Scientist Gets Sustainability Innovation Award

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Scientist Gets Sustainability Innovation Award

Roy's Current Work Involves Developing Short and Long Term Innovations in Reverse Osmosis Membrane Chemistry Development

Senior research scientist at the Dow Chemical Company, Abhishek Roy, was recently honored with the company's highest Sustainability Innovator Award - placing him as one of only five to have earned the distinction. His work with Dow led him receive the 2014 Virginia Tech Outstanding Recent Alumni Award.

Roy, a native of Calcutta, earned chemistry and polymer science, and engineering degrees in Calcutta before coming to Virginia Tech in 2003.

Both Roy and his wife, Mou Paul, earned their doctoral degrees from Virginia Tech.

At the university, the Indian American's research focused on understanding the transport properties of ion containing polymers and to develop novel structure-property relationships to guide next gen research.

Roy's current work involves developing short and long term innovations in reverse osmosis membrane chemistry development. The membranes he develops are used for desalination, industrial water and residential water purification applications.

Roy is credited as the primary inventor of DOW FILMTEC ECO Reverse Osmosis Elements. With large-scale, positive sustainability impact, this technology was recently announced as Dow's second Breakthrough to World Challenges. The solution fights water scarcity by delivering 40 percent better purification with 30 percent less energy and has the potential to impact millions of lives.

The technology has been commercialized into several different novel product offerings over the last three years.

Source: Indiawest

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