Mark R. Wiesner Research Group

“Morphologies de l’Interface des Sediments: Rôle du Transport Colloïdal,” Centre Européen de Recherche et d’Enseignement des Géosciences de l’Environnement, Université d’Aix-Marseille III, 5 December, 1995.

“Morphologies des dépôts formés en filtration tangentielle sur une membrane,” Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, 28 October 1996.

“Morphology of Colloidal Deposits,” International Workshop on Colloids in the Environment, Aix, France, 2 November, 1996.

“Fluid Mechanics of a Rotating Disk Membrane Filter,” 7th Annual Produced Water Seminar, League City, Texas, 17 February 1997.

“Colloidal deposition in sediments”  University of Connecticut, School of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, 7 November, 1997

“Membranes: NOM Rejection and Fouling” Water Quality Conference of the AWWA, Denver, CO, 9 November, 1997.

“ Membrane Technologies in Potable Water Treatment” State Regulators Congress, Savanah, GA, 21 October, 1997.

“Recovery of wastewater from a textile mill,” Gulf Coast Hazardous Substances Research Center Conference on Pollution Prevention, Rice University, 29 October, 1997.

“Simulation of Process Trains for Liquid-Solid Separation” Lyonnaise des Eaux Research Symposium, Fontevraud, France, 11 July, 1997.

“Morphology of Colloidal Deposits,” Distinguished Invited Lecturer, Purdue University, 2 May, 1997.

“Morphology of Colloidal Deposits,” Yale University, 5 May, 1997.

“Environmental Engineering Education at Rice University,” Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina, 1 June, 1998.

“ Optimización de Procesos de Membranes: Investigación y Educación Multidisciplinaria en Ingeniería  Ambiental Computacional en la Universidad de Rice,” Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina, 4 June, 1998.

"Sustainable Management of Water Quality in the United States" European Conference on Sustainable Development and Water Quality, October 6-10, 1998, Nancy, France.

“Particles in Water: Identification and Characterization,” Changing Role of Turbidity and Particle Removal in the Drinking Water Industry, Virginia Section, American Water Works Association, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, Sept. 21, 1998.

“Dynamics of Particle Removal in Depth Filters,” Changing Role of Turbidity and Particle Removal in the Drinking Water Industry, Virginia Section, American Water Works Association, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, Sept. 21, 1998.

“Deposit Morphology” Geib Distinguished Environmental Lecturer, University of Connecticut, 1999.

“The Future of Membrane Technologies,” Keynote speaker, AWWA Membrane Technologies Conference, Long Beach, CA, March 1999.

“Alumoxane-derived Ceramic Membranes,” International Conference on  Membranes, Toronto, Ontario, June 1999.

“Reduced permeability in groundwater remediation systems: role of mobilized colloids and injected chemicals,”  Russian-French Conference on Remediation Technologies, Aix-en-Provence, France, October, 1998.

“Organic Fouling of membranes,” International Desalting Association, Williamsburg, VA, August, 1998.

“Interactions between organic contaminants and Macromolecules,” Université Toulouse, September 15, 1999.

“Hydrodynamics of Fractal Aggregates and Deposits,” University of Geneva, October 8, 1999.

“Morphology of Membrane Deposits,” Keynote address, ACS, Washingtion DC, August 2000.

“Transient behavior in crossflow membrane filtration: Constant pressure vs. constant flux,” International Water Association, Paris, France, October 4, 2000.

“Membrane technologies for Water Reuse,” Water Environment Federation, Sept 29,2002, Chicago.Ill.

“Research needs in water treatment using membrane technologies,” Keynote Address, National Water Research Institute,, Irvine, CA May 7, 2002.

“Particle Deposition,” Carnegie Mellon University,  Feb 8, 2002.

“Nanotechnology and Environment,” USEPA, Washington DC,  August 28, 2002.

“Nanostructured membranes made from templates of variable morphology,” International Conference on Membranes, Toulouse, France, 9 July, 2002.

“Research directions for nanotechnology and environment,” Institut National des Sciences de l’Universe, Paris, France,  13 September 2002.

“Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology,” USEPA,  Washington, DC, 11 March, 2002.

“The Yin and Yang of Deposit Morphology,” University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2003.

Nanomaterials, Sustainability and Risk Assessment, Keynote Address, International Water Association, Conference on Nano- and Micro-Particles in the Environment, Zürich, Switzerland, 22 September, 2003.

  Novel Materials: Nanomaterials and potable water treatment. Resource Address, NSF workshop to set the agenda on fundamental research directions in water treatment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 11,2004.

Nanomaterials and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 5 May, 2004.

Transport of Nanomaterials in the Environment, Environmental Defense, Board Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 6 May 2004.

  Particle deposition: Processes controlling membrane fouling and fabrication. Opening Plenary Address, Water Environment Membrane Technology Conference, Seoul, South Korea, June 7, 2004.  

Chemical factors controlling the structure of particle deposits: Relevance for membrane operation and fabrication. Plenary Address, ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Yale University, June 20, 2004.

Fluid flow, chemistry, and morphological variations in foulant layers, Keynote Address, ACS, Colloid and Surface Science Sesssion, San Diego, CA, March 13, 2005.

Nanomaterials, Environmental Enngineering, and Sustainability, Duke Univeristy, 23 March, 2005.