Recent Awards

Recent Awards and Distictions

Recent Awards and Distinctions Received by PolySep Students:

Eric Lyster was an invited speaker at the First Annual NWRI Graduate Fellowship Research Conference, April 12, 2007, at the Doubletree Hotel Anaheim/Orange County in the City of Orange, California. His presentation was on "Concentration Polarization and Mineral Scaling in Membrane Desalination".

Congratulation to Eric Lyster on being awarded the 2006 National Water Research Institute/Cargill Ph.D. Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Michal Uchymiak and Eric Lyster for winning a First Place Student Poster Award for his work on "Ex-Situ Scale Observation Detector (EXSOD) for Early Detection of Mineral Scale Formation and Surface Crystallization Kinetics on RO Membranes" which was presented at the CA-NV AWWA Annual Fall Conference, October 2-5, 2006, Lon Beach, CA.

Professor Cohen will deliver a keynote lecture on "High Recovery Water Desalination" at the 4th Eastern Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference (EMMC4), will be held on January 9-11, 2006 at Le Meridien Hotel, Dead Sea, Israel.

Professors Yoram Cohen and Julius "Bud" Glater lectured on "Reverse Osmosis Desalination: A Glimpse at the Past and a View Toward Future Water Independence for California" on Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:30 pm, 100 Moore Hall, UCLA. Click here for more information.

Eric Lyster was awarded the 2006 National Water Research Institute/Cargill Ph.D. Research Fellowship

Eric Lyster Received Outstanding Paper Award at the 2005 North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting (held in Providence, Rhode Island) for his oral presentation of his work on "Numerical Model of Concentration Polarization: Considerations of Membrane Channel Geometry and Spacer Configurations." Eric is a Ph.D. student working with Prof. Yoram Cohen (Chemical Engineering Department).

Michal Uchymiak receives a Travel Award from the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) to attend the 2005 NAMS meeting.

Andi Rahardianto received the International Desalination Association Scholarship for 2004/2005

Ron-Wai Lee has been awarded the 2003 UCLA Chemical Engineering Department Outstanding M.S. Student Award

Wen-Yi Shih received a 2003 IDA Fellowship.

Ron-Wai Lee has been awarded the 2001 North American Membrane Society Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Check Ron-Wai Lee's web page for more details

Honorable mention of the CAST Director's Award from the Computing and Systems Technology Division of AIChE for work (Poster) presented on "Estimation of Diverse Physical Properties of Organic Compounds with a Modified Fuzzy ARTMAP Neural System (Paper 238c) Francesc Giralt, Gabriela Espinosa, Alex Arenas, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, Denise L. Yaffe, Yoram Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Student Paper Award: “Novel Polymer-Modified Ceramic Membrane for the Treatment of Oily Aqueous Waste”, Faibish, R. S.. and Cohen, Y., North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, USA, May 2000.

2nd Place Student Poster Award: Separations and Recovery of Organics using Novel Polymer Grafted Ceramic Membranes", W. Yoshida and Y. Cohen, Southern California Society for Risk Assessment (SCSRA), 2000 Annual Meeting, May 18, 2000, Los Angeles, California.

1st place Student Poster Award: "Application of Neural Networks to Physicochemical Property Prediction for Multimedia Environmental Chemical Distribution Analysis", D. Yaffe, Southern California Society for Risk Assessment (SCSRA), 2000 Annual Meeting, May 18, 2000, Los Angeles, California.

3rd Place Student Poster Award, "Surface Characterization of Polymer-Modified Ceramics by Contact Angle Measurements", S. Doherty, R. Faibish and Y. Cohen, AIChE Western Regional Student Conference, Los Angeles, 2000.

2nd Place Poster Award, "Agricultural Drainage Water Management", Ron-Wai Lee, Jenifer Lum, J. Glater, and Y. Cohen, AIChE Western Regional Student Conference, Los Angeles, April 2000.

3rd Place Student Poster Session Award, "Agricultural Drainage Water Treatment: An Application of Nanofiltration Membranes", Ron-Wai-Lee, Alice Tsao, Y. Cohen and J. Glater, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Ron Faibish received the 1999-2000 Channabasappa Memorial Scholarship from the International Desalination Association.

Ron Faibish was a Finalist in the competition for the Zenon Membrane Technology Prize, Zenon Environmental Inc., Canada, 2000.

Ron Faibish receives a Graduate Student Fellowship and Travel Award from the European Membrane Society, Summer 2000.

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		Recent Awards and Distictions Recent Awards and Distinctions Received by PolySep Students: Eric Lyster was an invited speaker at the First Annual NWRI Graduate Fellowship Research Conference, April 12, 2007, at the Doubletree Hotel Anaheim/Orange County in the City of Orange, California. His presentation was on "Concentration Polarization and Mineral Scaling in Membrane Desalination". Congratulation to Eric Lyster on being awarded the 2006 National Water Research Institute/Cargill Ph.D. Research Fellowship Congratulations to Michal Uchymiak and Eric Lyster for winning a First Place Student Poster Award for his work on "Ex-Situ Scale Observation Detector (EXSOD) for Early Detection of Mineral Scale Formation and Surface Crystallization Kinetics on RO Membranes" which was presented at the CA-NV AWWA Annual Fall Conference, October 2-5, 2006, Lon Beach, CA. Professor Cohen will deliver a keynote lecture on "High Recovery Water Desalination" at the 4th Eastern Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference (EMMC4), will be held on January 9-11, 2006 at Le Meridien Hotel, Dead Sea, Israel. Professors Yoram Cohen and Julius "Bud" Glater lectured on "Reverse Osmosis Desalination: A Glimpse at the Past and a View Toward Future Water Independence for California" on Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:30 pm, 100 Moore Hall, UCLA. Click here for more information. Eric Lyster was awarded the 2006 National Water Research Institute/Cargill Ph.D. Research Fellowship Eric Lyster Received Outstanding Paper Award at the 2005 North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting (held in Providence, Rhode Island) for his oral presentation of his work on "Numerical Model of Concentration Polarization: Considerations of Membrane Channel Geometry and Spacer Configurations." Eric is a Ph.D. student working with Prof. Yoram Cohen (Chemical Engineering Department). Michal Uchymiak receives a Travel Award from the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) to attend the 2005 NAMS meeting. Andi Rahardianto received the International Desalination Association Scholarship for 2004/2005 Ron-Wai Lee has been awarded the 2003 UCLA Chemical Engineering Department Outstanding M.S. Student Award Wen-Yi Shih received a 2003 IDA Fellowship. Ron-Wai Lee has been awarded the 2001 North American Membrane Society Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Check Ron-Wai Lee's web page for more details Honorable mention of the CAST Director's Award from the Computing and Systems Technology Division of AIChE for work (Poster) presented on "Estimation of Diverse Physical Properties of Organic Compounds with a Modified Fuzzy ARTMAP Neural System (Paper 238c) Francesc Giralt, Gabriela Espinosa, Alex Arenas, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, Denise L. Yaffe, Yoram Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. Student Paper Award: “Novel Polymer-Modified Ceramic Membrane for the Treatment of Oily Aqueous Waste”, Faibish, R. S.. and Cohen, Y., North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, USA, May 2000. 2nd Place Student Poster Award: Separations and Recovery of Organics using Novel Polymer Grafted Ceramic Membranes", W. Yoshida and Y. Cohen, Southern California Society for Risk Assessment (SCSRA), 2000 Annual Meeting, May 18, 2000, Los Angeles, California. 1st place Student Poster Award: "Application of Neural Networks to Physicochemical Property Prediction for Multimedia Environmental Chemical Distribution Analysis", D. Yaffe, Southern California Society for Risk Assessment (SCSRA), 2000 Annual Meeting, May 18, 2000, Los Angeles, California. 3rd Place Student Poster Award, "Surface Characterization of Polymer-Modified Ceramics by Contact Angle Measurements", S. Doherty, R. Faibish and Y. Cohen, AIChE Western Regional Student Conference, Los Angeles, 2000. 2nd Place Poster Award, "Agricultural Drainage Water Management", Ron-Wai Lee, Jenifer Lum, J. Glater, and Y. Cohen, AIChE Western Regional Student Conference, Los Angeles, April 2000. 3rd Place Student Poster Session Award, "Agricultural Drainage Water Treatment: An Application of Nanofiltration Membranes", Ron-Wai-Lee, Alice Tsao, Y. Cohen and J. Glater, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. Ron Faibish received the 1999-2000 Channabasappa Memorial Scholarship from the International Desalination Association. Ron Faibish was a Finalist in the competition for the Zenon Membrane Technology Prize, Zenon Environmental Inc., Canada, 2000. Ron Faibish receives a Graduate Student Fellowship and Travel Award from the European Membrane Society, Summer 2000.
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