UCLA NanoMeTeR Laboratory News & Awards

 

Recent News and Events


  1. •November, 2012: NanoH2O selected as a “Top 50 Water Tech” company   

    (see Membrane Technology, Volume 2012, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 6-7)



  1. •May, 2011: Marambio-Jones & Hoek Journal of Nanoparticle research article was one of the top 10 most cited papers in the area of nanoparticle/polymer-enhanced water filtration in the past year on BioMedLib.com.



  1. •May, 2011: Prof. Hoek wins the 2011 Walter L. Huber Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers recognizing his “notable achievements in research related to civil engineering” for inventing nanocomposite RO membrane technology.



  1. •April, 2011: MaryTheresa Pendergast wins the 2010 UCLA Civil & Environmental Engineering Outstanding Masters Thesis award.



  1. •April, 2011: UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability features Prof. Hoek’s comments on his experience in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response and its aftermath.



  1. •December, 2010: UCLA Engineer magazine reports on Prof. Hoek’s involvement with the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.



  1. •September, 2010: UCLA Today reports on Prof. Hoek’s involvement with the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.



  1. •June, 2010: UCLA Chancellor Gene Block notes on his Facebook page that Prof. Hoek’s is one of several UCLA people who are contributing aid or expertise to the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.



  1. •May, 2010: Prof. Hoek is currently serving as a consultant to Ocean Therapy Solutions LLC, the company that has developed a centrifuge-based treatment system that is now being used by British Petroleum to help clean up the oil from the Gulf of Mexico.



  1. •September, 2009: Prof. Hoek gives invited lecture to the School of Sustainabiltiy and the Built Environment at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona



  1. •August, 2009: Prof. Hoek gives invited lecture in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Departments at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa



  1. •May, 2009: Prof. Hoek gives invited lecture in the Chemical Engineering Department at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California



  1. •Former NanoMeTeR Lab graduate student, Dr. Arun Subramani, now of MWH Global’s Advanced Technology Group gives seminar at UCLA on “Application of Membrane Technology for Produced Water Treatment”



• Prof. Hoek helps organize the 2009 UCLA Technology Forum



Press Coverage


  1. •Nanocomposite membrane research mentioned in Chemical & Engineering News


• Nanocomposite membrane research mentioned in New York Times


• Nanocomposite membrane research mentioned in The Economist


• Nanocomposite membrane research mentioned in Forbes Online



Awards and Honors


  1. •May, 2011: Prof. Hoek wins the 2011 Walter L. Huber Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers recognizing his “notable achievements in research related to civil engineering” for inventing nanocomposite RO membrane technology.


  1. •September, 2009: NanoMeTeR Lab graduate student, MaryTheresa Monahan-Penergast was awarded the Sallie and Russell O'Neill Memorial Scholarship in Engineeering and Applied Science by the UCLA Faculty Women's Club



  1. •June, 2009: NanoMeTeR Lab graduate student, MaryTheresa Monahan-Penergast was awarded the Cote Robles Fellowship in Engineeering and Applied Science by the UCLA Graduate Division



  1. •July, 2008: Prof. Hoek named a “2007 Trendsetter” for pioneering the development of nanocomposite RO membranes, Public Works Magazine, November 2007



  1. •November, 2007: Prof. Hoek receives “Outstanding Paper Award”  for his Keynote Lecture at the Materials Research Society Annual Meeting - Symposium V: Materials Science of Water Purification



  1. •August, 2007: Innovation of the Year (Distinction) for nanocomposite membanes, Global Water Awards 2007 (Global Water Awards 2007)



  1. •June, 2005: NanoMeTeR Lab graduate student, Gregory R. Guillen, was awarded the Cote Robles Fellowship in Engineeering and Applied Science by the UCLA Graduate Division



  1. •May, 2005: NanoMeTeR Lab graduate student, Anna Jawor, was awarded a North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting Outstanding Student Paper



  1. •May, 2004: NanoMeTeR Lab graduate student, Sunny Wang, was awarded a North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting Outstanding Student Paper



  1. •May, 2003: NanoMeTeR Lab graduate student, Gaurav Agarwal, was awarded a North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting Outstanding Student Paper Award



  1. •Prof. Hoek receives CH2M Hill/AEESP Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2002




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