A multi-university research team that has been discovering membranes capable of removing. harmful “forever chemicals” includes Tiezheng Tong (pictured in an ASU photo), an associate professor of environmental engineering in ASU’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Fulton Schools. Tong is helping to use advanced machine learning technology to perform membrane separation. The process enables researcher. to get a better understanding of the transport of forever chemicals across nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes, thereby expanding the boundaries of membrane separation science, Tong says. The project is a step to stopping the pollution caused by forever chemicals due to their toxic nature and their presence in water and common products found in most homes.

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