20 September, 2016

New Desalination Technology from Saudi Arabia Opens Doors to Higher Worldwide Clean Water Sources

The first, worldwide adsorption water desalination and cooling plant has been successfully implemented by King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST).

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07 September, 2016

WDRC Ph.D. candidate, Nada Aljassim, wins award at MEWE 2016

Best oral presentation at IWA Microbial Ecology in Water Engineering and Biofilms Joint Specialist Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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28 August, 2016

Congratulations Dr. Hari Ananda Rao

​Congratulations to Dr. Hari Ananda Rao for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation.

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01 July, 2016

Prof. Johannes Vrouwenvelder has been appointed full time Professor

Prof. Johannes Vrouwenvelder has been appointed full time Professor of Environmental Science and Technology at WDRC, KAUST.

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06 June, 2016

Dr. Chun-Hai Wei Receives Young Scientist Paper Award

WDRC Research Scientist, Dr. Chun-Hai Wei​​, was awarded for his paper presented at the Eighth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology ​2016 IC EST in ​Houston, Texas. ​

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15 May, 2016

WDRC participated in a 3-day regional workshop

PERSGA, the Regional Organization for Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, invited 5 faculty members from the Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE) at KAUST to give specific lectures in the 3-day regional workshop.

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03 May, 2016

WDRC delegation visits SWCC’s Al-Shuaiba desalination plan

Prof. Noreddine Ghaffour organized a field trip in his course Water Desalination Technologies (EnSE325). Assisted by Mr. Khaled Bin Bandar, one of the course attendees and a Ph.D. student at the WDRC-KAUST, a technical visit was organized to the Al-Shuaiba multi stage flash (MSF) desalination plant under the Saline Water Conversation Corporations (SWCC).

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28 April, 2016

On the road to water sustainability in the Gulf

New studies carry potential for creating much more efficient water desalination systems in the Gulf.

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23 March, 2016

Sci-Café: “New Water Innovations"

WDRC faculty were part of Sci-Café titled: “New Water Innovations"

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24 February, 2016

"Smart Materials for Advanced Environmental Applications" book published by RSC

​​​​Prof. Peng Wang, from WDRC, is the editor and contributor of "Smart Materials for Advanced Environmental Applications"​ book.

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14 February, 2016

International Conference on Physics and Chemistries of Hydrophobic Interfaces

During February 14-17, 2016 WDRC organized an International Conference on Physics & Chemistries at Hydrophobic Interfaces.

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26 January, 2016

Minister of Agriculture visits KAUST and WDRC

H.E. Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli, Minister of Agriculture, visits KAUST and takes a tour through WDRC labs.​​

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20 November, 2015

WDRC Ph.D. Student, Luca Fortunato, wins award at IDW Korea

Best oral presentation at the 8th International Desalination Workshop (IDW) 2015, Jeju, South Korea.

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10 November, 2015

6th Annual CIAP Meeting

WDRC held its 6th CIAP Meeting on November 10-12, 2015. More than 40 participants participated in this three-day event at KAUST.

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28 September, 2015

Falling Walls Challenge

​WDRC student, Joline El Chakhtoura won the runner-up prize at the Falling Walls Challenge​ in Berlin.

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16 August, 2015

Ph.D. candidate, Gerald Matar, was awarded second place at the 250th ACS National Meeting

​Ph.D. student, Gerald Matar, was awarded second place best presentation in the 250th ACS National Meeting.​​​​​

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13 May, 2015

Best Poster Award at EDS 2015

WDRC's PhD student, Ryan Lefers, was awarded at the European Desalination Society EuroMed Conference on the best poster competition.

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20 January, 2015

WDRC members win WEP Research Poster Competitions

KAUST's Winter Enrichment Program (WEP) hosted a Graduate and Post doctoral Research Poster Competition on the University's campus.

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12 January, 2015

Desalination project wins Global Innovation Challenge at Saudi Water & Power Forum

Prof. Kim Choon's project on “Hybrid Multi-Effect Adsorption Desalination: An Emerging High Efficiency and Low Cost Desalination" was named a winner in this year's Global Technology Challenge at Saudi Water & Power Forum (SWPF).​​

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05 July, 2023

KAUST promotes Dr. Peiying Hong to full professor

Congratulations to Dr. Peiying Hong for the remarkable achievement of being promoted to full professor!

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