{"id":130,"date":"2014-06-25T03:39:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T03:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/ladnergroup\/?p=130"},"modified":"2015-02-22T02:40:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T02:40:28","slug":"into-the-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/ladnergroup\/blog\/into-the-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted<\/a> on the official NSF blog for the EAPSI program<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m getting set up for the next nine weeks that I will spend in the Environmental Risk Engineering lab at Hokkaido University. My project is to explore membrane fouling as a result of superfine carbon particles and methods for mitigation. I\u2019m continuing my work from my home institution; so many things are similar, but then, many things are also very different.<\/p>\n

We spent the last few days getting this system up and running. It will still need some testing before actual experiments are performed. The main component is the membrane module, a ceramic membrane housed in a steel enclosure. I am interested primarily in the increase in transmembrane pressure as a result of membrane fouling and will monitor that on the pressure gauge. I have also set up a jar test \u2014 a not-so-fancy name for a square beaker with a flat-paddle stir bar, operated under a controlled speed. This will be where I introduce new parameters to the carbon particles to see how they affect fouling.<\/p>\n

\"hokkaido<\/a><\/p>\n

Like I said, many things are similar. This lab uses the same types of materials that I\u2019m used to (except they have a lot more of everything!). Yet some things, are so so different! Here is one example: In this lab, outside shoes to stay outside. Lab slippers are used in the lab, office slippers (or socks) are worn on the carpet in the computer area. Thus, I went out to purchase a new pair of lab slippers, and I found a Clemson-colored pair!<\/p>\n

\"2014-06-20<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m looking forward to working with my new colleagues, and all the interesting data I\u2019ll collect. And I hope\u00a0that I don\u2019t walk into the office with my outside shoes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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