03 January, 2021
Hybrid MEDAD wins MEED Sustainability Medal 2020Hybrid MEDAD received the "Sustainability Medal 2020" for the project "An Innovative Hybrid Solar Desalination Cycle" at the MEED Project Awards held December 16th in Dubai, UAE.
23 November, 2020
WDRC Faculty rank amongst the world's top scientists and engineersSix of our Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC) faculty have been ranked among the top 2% of researchers globally, according to a list recently published by Stanford University.
11 November, 2020
Dr. Muhammad Saqib Nawaz wins best oral presentation awardDr. Muhammad Saqib Nawaz, a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Noreddine Ghaffour's group, won the best oral presentation award at the Virtual Pak Water & Energy Exhibition & Webinar event on November 3-5, 2020.
20 October, 2020
Dario Rangel Shaw receives the 2020 ISMET Discovery AwardCongratulations to Dario Rangel Shaw, a Ph.D. student in Prof. Pascal Saikaly's group for receiving the prestigious Discovery Award for Best Scientific paper from the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET).
01 October, 2020
Professor Peng Wang receives the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for WaterProfessor Peng Wang is the 9th Award recipient of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) on the Alternative Water Resource category. Congratulations!
29 September, 2020
WDRC scientists selected as Special Issue Editors of "Developments in Innovative Membrane Desalination Processes"Professor NorEddine Ghaffour, Dr. Sofiane Soukane, and Dr. Alla Alpatova are selected as the guest editors of a Special Issue Editors of "Developments in Innovative Membrane Desalination Processes"
17 November, 2019
TRSDC and KAUST announce winners of Brains for Brine ChallengeThree winners were announced during the international Aquatech 2019 event in Amsterdam. The competition identified new solutions to manage the disposal of brine.
14 November, 2019
KAUST student Zain Ahmad wins best poster awardKAUST M.S. student Zain Ahmad won the best poster award in the area of "Nanofabrication for Functionality" at the 45th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering (MNE2019).
13 November, 2019
OrbitCrops wins 2nd place at StartUp IstanbulOrbitCrops was awarded second place at the Startup Istanbul event held on October 18-21, 2019.
10 November, 2019
Raid AlRowais wins best paper awardCongratulations to Raid Alrowais for winning the best paper award at the IMAT 2019 held on November 7-8, at Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan.
27 October, 2019
Prof. Kim Choon Ng wins best paper awardProf. Kim Choon Ng is the recipient of the best paper award in the category of Environment & Sustainability at The International Desalination Association World Congress 2019 held in Dubai, UAE, on Oct. 20-24, 2019.
30 September, 2019
Pascal Saikaly's group won the TAQADAM 2019 ‘People's Choice Award’A team of researchers from Prof. Pascal Saikaly's group took home the 'People's Choice Award' at the third annual TAQADAM Showcase 2019.
25 April, 2019
Dr. Wakil Shahzad receives 2019 Golden Globe Tiger AwardCongratulations to Dr. Muhammad Wakil Shahzad for being a recipient of the 2019 'excellence & leadership in water' Golden Globe Tiger Award.
12 March, 2019
KAUST Associate Professor Peiying Hong wins environmental science awardPeiying Hong, KAUST associate professor of environmental science and engineering, recently won the 2019 James J. Morgan Environmental Science & Technology Early Career Award. She will receive the award at the upcoming 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in the U.S.
10 March, 2019
KAUST alumnus wins best presentation award at Morocco symposiumDr. Babar Khan (Ph.D. '18) won the best oral presentation award at the First International Symposium on Nanomaterials and Membrane Science for Health, Water, Energy and Environment held from October 11 to 12, 2018, in Marrakesh, Morocco.
11 February, 2019
Imene El Tall receives the KAUST Individual Lab Safety Award for 2018Imene El Tall, WDRC Safety Specialist received the KAUST Individual Lab Safety Award for 2018 at the third KAUST Laboratory Safety Recognition Awards Ceremony.
05 February, 2019
Bruno Aragon receives an outstanding student presentation award from AGUBruno Aragon, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Matthew F. McCabe, received an outstanding student presentation award (OSPA) from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) during the fall meeting in Washington, D.C., USA on December 10-14, 2018.
21 January, 2019
KAUST research scientist Dr. Muhammad Wakil Shahzad wins 'Best Oral Presentation' awardDr. Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, a research scientist in the KAUST Water Desalination and Reuse Center under the supervision of KAUST Professor Kim Choon Ng, received the "Best Oral Presentation" award at the 2nd Global Conference and Expo on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in October 2018.