Center for Advanced Materials Processing Newsletter: August 2023
Message From the Director
Our CAMP-affiliated faculty continue to make ground-breaking discoveries in their research. From finding new ways to remove toxic PFAS from groundwater to analyzing plasmas in contact with liquids, we are breaking new ground as we look for ways to keep our world clean. Here are a few of their stories.
— Devon Shipp, Director of CAMP, Professor of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science
Plasma Pathways
Prof. Selma Mededovic and her co-researchers have received an NSF grant to further research into the development of multiphase gas-liquid plasma reactors. The nearly $800K in funding could generate new insights and novel means of analyzing plasmas in contact with liquids.
Sensing PFAS
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – synthetic chemicals used in many industries and products – are of growing concern because of their harmful effects on the environment and human health. Research into developing easy-to-use, low-cost sensors for PFAS was recently highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News.
Removing PFAS
A group of professors has been awarded $650K from the Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program to find and design new advanced adsorbent materials to remove toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from groundwater.
CAMP Meeting
More than 160 scientists, industry leaders, state economic development representatives and students gathered for the 2023 CAMP Annual Technical Meeting in Corning, New York. The meeting featured a research and technology showcase as well as themes revolving around advanced characterization of materials and advanced technologies for healthy water.