By: Lindsay Wilson, Liana O’Connor, & Alexa Tagaban

1. Saving the World: One ZIFINC Membrane at a Time By: Lindsay Wilson, Liana O’Connor, & Alexa Tagaban

2. Problem Constellation Health Politics Problem Statement Environment Market

3. Problem Constellation Urban Sprawl Product Production Car Culture Membranes Pervaporation Focus Root Driver

4. Future Visioning

5. Membrane Analysis

6. Intervention Introduction

7. Materials and Methods

8. X-Ray Diffraction

9. DLS and ESEM

10. XRD Results

11. ESEM

12. ESEM

13. DLS: Finding Significance (1)

14. DLS: Finding Significance (2)

15. Discussion ?

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