Kelly Nguyen
Chemical engineering
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Graduation date: Spring 2024
FURI | Spring 2024
Microfiltration Polysulfone Membranes for Polar Product Recovery
The research to be conducted aims to understand how to make polysulfone (PSU) microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes and test for polyol retention, specifically polyethylene glycol (PEG). The separation method being tested will be dead-end cell filtration. Dead-end filtration works by arranging the flow direction of the feed solution to be perpendicular to the membrane. This work will highlight characterizations of PSU membranes through scanning electron microscope (SEM) and PEG through size-exclusion chromatography (SEC). Testing various PSU membranes can be used as a sector of which wastewater treatment plants can implement to improve water quality.
Mentor: Matthew Green
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Sponsored project | Spring 2024
Kelly Nguyen’s FURI project is sponsored by W. L. Gore & Associates.
W. L. Gore & Associates is a uniquely creative, product leadership enterprise that has served a variety of global markets for more than 60 years, and provides innovative solutions that its associates stand behind. Gore established funds to support undergraduate students in the Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative program and graduate students in the Master’s Opportunity for Research in Engineering program, and values student-driven research and developing relationships with students in the programs.