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.

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

Effective October 2017, Professor Matthew McCabe is WDRC Associate Director

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.

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

Hong Cheng clinched the best poster award at the International Water Association Membrane Technology conference in Singapore.

Emerging technologies are poised to transform how we observe the Earth. Imagine sending your own custom-made satellite into space to study specific elements of rivers, glaciers, volcanoes, landslides or agricultural practices. Sensors, digital imaging and other sensing components have shrunk in size and cost, which has dramatically changed the technology available to Earth scientists in just the last five years. KAUST researchers and international colleagues report that we are entering a new era in Earth observation and research; and they identify what’s needed if we are to maximize its opportunities.

Dr. Johannes Vrouwenvelder's appointment as Center Director of Water Desalination Research Center effective August 2017 was made official in an announcement from Mr. Nadhmi A. Al-Nasr, KAUST Interim President. Having served as interim director since the beginning of this year, Dr. Johannes was highly commended for his commitment to promoting interdisciplinary research and investment in building stronger connections with industry partners.

Inspired by nature, an inexpensive green technique that enables common materials to repel liquid has been developed by KAUST scientists and could lead to diverse applications from underwater drag reduction to antifouling. Making surfaces liquid repellent, referred to as omniphobicity, is used in a range of industrial processes from reducing biofouling and underwater drag to membrane distillation, waterproofing and oil-water separation.

Professor Himanshu Mishra attended the 7th International Colloids Conference in Sitges, Spain on June 18-21, 2017.

WDRC congratulates its 21st graduate.

​Moustapha Harb successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation.

Professor Noreddine Ghaffour received a delegation from Saline Water Conversation Corporations (SWCC)​ led by Eng. Adnan Alqahtani, director of maintenance in Al-Shuaiba to the WDRC.

​Dr. Umer Altaf was a keynote speaker at ICCMS 2017 held in IBA Sukkur, Pakistan.

Professor Noreddine Ghaffour hosted a trip to Al-Shuaiba Water Desalination plant, Shuaibah 3, to visit their two large scale Red Sea water desalination plants.

Shuaibah Water & Electricity Company CEO and Chairman of the board toured WDRC research facilities.

List of visitors who will present during the spring 2017 series.

Professor Peng Wang is editor of ​the book titled "Rational Design of Next-Generation Nanomaterials and Nanodevices for Advanced Water Applications"

Al Ghamdi's Ph.D. dissertation titled "Carbon dioxide nucleation as a novel cleaning method for ultrafiltration membranes" was advised by Prof. Noreddine Ghaffour.

Noreddine Ghaffour joins Elsevier as Associate Editor of the Desalination Journal.