Membrane Technology Group

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All membrane research performed at the University of Twente is clustered in the Membrane Alliance Twente. Continue directly to the Membrane Science & Technology Group or explore the other groups below:

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The Membrane Technology Group of the University of Twente focuses on the multi-disciplinary topic of membrane science and technology to control mass transfer through interfaces. All membrane research performed at the University of Twente is clustered in the Membrane Alliance Twente, which consists of 4 different entities:

  1. Membrane Science & Technology, which focuses on the design, development and application of polymer membranes for Energy, Water and Sustainable Processes (Dr. Kitty Nijmeijer).
  2. Inorganic Membranes, which has a focus on the design and preparation of inorganic membranes (Prof. Arian Nijmeijer).
  3. European Membrane Institute Twente, which performs confidential contract research directly with the industry. It acts as the interface between the academic research and the industrial needs (Dr. Zandrie Borneman).

Latest news

PhD student MST wins prize at international conference ECCE 2013

Vic van Dijk (28) won third prize with his poster presentation on the ninth European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE9, The Hague). This international congress attracted about 1800 visitors, 750 of these presented their work with a poster. During the conference dinner on Wednesday 24th of April, the jury announced that Vic has earned an iPad mini for his poster and enthusiastic story. ... read more

Membranes in the biobased economy

On Friday March 22, 2013 at 16:30h, Olga Kattan defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled “Membranes in the biobased economy: Electrodialysis of amino acids for the production of biochemicals”. The defense took place in the building Waaier of the University of Twente. ... read more

COTOO project wins WEX award

At the recently held Water and Energy Exchange Global 2013 conference in Madrid, Spain, Dutch water supply company Vitens NV was awarded the global ‘Innovation in Process Technology’ award by the WEX. Vitens received the award for their Clean Operator concept, investigated in the InnoWATOR COTOO project together with the Membrane Science and Technology Group at the University of Twente, RWB Waterservices and WE Consult. ... read more

Membrane News Twente

A latest edition of Membrane News Twente has been published: on membranes in the biobased economy Molecular Organic Frameworks in membranes, permporometry, the introduction of our new tenure tracker and more. ... read more