Section on Membrane Engineering

Mission

 

The Mission of the Section on Membrane Engineering is as follows:

• to develop European cooperation and professional activity in the largely interdisciplinary areas of chemical engineering and related fields by preparing reports, investigating important problems, organising specialised events and addressing tasks complementary to those covered by the Working Parties;
• to attract to the Federation a large number of chemical engineers and/or specialists in related fields, willing to actively contribute to the activities of the Federation.

The sphere of proposed work is compatible with the objects of the Federation and it does not overlap with the fields covered by other Working Parties or Sections of the Federation. The Section on Membrane Engineering will also interact and will collaborate with any other existing organization acting in membrane engineering (The European Membrane Society, Network of Excellence (e.g., NanoMemPro), etc.).

Events organised by or in cooperation with the Section on Membrane Engineering

 

3rd International Workshop on Membrane Distillation and Innovating Membrane Operations in Desalination and Water Reuse (md-sorrento2023)

We are pleased to announce the dates and location of the 3rd International Workshop on Membrane Distillation and Innovating Membrane Operations in Desalination and Water Reuse, md-sorrento2023, which will take place at the Hilton Sorrento Palace hotel & Conference Center, Sorrento (NA), Italy on April 23rd - 26th, 2023.

Deadlines:

• January 15, 2023: Early registration opens
• January 15, 2023: Abstract submission opens
• March 1, 2023: Early registration ends
• March 1, 2023: Abstract submission closes

More information can be found here.

Further events:

1. Session on Membrane Engineering at ECCE12&ECAB5, 15-19 September 2019, Florence (Italy).
    
2. EU-CHINA Cooperation Conference on Membrane Technology Innovation, 9-10 July 2019, Weihai (China).
   
   
3. Membrane and Electromembrane Processes Conference-MELPRO 2020, online, 8-10 November 2020
   (Prof. Enrico Drioli, Chair of the Section, is the Chair of the Conference)
   
   

4. Two Scientific Sessions on Membrane Engineering at the virtual 13th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE 13) 20th-23rd September 2021

5. 11th Italy-Korea Workshop on "Membrane Technology for Climate Change", Sorrento (NA) Italy, 24th-26th November 2022 
   
   
6. 3rd International Workshop on Membrane Distillation and Innovating Membrane Operations in Desalination and Water Reuse, Sorrento (NA) (Italy), 23rd-26th April 2023 

 

Excellence Award in Membrane Engineering

 
The Section is promoting the Excellence Award in Membrane Engineering, to be granted every three years. The most recent Award was presented at Euromembrane 2018, held on 9th-13th July 2018 in Valencia (Spain).
Read more about the winners of the previous Excellence Awards

 
EFCE-EMS Joint Excellence Award in Membrane Engineering 2021

The Award was presented to Dr. Cédric Van Goethem at the 13th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE13) which was virtually on 20-23 September 2021.
Press release

 

Publications / Documents

 

A short report on the presence of membrane operations at ECCE12-ECAB5
September 2019

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The Section on Membrane Engineering is collaborating in the preparation of the EU-China Membrane Newsletter edited by the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR, Italy). The latest issue is of July 2022.
Download the July 2022 issue of the EU-China Membrane Newsletter HERE

Previous issue: June 2019 issue of the EU-China Membrane Newsletter

A report on the progress of process engineering in China has been prepared in June 2019.
Download the report HERE

 

Previous activities

 

WORKING PARTY BUSINESS MEETINGS

• September 2019, Florence Italy
  Minutes; List of Participants;

  A short report on the presence of membrane operations at ECCE12-ECAB5

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LATEST ORGANISED EVENTS

• A Session on Membrane Engineering was held during the ECCE12 Conference, 15th-19th September 2019, Florence (Italy).
   
• EU-CHINA Cooperation Conference on Membrane Technology Innovation, July 9-10, 2019, Weihai (China).
   
• Prof. Enrico Drioli, Chair of the Section, has been appointed as Chair of the Membrane and Electromembrane Processes (MELPRO) Conference, held in Prague (Czech Republic) on May 13-16, 2018. He has been actively involved in the organisation of the event, that was very successful. 
  
  
• Members of the Section have contributed to the Euromembrane 2018, held on July 9-13, 2018, in Valencia (Spain).