Cooperative Agreement R22AC00436

This three-year $109,380 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, under the Engineering (47.041) program, will fund research at Florida State University to develop validated mathematical and computational models to optimize the operation of hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane systems used in wastewater reclamation plants. The models aim to maximize water production while reducing energy consumption. The...

This $109,767 National Science Foundation project grant in the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from September 2022 to August 2025. The project aims to develop and validate new mathematical and computational models to optimize the operation of hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane systems used in wastewater reclamation plants. Researchers will conduct experimental and modeling work to better understand how membrane module geometry, fiber packing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $600,493.97 Cooperative Agreement to Pure Blue TECH Inc., doing business as Pure Blue, under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560). The funding supports the manufacturing and field piloting of novel anti-fouling nanopatterned ultrasonic reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements for efficient, high-recovery desalination of brackish water and purification of surface water. The key innovation is the...

This $649,989 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a portable, membrane-free water purification and monitoring system by Iowa State University of Science and Technology. The overarching goal is to create a fit-for-purpose solution to address water insecurity in regions with limited infrastructure and frequent water quality issues due to climate change or natural...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $407,404.90 Cooperative Agreement to Trustees of Tufts College, doing business as Tufts University, on September 14, 2023. This award is funded under the Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) program (CFDA 15.506), which supports research to augment the nation's usable water supply through advanced treatment technologies. The objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate ultrafiltration pretreatment...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Awardee: Membranex, LLC (University of Connecticut) Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF) Federal Grant Program: NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Award Amount: $1,248,465 Award Period: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027 Membranex, LLC will develop and deliver customized electrospray-based 3D printed membranes designed to enable the reuse of cooling tower blowdown water (CTBW) in industrial applications. The project focuses...

Mespilus Inc. received a $274,995 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 1, 2022 to further develop a capacitive deionization technology for water purification under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The one-year project aims to optimize third generation capacitive deionization electrodes through surface functionalization with ionic groups to improve charge efficiency, energy usage, water recovery, lifetime, and the ability...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,994 supports the development of an innovative, membrane-free, and chemical-free desalination technology based on ion concentration polarization. The goal is to create a scalable system that can effectively transition from a bench-scale production capacity of 10 liters per hour to a larger-scale capacity of 1,000 liters per hour. This advancement aims to make desalination more...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $161,241 to Arizona State University (ASU) to design and fabricate biomimetic membrane distillation (MD) membranes for efficient and cost-effective treatment of high-salinity industrial brines. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Elucidating design criteria for supracolloidal structures that can impart wetting resistance to MD membranes without...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, under its Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) program (CFDA 15.506), awarded a $610,056 Cooperative Agreement to Pacifica Water Solutions LLC on Sep 21, 2023. The project aims to conduct extended field testing of innovative electrically conducting desalination membranes against commercial membranes over two consecutive 3-month trials. The testing will demonstrate the performance of this technology in two applications:...