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Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 |
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2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Wed1-3: Microplastics: Characterization Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Aron Stubbins Raman Spectroscopy Coupled with Fractionated Membrane Filtration Improves the Quantification Reliability of Low Micrometer Microplastics Novel Approaches to Detect and Image the Smallest Plastics Surface-enhanced Raman imaging of microplastics as carriers for organic pollutants in the environment Eco-corona formation and impact on environmentally relevant micro- and nano-plastics An optimized acidic digestion for the isolation of microplastics from biota-rich samples and cellulose acetate matrices |
3:15pm - 4:15pm |
Wed2-3: Microplastics: Emissions Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Omar Tantawi Release of Microplastics and Nanoplastics from Plastic Baby Food Containers and Reusable Food Pouches Microplastic inputs to the Narragansett Bay Novel Outlook in Understanding the Fate and Transport of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants Through Tracer Tests Effect of chain structure on the nano wear of photo-oxidized polyesters for potential release of nanoplastics Modeling Fragmentation and Additive Release from Polymers and Microplastics |
4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Wed3-3: PFAS: Characterization Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Manisha Choudhary PFAS Identification: Communicating Confidence in HRMS Applications Accumulation of PFAS at the surface microlayer and in naturally occurring foams Establishing a reproducible Raman spectral library for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances extracted in organic solvents Identifying Diagnostic Fingerprints for PFAS Source Allocation using Machine Learning Techniques Sunrise of PFAS Replacements – The Case of Fluorine-free Foams (F3) |
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2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Thurs1-3: PFAS: Treatment Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Onur Apul Advanced oxidation/reduction processes for the degradation of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using Vacuum UV irradiation Effect of inorganic anions on PFAS removal by granular activated carbon and implications for PFAS adsorption mechanisms The UVC/VUV Boron Nitride Photocatalytic Process for High Efficiency Degradation of Poly-/perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Selective Electrocatalytic Destruction of PFAS using a Reactive Electrochemical Membrane System Harnessing the power of life cycle assessment to comprehensively compare PFAS treatment technologies |
3:15pm - 4:15pm |
Thurs2-3: PFAS: Occurrence and Exposure Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Wensi Chen Characterizing community exposure to emerging, drinking water-associated perfluoroalkyl ether acids Multiscale approach to assessing the contribution of households to PFAS in raw wastewater Action Strategy for Addressing Existing PFAS Sources and Industries with Multi-Media Impacts through Collaboration and Coordination Occurrence and fate of per and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in municipal solid waste disposal facilities Modified Clay for Adsorption of Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) |
4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Thurs3-3: PFAS: Transport Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Loretta Fernandez Stabilization of PFAS in soil-plants systems using carbon-based sorbents Data Driven Machine Learning for Estimation of PFAS Partitioning on Various Surface Materials Competitive Adsorption at the Air-Water Interface Influences PFAS Transport in Unsaturated Porous Media Kinetics and mechanisms of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) uptake by ion exchange resins Adsorption of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) onto containers: Role of container polymer, solution type, and temperature |