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Dr. Yaman Boluk is a Professor and Nanofibre Chair in Forest Products Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta. He joined academia from petrochemicals industry in 2010 with a clear objective to develop high volume applications based on cellulose nano particles. His research interest includes interfaces and rheology of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and cellulose nanofibers (CNF) incorporated soft matter. His research group focuses on manufacturing processes and grafting of CNC and CNF and their applications in the domain of biomedicals, smart films for catheters and food packaging, cement and concrete additives, environmental engineering solutions and electrospinning. His environmental engineering solutions address heavy metal and trace organic removal in soil and water treatments. The goal of this research program is to capture the opportunities by preparing and utilizing cellulosic nanofibres which offer unique supramolecular structures combined with high crystallinity, hydrophilicity, chirality, chemical modification potential and structure-forming capacity. FES Funded ProjectsOutputs
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| Resilient Reclaimed Land And Water Systems WorkshopOrganized and participated in a FES Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Theme Workshop to develop the theme's research goals and direction for the entire FES program. T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta | Activity | 2017-09-25 | Naeth, M., Gamal El-Din, M., Dev Jennings, Chelme-Ayala, P., Wilkinson, S., Chang, S., Siddique, T., Adamowicz, V., Boluk, Y., Lianne Michelle Lefsrud, Ullah, A. | | Reclaimed Resilient Land And Water Systems – WaterPoster presented at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Research Open House and Poster Session, October 12, 2017, University of Alberta.T10-P04 University of Alberta | Activity | 2017-10-12 | Gamal El-Din, M., Naeth, M., Dev Jennings, Adamowicz, V., Boluk, Y., Chang, S., Lianne Michelle Lefsrud, Siddique, T., Ullah, A. | | Industrial Applications Of Cellulose Nanofibers For Water RemediationOral presentation presented at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Workshop, January 22, 2018, University of AlbertaT10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E University of Alberta | Activity | 2018-01-22 | | | Industrial Applications Of Cellulose Nanofibers For Water ReclamationPoster presented at the Future Energy Systems First Annual Research Symposium, March 14, 2018, University of Alberta.T10-P04, T10-P04B University of Alberta | Activity | 2018-03-14 | | | Reclaimed Resilient Land And Water Systems – LandPoster presented at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Research Open House and Poster Session, October 12, 2017, University of Alberta. T10-P04 University of Alberta | Activity | 2017-10-12 | Naeth, M., Gamal El-Din, M., Dev Jennings, Adamowicz, V., Boluk, Y., Chang, S., Lianne Michelle Lefsrud, Siddique, T., Ullah, A. | | Reclaimed Resilient Land And Water Systems – Success IndicatorsPoster presented at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Research Open House and Poster Session, October 12, 2017, University of Alberta.
T10-P04, T10-P04H University of Alberta | Activity | 2017-10-12 | Dev Jennings, Naeth, M., Gamal El-Din, M., Adamowicz, V., Boluk, Y., Chang, S., Lianne Michelle Lefsrud, Siddique, T., Ullah, A. | | Materials Synthesis and Development For Utilization In Land And Water ReclamationT10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta | Activity | 2018-10-03 | Gamal El-Din, M., Naeth, M., Dev Jennings, Boluk, Y., Chang, S., Siddique, T., Ullah, A. | | Resilient Reclaimed Land And Water SystemsT10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta | Activity | 2018-10-03 | Naeth, M., Dev Jennings, Gamal El-Din, M., Adamowicz, V., Boluk, Y., Chang, S., Siddique, T., Ullah, A. | | Resilient Reclaimed Land And Water Systems WorkshopAnnual theme workshop held to share research results to date and discuss theme's future directions. This year we had a number of guests from Alberta Environment and Parks attend. T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta | Activity | 2018-12-11 | Naeth, M., Dev Jennings, Gamal El-Din, M., Chelme-Ayala, P., Wilkinson, S., Adamowicz, V., Boluk, Y., Chang, S., Ullah, A., Zhanji Zhang, Mingyu Li, Irum Zahara, Stephanie Chute-Ibsen, Laura Bony, Yihan Zhao, Dhar, A., Selamawit Messele, Rongfu Huang, Abdallatif Abdalrhman, Lei Zhang, Siyuan Wang, Maggie Cascadden, Kylie Heales, Rui Qin, Lingjun Meng, Zhijun Luo, Chelsea Benally, Rosheen Tetzlaff, Lingling Yang, "Gary Byrtus ", "Chi Chen ", "Kyle Jones ", "Premee Mohamed ", "Natasha Page ", "Shane Patterson ", Tam, K. | | Isolated Cellulose Nanofibers For Cu (II) And Zn (II) Removal: Performance And MechanismsT10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E University of Alberta | Publication | 2019-05-31 | | | The Application Of TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibers In Contaminated Water TreatmentPoster presentation at the "Pursuing Added Value for Alberta Biomass", Alberta Innovates, February 20-21, 2019, Edmonton, Alberta.T10-P04, T10-P04B University of Alberta | Activity | 2019-02-20 | | | Industrial Applications Of Cellulose Nanofibers For Water RemediationOral presentation at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Workshop, University of Alberta, December 11, 2018.
Annual theme workshop held to share research results to date and discuss theme's future directions. This year we had a number of guests from Alberta Environment and Parks attend.T10-P04, T10-P04B University of Alberta | Activity | 2018-12-11 | | | Cellulose Nanofibers For Selective Ion Removal From OSPWPoster Presentation at the Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) Innovation Summit 2018, Calgary, Alberta, June 7-8, 2018.T10-P04, T10-P04B University of Alberta | Activity | 2018-06-07 | | | Low-Cost Adsorbent For Water PurificationOral presentation at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo, Boston, Massachusetts, June17-19, 2019.T10-P04, T10-P04B University of Alberta | Activity | 2019-06-20 | | | Future Energy Systems (FES) Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems WorkshopFuture Energy Systems (FES) Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Workshop, University of Alberta, January 07, 2020. 7-395 Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering (ICE). 22 research presentations; 35 participants.T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H, T10-P04I University of Alberta | Activity | 2020-01-07 | Naeth, M., Gamal El-Din, M., Dev Jennings, Chang, S., Boluk, Y., Siddique, T., Adamowicz, V., Ullah, A., Serpe, M., Wilkinson, S., Chelme-Ayala, P., Grant K Hauer, Lingling Yang, Christopher Nzediegwu, Soliu Ganiyu, Shailesh Sable, Zuo Tong How, Muhammad Arslan, Vartuhi Tonoyan, Yihan Zhao, Irum Zahara, Stephanie Chute-Ibsen, Maggie Cascadden, Kylie Heales, Qiuyun Lu, Lingjun Meng, Monsuru Suara, Deborah Crominski da Silva Medeiros, Akeem Olawale Bello, Zhexuan An, Yue Ju, Zhanji Zhang, Huile Gu, Tam, K., Catherine Tays | | Electrospinning And Fiber Stretching Of Polymer‐Grafted CNC Polystyrene 3) Nanocomposites: Structures And Dynamic Mechanical PropertiesDr Boluk also chaired a session on Emulsions, Gels and Foams June 4th. T10-P04, T10-P04B University of Alberta | Activity | 2019-06-06 | | | Recent Advances And Future Perspective On Nanocellulose-based Materials In Diverse Water Treatment ApplicationsT10-P04, T10-P04B University of Alberta | Publication | 2022-07-01 | | | Enhanced g-C3N4 For Sustainable Solar Degradation Of 1,3-diphenylguanidine (DPG) In Wastewater: Investigating The Effects Of Precursor, Temperature, And Potassium DopingT10-P04, T10-P04B University of Alberta | Publication | 2024-03-29 | |
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