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Congress Topics
WFC 13 will feature four primary tracks in Solid/Liquid Separation, Air/Gas, Filter Media and Membranes. Unique to WFC 13, three symposia tracks will also be featured to address filtration and separation challenges in Energy, Environment and Health.
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Solid/Liquid Separation
Chair: Dr. Wu Chen
Co-Chair: Dr. Wenping Li
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Air/Gas
Co-Chair: Prof. Daren Chen
Dr. Wilson Poon
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Filter Media
Chair: Mr. Jay Forcucci
Co-Chair: Mr. Bob Burkhead
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Membranes
Chair: Prof. Andrew Zydney
Co-Chairs: Prof. Boxia Mi and Mr. Peter Cartwright
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Slurry/Particle/Liquid Characterization
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Hot Gas Filtration
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Nonwoven (Meltspun, Wetlaid, Needlepunch, Dryair, Airlaid)
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Mechanisms and Operations
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Filter Aids
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HVAC, Indoor Air, HEPA
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Ceramic
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Membrane Fouling
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Coagulation and Flocculation
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Industrial Gas Cleaning
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Metal
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Pervaporation
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Surface Filtration, Straining
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Gas-Phase Separations
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Adsorptive
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Gas Separation
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Cake Filtration (washing, drying)
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Fundamentals
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Membrane
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Membrane Distillation
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Depth Filtration
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Modeling & Simulation
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Woven
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Membrane Material
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Dynamic Filtration
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Air Pollution Control; PM 2.5
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Nanofiber
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Microfiltration
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Gravity Settling
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Transportation (Cabin Air, Engine Intake, etc.)
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Nanotube/Aerogel
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Ultrafiltration
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Centrifugal Separation
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Other Applications (Face Mask, Energy, etc.)
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Plastic
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Nanofiltration
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Adsorption
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Testing and Standards
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Granular |
Reverse Osmosis |
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Coalescing
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Media Design (Substrate, Lamination, Hybrid Composite, Modeling & Optimization, etc.) |
Forward Osmosis |
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Fundamentals
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Media Characterization |
Fundamentals & Modeling |
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Modeling & Simulation
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Other Media |
Applications (Water Purification, Wastewater Treatment, Desalination, etc.) |
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Applications (Electronic, Biomedical, Process Industries, Water/Wastewater, Energy, Food and Beverage, Hydraulic, Transportation
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New Developments |
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Energy Symposium
Track Co-Coordinators:
Drs. Martin Lehmann and Godwin Severa
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Environment Symposium
Track Co-Coordinator:
Dr. Shagufta Patel
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Health
Track Co-Coordinators:
Drs. Swarna Agarwal and Sneha Swaminathan and Prof. Wallace Leung
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Production of Fossil Fuel
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Clean Air
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Medical Devices
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Refinery
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Particulate Removal (Characterization of particulates, monitoring, equipment, control and processes, systems, standards, and legislature
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Biomedical
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Power Plant
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Clean Water
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Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
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Nuclear Plant
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Drinking-Water (desalination, freshwater resource, etc.)
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Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
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Renewable Energy
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Wastewater Treatment
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Sterilization
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Regulations
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Standards and legislature
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Others
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Others
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Economics
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Others
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