IUVA Food and Beverage Safety Working Group Over the last two decades, one of the most popular harvested fruits in the world has been the strawberry. Farmers in the US grew 1.6 billion pounds of strawberries, valued at nearly $3.5 billion. California produces more than 91% of the entire strawberry crop due to its temperate climate, allowing a 12-month growing season and … [Read more...] about Strawberry Fields For-UV-er
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IUVA Announces 2020 Americas Event – Call for Abstracts Now Open IUVA is excited to co-locate the 2020 IUVA Americas Conference with the RadTech UV+EB Technology Expo and Conference, March 9-11, 2020, at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida. The anticipated combined event’s attendance is more than 1,500 and will represent the entire supply chain for UV … [Read more...] about Association News
Christian Schraft Joins Light Sources as Chief CEO
Light Sources Inc. announced Christian Schraft as the Company’s new chief executive officer. Schraft will assume Christian Sauska’s role in the Light Sources/LightTech organization to further growth and technological innovation. Sauska stated “We are fortunate to have someone of Schraft’s caliber and experience join Light Sources and LightTech. He is a technology visionary … [Read more...] about Christian Schraft Joins Light Sources as Chief CEO
UV LED System Design, Operation and Application for Water Treatment
Fariborz Taghipour Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Kumiko Oguma Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan The latest advancements in semiconductor technology have led to the development of light emitting diodes (LEDs) capable of emitting a narrow … [Read more...] about UV LED System Design, Operation and Application for Water Treatment
UV-C LED Systems: Land of Opportunity or Wild West?
Oliver Lawal CEO, AquiSense Technologies Jennifer Pagan, Ph.D. CTO, AquiSense Technologies Richard Simons, Ph.D. Product Development Scientist, AquiSense Technologies Mitch Hansen E-Marketing Specialist, AquiSense Technologies Since their first commercial availability approximately 15 years ago, UV-C LEDs have been heralded as an opportunity for the … [Read more...] about UV-C LED Systems: Land of Opportunity or Wild West?
IUVA Celebrates Several Firsts at 2019 World Congress
Held near the 20th anniversary of IUVA, the 2019 IUVA World Congress was a one-of-a-kind event that took place in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 10-13. It was the first time the conference was held outside of Europe and the Americas. Congress Chair Professor Kumiko Oguma and her committee members organized a technical program that covered an array of UV technology topics. The … [Read more...] about IUVA Celebrates Several Firsts at 2019 World Congress
Achieving Successful Treatment of VOCs Using UV AOP
Adam Festger Business Development Manager, Trojan Technologies Ted Mao Chief Technology Officer, Trojan Technologies Alan Royce Senior Scientist, Trojan Technologies Amy Ho Administrator, City of Monterey Park Kevin Alexander Vice President, West Regional Manager, Hazen and Sawyer David Hokanson Principal, Trussell Technologies, Inc. The city of Monterey … [Read more...] about Achieving Successful Treatment of VOCs Using UV AOP
Advanced Oxidation Radiation: Unlocking the Hidden Power of Low-Pressure Mercury Lamps
Laith Furatian, Ph.D. City of Kamloops, British Columbia Generating the hydroxyl radical (OH) for the purposes of water treatment, referred to as advanced oxidation, has been studied for several decades.1 When organic contaminants are refractory to conventional water treatment and sorb poorly to activated carbon, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) may be considered when … [Read more...] about Advanced Oxidation Radiation: Unlocking the Hidden Power of Low-Pressure Mercury Lamps
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IUVA Creates Task Force IUVA announced the creation of a task force for the development of a draft protocol for the measurement of the UV-C efficiency of medium-pressure UV lamps. This task force was created by the IUVA board, and the first meeting took place Feb. 12, 2019, in Sydney, Australia. Jim Bolton was elected as chair of the task force. A draft protocol, written by … [Read more...] about Association News
Celebrating 20 Years of Advances in UV Technology – and Looking Ahead
Professor James P. Malley editor-in-chief, UV Solutions It seems like a short time ago that Jim Bolton and the late Rip G. Rice asked me to lead an effort to organize the International Ultra Violet Association (IUVA). Prior to that, my career revolved around being a water/process teacher, researcher and consultant. I had been extremely fortunate to receive support from WateRF … [Read more...] about Celebrating 20 Years of Advances in UV Technology – and Looking Ahead