Susquehanna Valley Section

September 2007 Meeting

The three hundred and seventy-first meeting of the Section will be held on Wednesday, 12 September 2007 at Bucknell University. A social hour and dinner will be followed by a guest presentation entitled "Controlling Molecular Architecture to Improve Membrane Performance" by Dr. Joe Suriano from Membrane and Separation Technologies at General Electric.

Social Hour: 5:00 p.m. faculty lounge of the Langone Center Dinner: 6:00 p.m. Room 241 of the Langone Center
Meeting and Presentation: 7:30 p.m. in Room 116 of the Rooke Chemistry Building

Dinner: Dinner entrees will be a buffet dinner including a vegetarian option and dessert. The cost will be $13 per person. Please RSVP to Suellen Beck by email sb047@bucknell.edu or phone 570.577.3258 by Wednesday, 12 September 2007.

See directions below.

Controlling Molecular Architecture to Improve Membrane Performance

Over the past several years GE has acquired a variety of membrane companies to support its Water, Healthcare, and Energy businesses. Within these businesses we have capabilities from microfiltration and ultrafiltration to nanofiltration and reverse osmosis across a wide variety of base materials - sulfone, cellulose acetate, ePTFE, PVDF, polyamides. The primary goal of our research is the development of next-generation membrane materials in applications such as desalination, biopharm separations, fuel cells, protective apparel, and gas separations. The design, synthesis, characterization, and performance of new membrane materials across the three businesses will be discussed.

Dr. Joe Suriano manager of the Membrane and Separation Technologies lab at GE's Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York where he leads a group of chemists, material scientists and chemical engineers in the development of new separation technologies for the Water, Healthcare and Energy businesses of GE. Joe received his Master in Organic Chemistry from Bucknell University in 1989 working with Harold Heine, and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from The University of Minnesota in 1993. After a short period with Uniion Carbide, Joe joined GE's Global Research Center in 1998 developing high performance polymer systems and became manager in 2001. Joe and his wife Catherine have two children, Zac (17) and Anna (12).

Directions:

East of Lewisburg:

1. Route 80 West to Exit 210A
2. Route 15 South
3. Travel south to Lewisburg.
4. After passing the soccer fields on the right, turn left into the university and follow the campus map. (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on the left.)

West of Lewisburg:

1. Route 80 East to Exit 210A
2. Route 15 South
3. Travel south to Lewisburg.
4. After passing the soccer fields on the right, turn left into the university and follow the campus map. (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on the left.)

1. Routes 11&15 North
2. When Routes 11 & 15 split, stay on Route 15 (Tedd's Landing is on your right; KMart on your left)
3. Approx. 7 miles after Selinsgrove / Shamokin Dam, you'll come to a stop light. Bucknell is on your right. (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on right.)

North of Lewisburg:

1. Take route 15 south.
2. Once past route 80, continue south to Lewisburg.
3. After passing the soccer fields on the right, turn left into the university and follow the campus map. (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on the left.)

Once on campus: Follow the campus map to the visitor parking designated with a P (white on blue back-ground).
More parking information.
A parking map of Bucknell.