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  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For innovations in new materials and membrane structures for separation of gas mixtures.

Overview

William J. Koros is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with specific expertise in mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, water science and technology, electrical and electronic engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Muon and positron interactions and applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications

Koros has contributed numerous publications to a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nature Materials
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Koros illustrate a focus on advanced membrane materials and gas separations:

  • "Advanced carbon molecular sieve membranes derived from molecularly engineered cross-linkable copolyimide for gas separations" (2022), published in Nature Materials
  • "Molecularly Engineered 6FDA-Based Polyimide Membranes for Sour Natural Gas Separation" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Key Features of Polyimide-Derived Carbon Molecular Sieves" (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Natural gas sweetening using a cellulose triacetate hollow fiber membrane illustrating controlled plasticization benefits" (2020), published in Journal of Membrane Science
  • "A Self-Consistent Model for Sorption and Transport in Polyimide-Derived Carbon Molecular Sieve Gas Separation Membranes" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators in Koros's research include Zhongyun Liu, Wulin Qiu, Yuhe Cao, Ryan P. Lively, and Yang Liu.

William J. Koros has been recognized with several professional honors. These include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2000) for innovations in new materials and membrane structures for separation of gas mixtures
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2003)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2018)

Best Publications

  • Membrane-based gas separation

    W.J. Koros;G.K. Fleming

  • Materials for next-generation molecularly selective synthetic membranes

    William J. Koros;Chen Zhang

  • Pushing the limits on possibilities for large scale gas separation: which strategies?

    William J Koros;Rajiv Mahajan

  • Mixed matrix membranes using carbon molecular sieves: I. Preparation and experimental results

    De Q Vu;De Q Vu;William J Koros;Stephen J Miller

  • A high-performance gas-separation membrane containing submicrometer-sized metal-organic framework crystals.

    Tae-Hyun Bae;Jong Suk Lee;Wulin Qiu;William J. Koros

  • Effect of partially immobilizing sorption on permeability and the diffusion time lag

    Donald R Paul;W. J. Koros

  • Interfacial microfluidic processing of metal-organic framework hollow fiber membranes

    Andrew J. Brown;Nicholas A. Brunelli;Nicholas A. Brunelli;Kiwon Eum;Fereshteh Rashidi

  • Tailoring mixed matrix composite membranes for gas separations

    Catherine M. Zimmerman;Anshu Singh;William J. Koros

  • Non-ideal effects in organic-inorganic materials for gas separation membranes

    Theodore T. Moore;Theodore T. Moore;William J. Koros

  • Unexpected Molecular Sieving Properties of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8.

    Chen Zhang;Ryan P. Lively;Ke Zhang;Justin R. Johnson

  • Chain Mobility, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Poly(ethylene furanoate) Compared to Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

    Steven K. Burgess;Johannes E. Leisen;Brian E. Kraftschik;Christopher R. Mubarak

  • Factors Controlling Successful Formation of Mixed-Matrix Gas Separation Materials

    Rajiv Mahajan;William J. Koros

  • Relationship between gas separation properties and chemical structure in a series of aromatic polyimides

    T. H. Kim;W. J. Koros;G. R. Husk;Kevin Charles O'Brien

  • Terminology for membranes and membrane processes (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)

    W. J. Koros;Y. H. Ma;T. Shimidzu

  • Polymeric membrane materials for solution-diffusion based permeation separations

    W.J. Koros;G.K. Fleming;S.M. Jordan;T.H. Kim

  • Mixed matrix formulations with MOF molecular sieving for key energy-intensive separations.

    Gongping Liu;Gongping Liu;Valeriya Chernikova;Yang Liu;Kuang Zhang

  • Carbon dioxide sorption and transport in polycarbonate

    W. J. Koros;Donald R Paul;A. A. Rocha

  • High performance ZIF-8/6FDA-DAM mixed matrix membrane for propylene/propane separations

    Chen Zhang;Ying Dai;Justin R. Johnson;Oguz Karvan

  • Improvement of CO2/CH4 separation characteristics of polyimides by chemical crosslinking

    Claudia Staudt-Bickel;William J. Koros

  • Sorption and transport of various gases in polycarbonate

    W.J. Koros;A.H. Chan;D.R. Paul

  • Dilation of polymers by sorption of carbon dioxide at elevated pressures. 1. Silicone rubber and unconditioned polycarbonate

    G. K. Fleming;W. J. Koros

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryan P. Lively
Ryan P. Lively Georgia Institute of Technology
Donald R Paul
Donald R Paul The University of Texas at Austin
Christopher W. Jones
Christopher W. Jones Georgia Institute of Technology
Ronald R. Chance
Ronald R. Chance Georgia Institute of Technology
Sankar Nair
Sankar Nair Georgia Institute of Technology
Gongping Liu
Gongping Liu Nanjing Tech University
Jong Suk Lee
Jong Suk Lee Sogang University
Fateme Rezaei
Fateme Rezaei University of Miami
Ingo Pinnau
Ingo Pinnau King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Youssef Belmabkhout
Youssef Belmabkhout Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

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