Isabel C. Escobar is a Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at The University of Toledo, Ohio. She has authored one licensed patent on anti-biofouling feed spacers, over 50 publications, over 100 presentations, and a book on sustainable water treatment. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2009 Northwest Ohio YWCA Milestone Award for Education, the 2009 the Northwest Ohio 20 Under 40 Leadership Award, and the 2011 AIChE Kunesh Award.Bart Van der Bruggen is a chemical engineer by education. He is currently professor at K.U.Leuven, leading a research group of 20 PhD students active in membrane-related studies. He is Editor of Separation and Purification Technology, and serves as Associate Editor for Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction ; Isabel C. Escobar and Bart Van der Bruggen ; Part I. Membranes for Energy, Pervaporation, Gas Separation, and CO2 Capture ; 2. Analysis of the Development of Membrane Technology for Gas Separation and CO2 Capture ; Bart Van der Bruggen, Isabel C. Escobar, and Patricia Luis ; 3. Accelerated Materials Design for Hydrogen Separation Membranes ; R. Hu, M. C. Gao, and O. N. Do?an ; 4. Functional Nanotube Membranes for Hydrophobicity-Based Separations by Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) ; Ayse Asatekin and Karen K. Gleason ; 5. Comparison of Membrane Performance of PDMS-Based Membranes during Ethanol/Water Pervaporation and Fermentation Broth Pervaporation ; S. Chovau, S. Gaykawad, A. J. J. Straathof, and B. Van der Bruggen ; 6. Development and Characterization of Ionic Liquid-Functionalized Nanocomposite Membranes ; Hamid R. Hakimelahi, Pei Li, and Maria R. Coleman ; 7. Separation of Aromatic/Aliphatic Mixtures by Pervaporation Using ortho-Functionalized Polyimide Membranes ; Claudio P. Ribeiro Jr., Benny D. Freeman, Douglass S. Kalika, and Sumod Kalakkunnath ; 8. Gas Separation Properties of Triptycene-Based Polyimide Membranes ; Yoon Jin Cho and Ho Bum Park ; 9. Simulation of Hollow Fiber Spinning ; Y. Su and G. G. Lipscomb ; Part II. Membranes for Liquid Separations ; 10. Membranes for Water Treatment Applications - An Overview ; Tilak Gullinkala and Isabel C. Escobar ; 11. Membranes in the Dairy Industry ; Heath H. Himstedt and Jamie A. Hestekin ; 12. A Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Based Biofilm Characterization Technique and Its Use to Show the Effect of Copper-Charged Polypropylene Feed Spacers in Biofouling Control ; Richard Hausman and Isabel C. Escobar ; 13. Comparison of the Permeation of MgCl2 versus NaCl in Highly Charged Sulfonated Polymer Membranes ; Geoffrey M. Geise, Benny D. Freeman, and Donald R. Paul ; 14. Studying the Effect of Feed Water Characteristics on the Hydrophobicity of Cellulose Acetate Ultrafiltraion Membranes and Its Correlation to Membrane Morphology: A Chemical Force Microscopy Approach ; Amr M. Zaky, Isabel C. Escobar, and Cyndee L. Gruden ; 15. Carbon Nanotube/Polyethersulfone Composite Membranes for Water Filtration ; Evrim Celik and Heechul Choi ; 16. Investigation of the Effects of Thickness and Presence of Pore Formers on Tailor-Made Ultrafiltration Polysulfone Membranes ; Sepideh Hakim Elahi and Isabel C. Escobar ; 17. Reversible Ion Exchange-Membrane (RIX-M) Process for Fouling Free and Energy Efficient Desalination of Seawater ; Sudipta Sarkar, Ryan C. Smith, and Arup K. SenGupta ; 18. Surface Functionalization of Polybenzimidazole Membranes To Increase Hydrophilicity and Charge ; Michael Flanagan, Richard Hausman, Brett Digman, Isabel C. Escobar, Maria Coleman, and Tai-Shung Chung ; Editor's Biographies ; Indexes ; Author Index ; Subject Index