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29–30 October 201310th Aachen Conference on Water and MembranesAachen, GermanyContact: Dr Michael Krumm, Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, Chemical Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Turmstr. 46, 52056 Aachen, GermanyTel: +49 241 80 27203, Fax: +49 241 80 22285Email: [email protected]/AVT
4–8 November 2013Aquatech Amsterdam 2013Amsterdam, The NetherlandsContact: Amsterdam RAI, Aquatech Project Team, PO Box 77777, 1070 MS Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 20 549 1444www.aquatechtrade.com/amsterdamen
5–6 November 2013Filter Media 6 – International Conference and ExhibitionandMedia for Gas and Liquid Filtration (training course)Christleton, Chester, UK Contact: Steve Tarleton, Honorary Secretary,
The Filtration Society, 6 McCarthy Close, Whitwick, Leicestershire LE67 5HN, UKTel: +44 1530 469174Email: [email protected]/meetings/2013-programme
25–29 November 2013IMSTEC 2013 – 8th International Membrane Science and Technology ConferenceMelbourne, AustraliaContact: Dr Simon Smart, Secretary, Membrane Society of Australia, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, AustraliaTel: +61 7 3365 8835, Fax: +61 7 3365 4199Email: [email protected]/IMSTEC2013
2–4 December 2013Water Expo China + Water Membrane China 2013Beijing, ChinaContact: Macey Zhang, Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) Co Ltd, Room 1503, 15/F, Taiping Finance Tower, 488 Middle Yincheng Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200120, China
Tel: +86 21 6160 8528, Fax: +86 21 5876 9332Email: [email protected]
15–18 December 20134th Maghreb Conference on Desalination and Water Treatment (CMTDE 2013)Hammamet, TunisiaContact: L. Boulifi (Secretary), Tunisian Desalination Association, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Chemistry Department, 2092 Manar II, TunisiaTel & Fax: +216 71 871 282Email: [email protected]
10–14 March 2014AWWA/AMTA Membrane Technology Conference and ExpositionLas Vegas, Nevada, USAContact: American Water Works Association, 6666 W. Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235 USATel: +1 303 794 7711, Fax: +1 303 347 0804www.awwa.org/amta/membrane2014
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...Continued from front pageon-demand world, where news and informa-tion is instantaneous. We have asked why the same cannot be done for diagnosing infectious diseases, where early detection is so critical to positive patient outcomes.’
‘As part of our programme with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), we are developing a small, lightweight device that doctors can fit in their pocket. This unit could readily detect multiple pathogens in lim-ited resource settings, such as military outposts or communities in remote areas.’
GE is conducting the research jointly with ateamledbyProfessorPaulYager,ChairofBioengineering at the University of Washington. ProfessorYagersaid:‘Weareexcitedaboutthis
team’s unique ability to combine new designs
for paper-based micro-fluidics with new nucleic amplification methods and GE’s novel paper chemistries to help develop the first fully-dispos-able, versatile pathogen identification technology for use in the developed and developing worlds.’
GE will use its expertise in diagnostics materials development, nucleic acid analysis and device design to help develop a hand-held unit that is easy to pick-up and use. The fully-disposable device will be paper-based and will include no complex instrumentation. The test will be activated once exposed to a nasal swab and, in less than an hour, will change colour to indicate the presence of different target diseases.
As part of this programme GE scientists will be developing next-generation paper and membrane materials, whilst also using a suite of commercial papers and membranes, including Whatman FTA.
The first disease researchers will target is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a drug-resistant bacterium responsible for hard-to-treat infections. MRSA is especially problematic in institutional settings, like hos-pitals, prisons and military bases, where people generally live in close quarters.
Contacts:
GE Global Research, 1 Research Circle, Niskayuna,
NY 12309, USA. Tel: +1 518 387 7914,
http://ge.geglobalresearch.com
Professor Paul Yager, University of Washington,
Department of Bioengineering, N107 William H. Foege
Building, 3720 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195-
5061, USA. Tel: +1 206 543 8063,
http://depts.washington.edu/bioe
Ovivo joins consortium set up to develop the next generation of wafer fabs
GLV Inc’s Ovivo business has been recognised as the only water
treatment firm to be part of a select group of companies – the Facility 450 Consortium (F450C) – that will collabo-rate to develop the next generation of wafer fabrication facilities or ‘fabs’.
‘It is a demonstration of trust from the semi-conductor industry and especially a recognition of Ovivo’s technological skills in the ultra-pure and water recycling technologies,’ said Richard Verreault, President and Chief Executive Officer, GLV.
Following the formal announcement from NewYork’sGovernorCuomooftheformationof the F450C, 10 leading nano-electronics facil-
ity companies from around the world will col-laborateattheStateUniversityofNewYork’s(SUNY)CollegeofNanoscaleScienceandEngineering (CNSE) to lead the global effort to design and build the next-generation 450-mm computer chip fabrication facilities.
Beyond the manufacturing hurdles that 450-mm wafer-processing brings, next-generation wafer fabs present new challenges with respect to the design of the facilities, substrate handling, tool connection, chemical distribution, water and electrical systems and many other areas.
Where the Global 450 Consortium (G450C) provides leadership in the area of 450-mm equipment and process technologies, the goal
of the F450C is to develop facilities and infra-structure essential to the transition to 450-mm wafer fabrication.
Contacts:
GL&V Canada Inc, Ovivo Division, 48 Alliance
Boulevard, Unit 107, Barrie, Ontario, Canada L4M 5K3.
Tel: +1 705 726 6655, www.ovivowater.com
GLV Inc, 2001 McGill College, Suite 2100, 21st Floor, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada. Tel: +1 514 284 2224, www.glv.com
Frank Tolic, Associate Vice President for Business, Wafer Processing, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, 257 Fuller Road Albany, NY 12203, USA. Tel: +1 518 956 7221, www.g450c.org