Review paper by group member hits 8th place as most downloaded desalination article from ScienceDirect [09-Jul-2014]
18th July 2014
The review paper titled “Application of Capacitive Deionisation in Water Desalination: A Review” hits 8th place as the most downloaded desalination article from ScienceDirect in the last 90 days. The review paper spans over 180 years of ideas, discoveries, inventions, breakthroughs and research in Capacitive Deionisation (CDI) and Membrane CDI (MCDI) desalination. For the top downloaded article please refer to [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/desalination/most-downloaded-articles/]; for the review article please refer to [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916414001052].
Participation at the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) 23rd annual meeting in Boise
13th June 2013
June 11-13: Prof. Arafat participates in the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) 23rd annual meeting in Boise (Idaho, USA), where he presented two papers and co-chaired two sessions on membrane fouling.
MSDR students graduate
12th June 2013
June 12: Lin Li, Stephen Fadeyi and Tariq Al-Sarkal from the MSDR group graduate from Masdar Institute, earning their MSc degrees in Water and Environmental Engineering. Congratulations!
Visit by leading desalination companies
4th June 2013
June 4-5: Representatives from 20+ leading desalination companies visit Masdar Co. and Masdar Institute (MI) during their participation in the pre-bid meeting for Masdar’s Renewable Energy Desalination Program. Prof. Arafat, acting as an MI’s representative on the project management office hosted the visitors during their visit t o MI.
AFM workshop participation at Masdar
21st May 2013
May 20-21: Prof. Arafat and Dr. Guillen participate in Masdar Institute’s workshop on Atomic Force Microscopy for Energy and Environmental Applications.
Participation at the International Scientific Conference on Pervaporation, Vapor Permeation and Membrane Distillation in Torun
12th May 2013
May 12-15: Prof. Arafat participates in the International Scientific Conference on Pervaporation, Vapor Permeation and Membrane Distillation in Torun (Poland) where he presented two papers and co-chaired a conference session. He also acted as a member of the conference’s scientific committee.