Programme

The programme comprises four main lecture blocks, each of them focussing on the straight relation between membrane technologies and each of the 4 natural elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire.

Each block will include classes of 50 min of presentation + 25 min of discussion to promote interaction with the students.

Each class is intended to transmit the relevant fundamentals of membrane science and engineering while providing the latest advancements in the corresponding topic. The EMS Summer School should in this way contribute to reinforcing the knowledge of master and early-stage PhD students, as well as membranologists working in industry and young academics from other areas who are new to membrane science and technology.

The themes of the four blocks are:

Block 1 (Earth): membrane development and characterisation;

Block 2 (Water): liquid-liquid separation, membrane fouling, and membrane applications in bioseparations, water treatment and health;

Block 3 (Air) : gas separation;

Block 4 (Fire): electromembrane processes and membranes for energy generation.

The Summer School comprises also two hands-on workshops: a workshop on paper writing, particularly targeted to students in their early stages of research; and a second workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

The participants are allowed to present their own work through poster communication. Poster session will take place on Tuesday, 25th May, from 18:00- 20:00.

Participants willing to present a poster communication should submit an abstract with a brief description of the work . The abstract should have a maximum of 2 A4 pages and it should be prepared preferably using Arial font.