Prof Sandra Kentish
The University of Melbourne
Prof Jiuhui Qu
Tsinghua University
Dr Collette Burke
Chief Engineer of Victoria
Prof Benny Freeman
The University of Texas at Austin
Prof Ana Deletic
University of New South Wales
Prof Wang Rong
Nanyang Technological University
The Hub aims to develop advanced separation materials, innovative products and smart processes to reduce the energy consumption of separation processes which underpin Australian industry. The Hub focuses on the development, synthesis, characterisation and integration of advanced materials (membranes, adsorbents and resins), across scales to enable novel products. The intended research outcomes allow the majority of Australian industry to become more energy-efficient and cost-competitive in a global economy.
Latest News
Plenary Talks - IBMM-iEESEP 2018 held in Melbourne on 23 - 27 Jan 2018
IBMM-iEESEP2018 Plenary Talk by Prof Tony Fane titled Bioinspired membrane engineering for water applications.
IBMM-iEESEP2018 Plenary Talk by Prof Lei Jiang tited Smart interfacial materials from super-wettability to binary cooperative complementary systems
IBMM-iEESEP2018 Plenary Talk by Prof Liang Yin Chu tiled Bioinspired smart gating membranes.
IBMM-iEESEP2018 Plenary Talk by Prof Dongyuan Zhao titled Functional mesoporous nanomaterials: fabrication and enhanced bioapplications.
IBMM-iEESEP2018 Plenary Talk by Dr Anita Hill titled Architecturing nanospace for highly efficient gas separations.
About Us
We are a research hub funded by ARC in 2017 to transform key Australian industries, water, mining, chemical, oil and gas, to be more energy-efficient, cost-competitive, and environmentally sustaininble.
Our Projects
Our projects aim to advance the capabilities of separation technology developers in the manufacture of advanced separation materials and equipment to be world-leading technology providers in separation technologies.
Our Team
Our team is composed of highly trained and experience people from universities and industry.
Events
We have successfully held our first conference IBMM-iEESEP2018 in Melbourne from 23 - 27 Jan 2018.
News
All the latest news from ARC-EESEP.
KPI Reporting Tool
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Successful CRC Project Round 7
August 05, 2019
Congratulations to Mr Christopher Williams (PI, Arrow Energy) and A/Prof Simon Smart (CI, The University of Queensland) are successfully securing the Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Round 7. This project is the second phase of the collaboration project supported by ARC-EESep. The first phase of the project has great success and the impacts to the oil and gas industry is huge as well as to the society. This great news was announced by the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP and the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator the Hon Matt Canavan on 9th of August 2019.
Astonishing Project between Victoria University & Activated Water Technologies
August 05, 2019
A major announcement has been made by Parkway Mineral for the collaboration project between Activated Water Technologies (AWT) and Victoria University on aMES technology on brine processing. This project is lead by Prof Mikel Duke and Mr Bahay Ozcakmak, the team comprised of Dr Peter Sanciolo, Dr Xing Yang and Mr Jiean Luo, has delivered remarkable impacts to the industry. The aMES application rationale includes: a) potential to rapidly develop a more capital efficient and sustainable potash production operation compared to conventional development pathways; b) the aMES pathway potentially eliminates the requirement for flotation, process steam, gas pipeline and a freshwater bore field, which collectively represent major costs in the traditional potash production flowsheet; c) potential to recover magnesium salts as a by-product. The team is exploring to extend aMES technology to other projects and in a range of other application.
Visit to QUT
July 31, 2019
It's our pleasure to visit Prof Graeme Millar from QUT on 1 August 2019. He has showed us his facilities and laboratories. His works are astonishing and the impacts to the zeolite industry are exceptional. He is leading a large team comprising of about 50 students and researchers have achieved outstanding research which beneficial to both academics and industry.
Visit to UQ
July 31, 2019
ARC-EESep has visited UQ research team on 1 August 2019. The team has delivered a magnificent research works and the impacts of the works has greatly help the industry to save significant number of lost. Their works has help the oil and gas industry to remove water vapour from their products and the results is exceed the expected value. Congratulations to the team lead by UQ and Arrow Energy, Prof Joe da Costa, A/Prof Simon Smart, Mr Christopher Williams, Dr Julius Montuzas, , Ms Charmaine Lamiel and Ms Yue Yuan.
Congratulations to A/Prof Matthew Hill as nominated finalists in 2019 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
July 30, 2019
A fabulous work by A/Prof Matthew Hill and The Broad Spectrum Respiratory Canister Team has been recognised and nominated as a finalist in the Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in safe guarding Australia.This collaborative project with CSIRO, Defence Science and Technology Group and Spectrum Innovation Pty Ltd has led to the development of new respirator canister technology that can protect military personnel from weaponised toxic chemical gases and vapours. This offers a step change from existing technology, which sometimes provides minimal protection, giving soldiers a greater chance to safely complete their mission. Click HERE to read the announcement from Australian Museum.
Energy-efficient desalination worth its salt
July 23, 2019
The Australian has reported a great work delivered by Monash research team led by Prof Xiwang Zhang (Director of the Hub) today. The team has found a new way to remove salt from water in a very economic way. Evaporation of water from a black disc driven by sunlight and the steam is captured in a transparent dome on the top of the system. The new system is more effective than other solar-powered desalination system because it does not require any other energy input. The salt crystal can be collected outside the disc which does not reduce the process efficiency. This work is published in the prestigious journal, Energy & Environmental Science. Click HERE to access to the journal paper.