Nanotechnology - a tiny solution to the global water crisis: Frank Gu at TEDxUW

Prof. Frank Gu, is a Canada Research Chair and Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He has established an interdisciplinary research program combining functional polymers and polymer-metal oxide hybrid materials to solve problems in medicine, agriculture and environmental protection. Dr. Gu received his BSc from Trent University and Ph.D. from Queen's University, Canada, where he majored in chemical engineering and was awarded with Canada Graduate Scholarship from Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Following completion of his graduate program, he was awarded a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship to purse his research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School. Under the co-supervisions of Institute Professor Robert Langer and Professor Omid Farokhzad, he developed novel nanofabrication technologies which were licensed to leading biotechnology companies including Bind Biosciences and Selecta Biosciences. In July 2008, Dr. Gu joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo as an Assistant Professor. In 2012, he was awarded the Canada Research Chair position to advance his research in the development of targeted delivery systems using nanotechnology. His expertise in the development of functional nanoparticles for targeted delivery has generated over 100 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings, as well as 15 US and World patent applications.
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[@HappierLion]

Dr. Gu is truly a legend in UW!!!

[@RedWinePlease]

Interesting. Potential sounds big. But.... I still have some questions not answered by the video: > Are these nanoparticles dangerous to plants, fish, animals, or humans if touched, absorbed, or ingested? > What happens when they are accidentally or intentionally dispersed in the air, ground, or where water naturally collects (rivers, streams, ponds, lakes)?

[@zigitroll]

i want to know who the one guy who dislikes fresh water for poor countries.. how much you want to bet he is not from a third world country..

[@Brainbuster]

Play at 1.25x playback speed. ;)

[@whatsupbudbud]

The big question is: do these nanoparticles desalinate seawater?

[@Mikiel-dh4bg]

Great science. Can the principle be used to magnetise salt and remove it from sea water?

[@jackski5732]

fresh water creation is one of the simplest endeavor on this GOD damned Glass Snow Ball.

[@user-gs2jy2sp9l]

这正是我所需要的

[@samsonian]

Is anyone able to send a big supply of these to Beaumont, TX? They just lost their clean drinking water indefinitely and I'm sure would appreciate any help.

[@atsglo]

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[@patriciodasilva7902]

So what is what is it give me one of these things so I can use it I have no idea what he's talking about except some tiny stuff

[@ioan_jivan]

So it can kill bacteria and viruses, but how about filtering?

[@jjk2one]

Why don't the fools even know the warnings of nanoparticles in the human body. They just say thank you for helping us.

[@jawdapress9583]

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[@jjk2one]

www.google.com/patents/US8470611

[@brandonsim7717]

i want to learn

[@foxybrown5715]

"Water Crisis Debunked in 3 Minutes - Deborah Tavares"

[@SnipingNoobs-]

Graphene?

[@brandonsim7717]

teach me

[@rogerbryant975]

CAN YOU CLEAN UP SEAWATER?

[@k.ganesanganesan6825]

Modern but impractical magic. Unfit for socio-economics.

[@atsglo]

How to sign up to this challenge ?