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UCLA 1995 SUMMER POLLUTION PREVENTION 
UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Program Introduction

Increasingly stringent environmental laws and regulations as well
as the desire for environmental stewardship are paving the way for
an environmentally driven reengineering of the process industries. 
The UCLA Chemical Engineering Department has established an
international reputation for research and education on
environmental issues in chemical engineering and on the conception,
design and development of clean chemical technologies for pollution
prevention. As part of its overall research and education effort on
pollution prevention, the Department is offering this summer an
undergraduate (junior level) internship program on pollution
prevention.

Program Description

Intern positions are available for a ten week period this summer
(June 26 � September 1, 1995). 
During this time, each intern will:

pursue a research project in one of the programmatic areas outlined
at the end of this announcement.

attend a series of seminars on pollution prevention

visit industrial facilities to experience real life pollution
prevention efforts.

make a presentation on his/her research activities


Stipends

Each intern will be awarded a $2,500 stipend for this ten week
period.  Room and board will be provided in the UCLA dormitories. 
For those who do not wish to reside in the dormitories, other
arrangements may be made.


Application Procedure

Applications, consisting of a resume, an official transcript and
names and phone numbers of two academic references, should be sent
by April 30 to:

Professor Vasilios Manousiouthakis
Chemical Engineering Department
University of California at Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Avenue, 5531�J Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA  90095

Tel# (310) 825�9385
Fax# (310) 206�4107

email:  vasilios@seas.ucla.edu

Research topic preference (first, second and third choice) should
also be indicated.


Programmatic Research Areas

Intelligent reengineering of the process industries requires new
developments in three programmatic research areas:
   
reaction and reactor synthesis for reduced byproduct formation

selective separation process synthesis for material recovery and
recycle

process design, control and optimization for efficient mass and
energy use.

The UCLA Chemical Engineering Department is meeting this challenge
by offering research opportunities that span the whole spectrum of 
pollution prevention.  Particular research topics include:

Minimizing Byproduct Formation through Molecular Modeling of
Complex Reactive Mixtures (Professor David T. Allen)

Selective Separation of Organic Mixtures for In�Process Recycling
Using Novel Polymer�Ceramic Composite Membranes 
(Professor Yoram Cohen)

Development of Clean Refrigeration Technologies 
(Professor Traugott H.K. Frederking)

Use of Fractal Concepts to Modify Particle Agglomerate Size
Distributions so as to Minimize Particulate Emissions 
(Professor Sheldon K. Friedlander)

"Zero Discharge" Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactors 
(Professor Robert F. Hicks)

Waste Reduction through Process Synthesis 
(Professor Vasilios Manousiouthakis)

Minimizing Metal Waste Generation Using Biomimetic 
Metal�Sorbing Vesicles (Professor Harold G. Monbouquette)

Electrochemical Recovery and Recycle of Heavy Metals 
(Professor Ken Nobe)

Reducing By�Product Formation through Photochemistry 
(Professor Selim M. Senkan)


This announcement is also available on the WWW at 
UCLA's Center for Clean Technology at URL:

http://cct.seas.ucla.edu/cct.ppint.html

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Related WWW Information at UCLA's Center for Clean Technology:

Pollution Prevention research program page:  
http://cct.seas.ucla.edu/cct.pp.html  

The CCT's home page: 
http://cct.seas.ucla.edu

Dan Wahlman  
wahlman@seas.ucla.edu http://cct.seas.ucla.edu/cct.wahlman.edu