Cates group  publishes first studies on radioluminescence membrane biofouling control technology:  http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b04239

We are happy to announce that Matt Vawter has joined the Cates group to conduct research as part of the MS/BS program.  Matt will be studying the UVC dose response of biofilm formation rates.

After serving as an undergraduate lab assistant in the Cates group for nearly two years, Elisa is now pursuing a masters in environmental engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Link to journal website:

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2016/RA/C6RA01121G#!divAbstract

The Cates group welcomes its newest member, Kien Vu.  Kien has a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Florida State University, and will be pursuing his PhD at Clemson.  His research will focus on new reactor concepts for photocatalytic advanced oxidation.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1011134415003504

Link to ES&T article

To support radioluminescence and radiocatalysis research, the Cates Lab recently completed installation of an X-ray Irradiation system.  It features an 1800 W, 300 kV ICM Site-X tube housed in an industrial shielding cabinet.  The unit allows us to perform experiments using highly-penetrating X-rays at high dose rates.

The Cates Lab has received funding the National Science Foundation for exploratory research on radioluminescent membrane biofouling control.  The grant will fund one year of work involving preliminary trials and proof-of-concept experiments.