| To: | Membrane Industry & Media Publications |
| From: | Harold Fravel, AMTA Executive Director |
| Contact: | hfravel@amtaorg.com / 772-463-0844 |
| Date: | February 28, 2019 |
The 2019 Membrane Technology Conference and Exposition were held in New Orleans, LA and during the Concluding Awards Ceremony, the following awards were presented on Thursday, February 28, 2019:
MTC19 BEST PAPER AWARD:
- James Vickers, P.E., Separation Processes, Inc., was presented with this year’s Best Paper Award for his Paper Presentation on: “Overcoming Compliance Challenges for RO Pathogen Removal Using Conductivity Profiles”
MTC19 BEST POSTER AWARD
- Ruel Conn, P.E., J-U-B Engineers, Inc., was presented with this year’s Best Poster Award for his Poster Presentation on: “City of Post Falls, Idaho – Membrane Tertiary Treatment Pilot Study for Low-Phosphorus and Reuse”
MTC19 STUDENT BEST PAPER AWARD
- Quantum Wei, MIT, was presented with this year’s Student Best Paper Award for his Paper Presentation on: “Batch Reverse Osmosis: Experimental Results, Model Validation, and Design Implications”
- Carlyn Higgins, M.S., E.I., University of Central Florida, was presented with this year’s Student Best Paper Award for her Paper Presentation on: “Studying the Mass Transfer of 1,4-Dioxane in a Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membrane Process”
MTC19 STUDENT BEST POSTER AWARD
- Hannah Ray, Arizona State University, was presented with this year’s Student Best Poster Award for her Poster Presentation on: “Urea Recovery from Fresh Urine by Forward Osmosis and Membrane Distillation”
About AMTA:
Formed in 1972, the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is headquartered in Stuart, FL; this nonprofit scientific and educational association vision is solving water supply & quality issues through the widespread application of membrane technology. AMTA’s mission is to promote, advocate and advance the understanding and application of membrane technology to create safe, affordable and reliable water supplies, and to treat municipal, industrial, agricultural and waste waters for beneficial use.
About AWWA:
Established in 1981, the American Water Works Association is the largest nonprofit, scientific and educational association dedicated to managing and treating water, the world’s most important resource. AWWA provides solutions to improve public health, protect the environment, strengthen the economy and enhance our quality of life.