded Polysulfone Membranes Derived from Green Solvents under the guidance of Isabel Cristina Escobar, Ph.D. at University of Kentucky. David earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at University of Kentucky.
Mr. Arash Tayyebi, University of North Dakota
Arash is a Research Assistant exploring Enhancing Water Permeability of Commercial Reverse Osmosis Membrane Using Integrated ML-Based Surface Grafting under the guidance of Ali S. Alshami, Ph.D. at University of North Dakota. Arash earned a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering Oil and Gas Process from Mazandaran Univeristy in Babolsar, Iran and a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Arak University in Arak, Iran