Graduate students from the Connecticut Center for Applied Separation Technologies (CCAST) presented their research at the 2025 AiChE Annual Meeting in Boston. Four current members of the research team, along their advisor, Jeff McCutcheon, joined the event to share their research and connect with other scientists.

The students said they also enjoyed the poster session where they were able to have meaningful conversations with other researchers. They were able to meet numerous researchers with related or overlapping research projects, and a few identified future collaborators.

Presentations given by the CCAST students:

Mert Can Hacifazlioglu: “Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membranes”
Usama Sheikh: “Membrane Process Development and Process Intensification”
Deniz Ipekci: “Electrospray-Tailored Polyamide Chemistry: Precision Engineering of Selective Cation Exchange Membranes”
Cesar Gouveia: “Using Polyphenols to Fix and Quantify Defects in Polyamide Membranes”

CCAST: https://ccast.uconn.edu/

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