Radioactive & Chemical Remediation and Fundamental of Adsorption by Nanoporous Materials

Date : 14th and 15th January 2013 (Monday & Tuesday) Time : 9:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Venue : Kompleks EUREKA, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
All personnel involved in materials & chemical reactions, and radioactive solutions fields: Researchers, Academics, Postgraduates Students, Chemists, Chemical Engineers, Material Engineers, Materials, Rare Earth Manufacturer, CEOs.

REGISTRATION FEES
Covers training materials, refreshments including lunch and Certificate of Attendance

Student Fee: MYR 600.00 per participant

(Proof of Student I.D. is compulsory)

HRDF Claimable* *Subjected to HRDF Approval

Normal Fee (Early Bird): MYR 800.00 (Payment must be made before 31th Dec 2012) Normal Fee: MYR 1,200.00 per participant Group Fee*: MYR 960.00 per participant
*Minimum 3 participants from the same company/organization Excursion to Penang World Heritage available upon request, min of 3 persons

Chemical speciation -Most important but often forgetful factor on adsorption for material scientistsProf. Tsutomu SATO
SUMMARY: Needless to say, adsorption process is unambiguously important for remediation of contaminated water and soil by adsorbents. In general, performance of the adsorbents has been normally assessed by capacity of the adsorbents. However, not only property of the adsorbents but also chemical speciation of the contaminants is definitely important for removal efficiency. The chemical speciation of the contaminants is definitely one of the most important factors. However, especially for material scientists, it is often forgetful factor. If you have to treat multi-valence and redox sensitive heavy metals and rare earths, their chemical speciation cannot be omitted because their chemical forms are easily changed depending on several chemical factors such as pH, redox, dissolved carbonate and phosphate concentration and so on. Therefore, the material scientists in charge of remediation for contaminated water and soil should always consider the chemical speciation of target contaminants. In this context, basis on chemical speciation for the remediation will be reviewed and our application and modeling works with careful consideration on chemical speciation for remediation of contaminated water will be introduced to the audiences in this talk.

Fundamentals and Application of Adsorption -Basic idea of Adsorption and Adsorption1,400.00 per participant Characterization of Normal Fee: MYR Nanoporous Materials and its Group Fee : MYR X,XXX.00 per participant Application to Materials Separation
(Minimum 3 participants from Prof. Akihiko MATSUMOTO the same company/organization) plays key roles in energy) SUMMARY: Adsorption efficient material separation and purification processes. Nanoporous materials such as activated carbons, zeolites, and porous silica are widely used for the adsorbents as these are or after surface treatment for the separation of target molecules. In designing an adsorption separation process, understanding of the adsorption mechanism is important as well as understanding of chemical and geometrical features of the porous solids. This lecture provides fundamental idea of adsorption phenomena, and basic aspects and adsorption characterization of nanoporous materials. Corroborative researches on adsorption separation with some industrial companies will be also introduced at the seminar.

SPEAKER 1:
Prof. Tsutomu SATO
Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan
Education: 1987 B.Sc., Department of Geoscience, Joetsu University of Education, Japan 1989 M.A., Department of Geoscience, Joetsu University of Education, Japan 1992 PhD., Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, Waseda University, Japan Current Position: Head and Professor, Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan Honors: 1992 Young Scientist Award from The Clay Science Society of Japan 2005 UK-Japan Collaboration Awards-Green Sustainable Chemistry 2006 Applied Mineralogy Award from The Mineralogical Society of Japan 2010 Best Paper Award from Mining and Materials Processing Inst., Japan 2004,2010 & 2012 Best Paper Award from The Clay Science Society of Japan Research Interest: - Remediation of contaminated water and soil - Long-term performance assessment of radioactive waste disposal - Alteration and dissolution kinetics of minerals Publication: - Publish in more than 100 international and Japanese journals - Co-author in more than 10 Japanese books.

SPEAKER 2:
Prof. Akihiko Matsumoto
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
Education: 1984 B.Sc., Chiba University, Chiba, Japan 1986 M.Sc., Graduate School of Material Science, Chiba University 1990 Ph.D., Graduate School of Material Science, Chiba University Current Position: Professor of the Department of Environmental and Life Sciences of Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan Honors: 1996 Fellowship awarded by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD, German Academic Exchange Service) 1999 Incentive award of Japan Adsorption Society Research Interest: Since 1980s he has been working in the field of adsorption science particular on development of novel porous materials for selective gas separation, and characterization of the porous materials by adsorption microcalorimetry. In recent years, he has been interested in an efficient purification separation of biogas to methane by adsorption removal of impurities. Publication: More than 80 publications in international and Japanese journals, and books.
Research Interest: Functional materials engineering, especially in biomaterials and nanoporous materials. Honors: Dr YEOH has been awarded with numerous international visiting scientist and professorship, as well as international grants and awards from international exhibition for his research. Professional membership: International Adsorption Society, Board of Engineers Malaysia, Institute of Materials Malaysia and so forth. Government/Private advisory committee Dr YEOH is currently a Blue Ocean Strategy consultant to the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, and also a technology consultant to a few industries. Publication: About 40 internationals journals and proceedings

SPEAKER 3:
Dr. Fei Yee YEOH
Advanced Nanoporous Materials Group, School of Materials & Mineral Resources, Engineering Campus, USM.
Education: 2000 B.Eng (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering, UTM 2004 M.Sc., Materials Engineering, USM 2007 D.Eng, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan Current Position: Senior Lecturer, School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

COURSED OUTLINE:
DAY 1 0 9.30 10.30 10.30 12.30 02.30 04.00 04.00 05.00 am pm pm pm Registration/Tea Break Talk from Prof. Akihiko MATSUMOTO Talk from Dr. Yeoh Fei Yee Tea Break Registration/Coffee Break Talk from Prof. Tsutomu SATO Lunch and Break Discussion Session Tea Break

DAY 2 09.30 10.30 am 10.30 12.30 pm 12.30 02.30 pm 02.30 04.00 pm 04.00 05.00 pm

Technical Details: Dr. Yeoh Fei Yee School of Materials & Mineral Resources Engineering, USM. Tel: 04-5996175 Email: nanomat@eng.usm.my Registration and others: Khairol Anuar Hazir Mohammed USAINS Holding Sdn. Bhd. Tel: 04-653 4372 / 012-286 9048 Email: khairol@usainsgroup.com / usains.holding@yahoo.com / usains.holding@hotmail.com

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Advanced Nanoporous Materials Group School of Materials and Mineral Resources, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Seri Ampangan, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

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Radioactive & Chemical Remediation and Fundamental of Adsorption by Nanoporous Materials

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