Center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems (M-WET)
Director
Benny Freeman
Lead Institution
University of Texas at Austin
Class
2018-2022
Mission
To discover and understand fundamental science to design new membrane materials, develop tools and knowledge to predict new materials’ interactions with targeted solutes from recalcitrant water sources, provide fit for purpose water, and recover valuable solutes with less energy.
Research Topics
bio-inspired, separations, membranes, water, mesoscale science, materials and chemistry by design, mesostructured materials, synthesis (novel systems), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (predictive), synthesis (scalable processing)
Systems Studied
Systems: polymer
Interfaces: organic/organic, liquid/solid
Nanostructured: None
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray spectroscopy, surface science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), finite element methods, continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling, machine learning, data science
Partner Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of Texas at Austin
