{"587456":{"#nid":"587456","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ryan Lively Wins Prestigious NSF CAREER Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERyan Lively, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, has won a 2017 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CAREER Award is the NSF\u0026rsquo;s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELively\u0026rsquo;s research program focuses on creating membranes capable of separating similarly-sized organic molecules that are critical in the manufacturing of fuels, polymers, and chemicals. Separations are a major part of the world\u0026rsquo;s primary energy budget: up to five to 10 percent of all energy use worldwide is devoted to chemical separations. Advanced membrane separators\u0026mdash;based on molecular-scale resolution between small molecules\u0026mdash;are at least 10 times more efficient than existing separation processes, opening the possibility of offsetting a substantial fraction of global energy use by bringing new technology to this world-scale problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELively\u0026rsquo;s award, including $500,000 over five years, will provide support for his research seeking to understand the fundamental principles of \u0026ldquo;organic solvent reverse osmosis,\u0026rdquo; a process that has the potential to drastically drive down energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions associated with organic chemical manufacturing.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESpecifically, he will focus on increasing scientific understanding of how organic solvent molecules interact and diffuse through microporous materials such as polymers, carbons, and metal-organic frameworks. With this foundational basis, his team will design membrane materials capable of separating complex fluids found in chemicals manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to funding research activities, the NSF CAREER Award also supports Lively\u0026rsquo;s educational outreach plans. The educational and outreach aspects of the work will be focused on the development of an integrated framework to increase both interest and retention of under-represent students in STEM, specifically by developing modular demonstrations that can be easily utilized and adopted by instructors throughout the country, among other approaches.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with the CAREER Award, Lively has won the 2013 NSF BRIGE Award, the 2016 CETL\/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, and the 2017 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELively joined the faculty of the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering in 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERyan Lively, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, has won a 2017 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The CAREER Award is the NSF\u2019s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty."}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2017-02-15 15:06:03","changed_gmt":"2017-02-17 21:18:14","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"448671":{"id":"448671","type":"image","title":"Ryan Lively","body":null,"created":"1449256264","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:04","changed":"1475895189","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:09","alt":"Ryan Lively","file":{"fid":"203272","name":"lively_3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lively_3_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lively_3_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3236788,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lively_3_0.jpg?itok=xMRuce_M"}}},"media_ids":["448671"],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrad Dixon (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebraddixon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E), 404-385-2299\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}