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Mark Wiesner

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287
120 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708-0287

Scholarly Works - Conferences


Recovery of rare earth elements from coal fly ash leachates by supported liquid membranes

Conference 36th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference Clean Coal Based Energy Fuels and the Environment PCC 2019 · January 1, 2019 • Extraction from coal ash: Produces a highly heterogeneous liquid feedstock (impurities of Al, Si, Fe, Ca) • REE separations via supported liquid membranes: o 103- to 105-fold selectivity for REEs o preference for heavy REEs • Produc ... Cite

Modelling engineered nanoparticle fate in aquatic systems: Application of attachment rate

Conference International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management Sgem · January 1, 2016 Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) are currently being used in a variety of commercial products and processes, however the material characteristics employed in standard regulatory fate models (e.g. FOCUS surface and ground water) do not fully capture nano-spe ... Cite

Electrically conducting nanocomposite polymer thin film reverse osmosis membranes for biofilm prevention

Conference ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY · April 7, 2013 Link to item Cite

T 4 workshop report nanotoxicology: "The end of the beginning" - Signs on the roadmap to a strategy for assuring the safe application and use of nanomaterials

Conference Altex · October 11, 2011 In October 2010, a group of experts met as part of the transatlantic think tank for toxicology (t 4) to exchange ideas about the current status and future of safety testing of nanomaterials. At present, there is no widely accepted path forward t ... Cite

Impact of aggregate size and structure on the photocatalytic properties of TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles

Conference ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY · August 28, 2011 Link to item Cite

Internationalizing tomorrow's researchers - Strategies and experiences from the partnership for education and research in membrane nanotechnologies

Conference ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Conference Proceedings · January 1, 2009 The Partnership for Education and Research in Membrane Nanotechnologies (PERMEANT) is an NSF PIRE project involving Michigan State University (USA), Duke University (USA), Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine), Université Paul Sabatier (France), Centre Européen de ... Cite

Assessing environmental exposure potential of nano-TiO2

Conference ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry Preprints of Extended Abstracts · January 1, 2008 Cite