iWMK 2021

The International Workshop on Membrane in Kobe in 2021 (iWMK2021) was held successfully. We would like to express our thanks to all participating professors, researchers, students as well as general audiences.

We prepared on-demand online video watching for the presentations on November 19 (with permissions). Feel free to explore them on the link below during December 8 – 22.
Watch the on-demand videos HERE !

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The International Workshop on Membrane in Kobe (iWMK) is an annual event hosted by the Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology, Kobe University (MaFTech center), with the aim at academic exchanges and discussions on today’s advanced membrane research and technology.

Owing to COVID-19 pandemic the iWMK2021 will be an online event on ZOOM. Totally 15 universities from 9 different countries will give presentations on their recent research activities. By the time Kobe University celebrating its 120th anniversary, apart from research exchanges by each university’s representative, we also added a new session of student’s online poster presentation. Live Q&A on Zoom is included in this new session by which the participating students can have interactional exchanges with audiences. Utilizing recent online conference platforms, we believe the iWMK2021 will not only provide a wide spectrum of exchanges on today’s membrane research, also a great learning opportunity for students as well as a diverse networking place for academia and industry.

Participating research facilities:

• Chung Yuan University (Taiwan)
• National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan)
• Hanyang University (Korea)
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
• Institut Européen des Membranes (France)
• Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia)
• Nanjing Tech University (China)
• Tiangong University (China)
• Tsinghua University (China)
• Universiti Teknologi of Malaysia (Malaysia)
• University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
• Victoria University (Australia)
• Zhejiang University (China)
• University of Arkansas (USA)
• Kobe University (Japan) 

 

Program

November 18
Student Poster Presentation Session　09:55-17:35
The posters and online Q&A URLs are divided into 3 groups (3 different periods). Welcome to check the details HERE.
Please go to the featured page blow for the contents (poster, Q&A on Zoom, comment*).
The featured page for student poster presentation
*You can leave questions and comments to the students from November 15.

Feel free to read the abstract of each presentation here.

9:55-10:00	Session Guide Dr. Ken Man	Staff in charge of international affairs
10:00-11:30	Group 1	Chung Yuan Christian University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, University of Arkansas, Hanyang University
12:00-13:30	Group 2	Nanjing Tech University, University of Technology, Sydney, Zhejiang University, Tiangong University, Tsinghua University
16:00-17:30	Group 3	Victoria University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Kobe University, Institut Européen des Membranes
17:30-17:35	Closing Speech Prof. Hideto Matsuyama	Director of the Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology

November 19
Research Presentation from each facility’s representative　08:55-18:35
Please go to the featured page blow for the contents on Zoom.
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8:55-9:00	Director’s Message Prof. Hideto Matsuyama	Director of the Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology
9:00-9:05	Opening Remarks Prof. Tamotsu Nakamura	Executive Vice President in charge of University Reform, Digitalization and Evaluation, Kobe University
Presentation 1 9:05-9:35	University of Arkansas Prof. S Ranil Wickramasinghe & Prof. Xianghong Qian	Hydrolysis and Dehydration of Lignocellulosic Biomass using Catalytic Membranes: Fundamental Research to Commercialization Multi-Scale Modeling Tools for the Membrane Formation Process via Phase Inversion by Nonsolvent and Thermal Induced Phase Separation
Presentation 2 9:35-10:05	Victoria University Prof. Mikel Duke	Current progress on novel membrane materials and separations for desalination and industrial wastewater treatment
Presentation 3 10:05-10:35	National Taiwan University of Sci. & Tech. Prof. Chih-Feng Wang	Preparation of superwetting materials for oil/water mixtures and emulsions separations
Presentation 4 10:35-11:05	Chung Yuan Christian University Prof. Da-Ming Wang	Control of crystal polymorphism of poly(vinylidenefluoride) membranes — effects of solvent polarity and removal rate
Presentation 5 11:05-11:35	University of Technology, Sydney Prof. Ho kyong Shon	Novel inkjet-printing assisted composite membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration
11:35 -13:00	Lunch Break
Presentation 6 13:00 -13:30	Zhejiang University Prof. Zhikan Yao	Thin film composite membrane prepared on reactable substrate via interfacial polymerization
Presentation 7 13:30 -14:00	Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Prof. King Lun Yeung	Inorganic dual membrane reactor for ozone treatment of recalcitrant pollutants
Presentation 8 14:00 -14:30	Institut Teknologi Bandung Dr. Helen Julian	Membrane Technology in Food Processing: Current Research in ITB.
14:30 -14:45	15 min Break
Presentation 9 14:45 -15:15	Nanjing Tech University Mr. Long Cheng	Manipulating the interlayer channel of graphene oxide membranes for H2 purification
Presentation 10 15:15 -15:45	Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia Prof. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail	Construction of CO2-separative membranes through polymer and nanofiller design
Presentation 11 15:45 -16:15	Kobe University Prof. Eiji Kamio	Development of Ionic Liquid-based Gel Membrane for CO2 Separation
16:15-16:30	15 min break
Presentation 12 16:30-17:00	Tiangong University Prof. Yunxia Hu	High-flux organic solvent nanofiltration membrane with rigid-flexible microporous structures
Presentation 13 17:00-17:30	Tsinghua University Prof. Yuan-hui Tang Dr. Yakai Lin	Effect of polymer chain flexibility on the membrane formation via NIPS and N-TIPS processes from dissipative particle dynamics simulations Preparation of PMP hollow fiber membranes for ECMO by thermally induced phase separation method
Presentation 14 17:30-18:00	Institut Européen des Membranes Prof. Sebastien Balme	Track-etched membranes for simultaneous separation and detection of biomarkers
Presentation 15 18:00-18:30	Kobe University Prof. Hideto Matsuyama	Recent research activities at Membrane Center of Kobe University
Closing 18:30-18:35	Closing speech Prof. Tomohisa Yoshioka	Closing Speech