ChBE Professor Emeritus Bill Krantz Wins ES&T鈥檚 2013 Best Paper on Environmental Technology
Since retiring from ChBE in 1999, Professor Emeritus听William (Bill) Krantz听has stayed active in the fields of water treatment and desalination.
Each year Krantz spends approximately 3 months doing research as a Visiting Professor at the Singapore Membrane Technology Center at Nanyang Technological University. His idea for cryogels recently led to an听Environmental Science & Technology听听voted as听.
In 2013, 1730 papers were published in听ES&T听on a wide range of topics. The听ES&T听Associate Editors and Editorial Advisory Board nominated the highest caliber papers for Best Paper status. Winners are expected to make a large and long-lasting impact on the field.
The winning paper by Krantz and his colleagues, titled "Superabsorbent Cryogels Decorated with Silver Nanoparticles as a Novel Water Technology for Point-of-Use Disinfection," reports on the use of high porosity poly(sodium acrylate) cryogels uniformly dispersed with silver nanoparticles for rapid water disinfection.
This research was also听.
Krantz attests, 鈥淩etirement is not necessarily the end of the road. I am enjoying research more and publishing more than at any time in my career!鈥