26 March, 2018

Grime does pay when it comes to wastewater filters

A grimy layer on wastewater filters could slow the spread of antibiotic resistance.

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19 March, 2018

Solar desalination—from lab to plant

Ng developed a process that combines adsorption desalination (AD) and multi-effect distillation (MED) to boost thermodynamic synergy between the two cycles. The combined cycle, known as the MEDAD cycle, yields significantly higher water production performance when compared to conventional MED desalination cycles.

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18 March, 2018

New eyes in the skies

The availability of high-resolution data collected by miniaturized satellites heralds a turning point in Earth and environmental sensing from space.

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14 February, 2018

Congratulations to Dr. Oliver Lopez!

Oliver Lopez successfully defended his thesis under the supervision of Prof. Matthew McCabe.

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11 February, 2018

Wiser ways with water

Safety assurance is the first step in bringing valuable wastewater into use, says Peiying Hong.

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03 January, 2018

KAUST student wins best poster at Water Arabia Conference

KAUST student Adair Gallo Junior presented a patent-pending technique developed in Prof. Mishra’s Group that reduces water evaporation from soils.

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18 December, 2017

Congratulations to the WDRC-EnSE Class of 2017

On Friday December 15th, KAUST celebrates Commencement 2017.

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05 December, 2017

Congratulations to Dr. Elaf Ali Ahmed for a successful Ph.D. dissertation

Elaf successfully defended her thesis entitled "Electrochemically Active Biofilm-assisted Nanomaterial Synthesis and its Environmental Applications" under the supervision of Prof. Peng Wang.

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19 November, 2017

WDRC congratulates Mohammed Namazi for a successful Ph.D. defense

Mohammed successfully defended his thesis entitled "AOM Characterization and Removal Efficiency Using Various SWRO Pretreatment Techniques" under the advisory of Professor TorOve Leiknes, co-advised by Research Professor Noreddine Ghaffour.

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12 November, 2017

Sunny solution for killing E. coli

Treating wastewater with solar irradiation shows promise in reducing two E. coli strains but a resilient strain persists.

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08 November, 2017

CIAP 8th Annual Meeting 2017

The Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC) hosted its 8th Center Industry Affiliates Program (CIAP) Annual Meeting on 7th and 8th November 2017, at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

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08 November, 2017

Congratulations to Abdullah Hamoud Dehwah for a successful Ph.D. defense

Abdullah successfully defended his thesis entitled "An Assessment of Subsurface Intake Systems: Planning and Impact on Feed Water Quality for SWRO Facilities" under the supervision of Professors Kim Choon Ng and Prof. Thomas Missimer. His research focuses on the development of subsurface intake systems for the seawater reverses osmosis plants around the Red Sea region.

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05 November, 2017

Briny pool bacteria can clean up and power up

Promising electrochemical technologies for cleaning wastewater are boosted by the discovery of extremophilic microbes in the Red Sea.

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02 November, 2017

Congratulations to Daniyal Jahangir for a successful Ph.D. defense

On November 2nd, Daniyal Jahangir successfully defended of his thesis entitled “Surface Modification of Ceramic Membranes with Thin-film Deposition” under the supervision of Professor TorOve Leiknes.

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01 November, 2017

​​WDRC is proud to announce the latest addition to its Ph.D. graduates

Ryan Lefers successfully defended his thesis entitled "A liquid desiccant cycle for dehumidification and freshwater supply in controlled environment agriculture".

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23 October, 2017

Mohammed Albloushi successfully defends his thesis

WDRC congratulates its new Ph.D. graduate Mohammed Albloushi who successfully defended his theses entitled "Biofouling control of industrial seawater cooling towers" on Monday, October 23rd.

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22 October, 2017

Ph.D. student Adair Gallo wins best poster award

Congratulations to Adair Gallo for winning the best poster award at the 5th Water Arabia Conference and Exhibition.

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01 October, 2017

Prof. Matthew McCabe appointed as Associate Director

Effective October 2017, Professor Matthew McCabe is WDRC Associate Director

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27 September, 2017

Luca Fortunato successfully defends his thesis

Following his thesis presentation and a good discussion with his defense committee, Luca fully demonstrated that he has accomplished the requirements for his doctorate degree.

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27 September, 2017

MODON visits WDRC

Delegates from the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) paid a familiarization visit to WDRC.

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