Areas of Research:
- Functionalized Membranes for Water Purification
- Membrane Fouling
- Polymers and Soft Materials Initiative
- Surface Science
- Water
The Weinman Research Group focuses on surface functionalization of membranes to improve the transport properties and reduce membrane fouling for water and wastewater treatment. Our research interests include: (1) altering membrane surface chemistry and/or membrane surface structure (i.e., surface patterns) to change foulant interactions with the membrane surface, (2) altering membrane surface chemistry to capture target compounds of interest, and (3) synthesizing new membrane separation.
Dr. Weinman’s group focuses on functionalizing and synthesizing membranes to improve current water treatment membrane technologies.
Membranes are semi-permeable barriers that separate substances when a driving force is applied across the membrane. The Weinman group works to provide solutions to current environmental and wastewater challenges by developing new membrane technologies.
The Weinman Group focuses on synthesizing and studying the fundamental properties of thin-film composite membranes for nanofiltration and reverse osmosis applications.
My research focuses on surface modifying membranes to reduce various types of fouling (oil, biological, scaling, etc.).
Another project area involves creating membrane adsorbers and solvents to capture compounds of interest.
Lastly, the Weinman Group is exploring new solvents for brine remediation where membranes cannot be used.
