Dec 15, 2020
ceremony of Unveiling water hardness reducing device On 11 th Dec. 2020, during a ceremony attended by the CEO of Bushehr Water and Sewerage Company, the water hardness reduction device was unveiled at the Faculty of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical, Persian Gulf University. In this ceremony, a water hardness reduction device was unveiled in the laboratory of the Sustainable Membrane Technology Research Group (SMTRG).The project is managed by Dr. Mohsen Abbasi, a member of the research group and of the Faculty of Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemicals of the Persian Gulf University, who completed the project with the financial support of the Bushehr Water and Sewerage Company. In this ceremony presented the PGU president and PGU Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation.
Nov 21, 2020
Overview
Soft underwater adhesives based on weak molecular interactions comprise a rapidly emerging field of research. Although the majority of recent literature on underwater adhesion has focused on strong (covalent) interactions, recent insights into the critical role of weak interactions in organismal adhesion in biology has inspired researchers to incorporate these interactions into bulk synthetic and biomimetic model systems. Soft adhesive materials often need to balance bulk mechanical properties and effective bond formation to offer tuneable, rapid, and in many cases reversible underwater adhesion. Without the need for chemical crosslinking reactions potentially dangerous to human health, soft underwater adhesives are promising candidates for various biomedical applications.
Biography
I am a researcher in the field of physics and chemistry of soft matter, a large family of materials spanning many food and cosmetic products (emulsions, etc.), polymers, as well as living tissues. My main research interests are structure properties relationships in soft matter and smart, bio-inspired materials. The first area deals with understanding the physical and mechanical properties of soft materials as a function of their structure at small (micro and nano) scales. The latter regards learning lessons from natural systems and organisms and applying them to engineering and materials science problems. Currently I am a postdoctoral researcher in IS2M where I work on the development of surgical adhesives in collaboration with a biomed startup. During my PhD in polymer physical chemistry at ESPCI Paris, Sorbonne University, I studied bio-inspired, soft hydrogels as underwater adhesives. In both undergrad and masters, I majored in polymer engineering in Amir Kabir University of Technology.
Nov 4, 2020
On October 1, 2020, a joint webinar of the Persian Gulf University and Bushehr Province Water and Sewerage was held on the topic of new technologies in seawater desalination.
In this webinar, first of all, Engineer Abdolhamid Hamzehpour, CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Bushehr Water and Sewerage Company, presented a report on the latest status of water desalination plants in Bushehr province and upcoming programs. Then he stated that 80% of drinking water resources in Bushehr province are supplied from neighboring provinces and this is while most cities of Bushehr province are coastal and about 700 km of coasts of Bushehr province are next to the Persian Gulf, so there is an urgent need to provide drinking water in the province from the sea water resources. Finally, he reported on the joint programs implemented with the Persian Gulf University.
Then Dr. Seyed Abdollatif Hashemifard, Head of the Faculty of Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering (FPGPE) as well as the head of the Sustainable Membrane Technology Research Group (SMTRG)of the Persian Gulf University (PGU) presented a speech on the situation of water resources in the world and Iran, common membrane processes in desalination, membrane distillation process, introduction of semi-industrial distillation pilots , Membrane distillation membranes, etc. with the focus on membrane distillation technology for fresh water production. Finally, they stated the advantages of membrane distillation processes compared to common processes in the world.
Then, Dr. Mohsen Abbasi, a professor at Persian Gulf University and members of Sustainable Membrane Technology Research Group (SMTRG), explained the production of silicon carbide membranes for seawater pretreatment as a pretreatment step for RO plants, which was first produced in the country in collaboration with the Persian Gulf University and the Bushehr Water and Sewerage Company.
Aug 22, 2020
Our contribution in book recently published by Elsevier, entitled: “Synthetic Polymeric Membranes for Advanced Water Treatment, Gas Separation, and Energy Sustainability”. We cooperated in Chapter 11 Entitled: “Synthetic polymeric membranes for gas and vapor separations”. Hereby, we appreciate our dear colleagues: Seyed Abdollatif Hashemifard , Arash Khosravi, Farideh Abdollahi, Zahra Alihemati, Mohsen Rezaee. Also foremost, we appreciate our kind and prominent professor Datuk Dr Ahmad Fauzi Ismail (UTM, AMTEC, Malaysia); the main author of the book, for preparing this opportunity.
Aug 22, 2020
The 4th round of the best dissertation competitions was held by the Iranian Water and Wastewater Association in order to promote basic and applied research in the field of water and wastewater science and technologies, and to select the best and doctoral dissertations in all fields of water and sewage. The winners of this competition were honored in the Second National Conference on Water Consumption Management, which was held on December 11th 2019.
The dissertation of Mr. Yaser Rasouli, an MSc student of Persian Gulf University, entitled “Treatment of oily wastewater adsorption microfiltration process via ceramic membranes” was selected as the best dissertation by the judges.
It is necessary to explain that this research has been conducted in the Sustainable Membrane Technology Research Group (SMTRG) under supervision of Dr. Mohsen Abbasi and Dr. Seyed Abdollatif Hashemifard. Many congratulations to the team.
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Jul 21, 2019
On Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019, a pre-holiday meeting of SMTRG was held with the presence of a majority of members at FPGPE meeting room.
At the meeting, Dr. Seyed Abdul latif Hashimifard, Dean of the faculty and head of SMTRG, first welcomed the members of the group on various issues, as well as the upcoming events of the group.
Then Dr. Hashemifard along with Dr. Khosravi from the academic staff of the research group, explained the required skills for writing the dissertation in detail to the students, and advised the group members to consider the summer opportunity as a boon. Also the topic of each junior student was determined, for further research.
In the following Dr. Hashemifard informed the members about opening the official website of the group, which made them happy, and each member of the group was volunteer to take part an activity in the web-team. At the end, the members of the group discussed the various issues and future plans of the membrane research group.
