The Membrane Applications Science and Technology (MAST) Center Spring 2026 Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, held at the New Jersey Institute of Technology from April 12–14, brought together faculty, graduate researchers, industry sponsors, and guests for a dynamic exchange of ideas in membrane science and engineering. As a National Science Foundation Industry–University Cooperative Research Center, MAST supports collaborative research, graduate education, and technology transfer across its university sites and industry network. The banquet session served as a key highlight of the meeting, creating space for networking, sponsor engagement, faculty presentations, and student poster interactions in a more informal setting. Together with the broader meeting program, the event showcased the MAST Center’s role in advancing innovative membrane research while strengthening ties between academia and industry.
A total of 5 PhD students and Postdocs from Dr. Wen Zhang’s research group at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) presented seven posters during the poster session at the MAST banquet. Their work covered a broad range of topics, including membrane distillation, rinse-free molecular layer-by-layer membranes, ammonia recovery, membrane and materials characterization, air purification, and Multiphysics simulation for water treatment.
From top left (clockwise): Jiahe Zhang, Haodong Jia, Jing-An Lin, Guangyu Zhu, and Samarpan Deb Majumder
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