POTSDAM – Clarkson University's Science Café will feature Things in water: how can electrochemical processes separate good and bad? on Wednesday, Oct. 16.

Water contains numerous substances, some of which need to be removed from drinking water for human health or wastewater for the environment. While removing large objects is straightforward, separating small things, such as dissolved ions, present significant challenges. Are good things always good and bad things always bad? It depends and evolves as we learn more about them.

Join Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Clarkson University’s Institute for a Sustainable Environment Taeyoung Kim in a discussion of how electrochemical processes can be used to either remove unwanted things from water or turn wasted resources into value-added products.

Science Cafés bring together local university and college professors and townspeople in relaxed, informal settings. 

The speaker makes a short presentation about a topic in his or her field and then opens up the floor to discussion.

Again this semester, the Science Café will be held in Potsdam in the Potsdam Civic Center Community Room at 2 Park Street at 7:15 p.m.