WDRC, BESE, KAUST
Building 4, Level 4, West side, 4254-WS17
Research Interests
Membrane filtration technologies for water treatment and desalination.
Prevention/control of (bio)fouling developed in Membrane processes.
Application of machine learning in membrane filtration technology, with a particular emphasis on (bio)fouling control and detection.
Selected Publications
Selected physical and chemical cleanings remove biofilm in seawater membrane distillation without causing pore wetting, Amin, N. A., Elcik, H., Alpatova, A., Gonzalez-Gil, G., Blankert, B., Farhat, N., Vrouwenvelder, J.S. & Ghaffour, N, npj Clean Water 6, no. 1 (2023): 61
A deep neural networks framework for in-situ biofilm thickness detection and hydrodynamics tracing for filtration systems, Qamar, A., Kerdi, S., Amin, N., Zhang, X., Vrouwenvelder, J. and Ghaffour, N, Separation and Purification Technology 301 (2022): 121959
In situ conductive spacers for early pore wetting detection in membrane distillation, Alpatova, A., Qamar, A., Alhaddad, M., Kerdi, S., Son, H. S., Amin, N., & Ghaffour, N, Separation and Purification Technology 294 (2022): 121162
Elucidating biofouling over thermal and spatial gradients in seawater membrane distillation in hot climatic conditions, Elcik, H., Alpatova, A., Gonzalez-Gil, G., Blankert, B., Farhat, N., Amin, N.A., Vrouwenvelder, J.S. and Ghaffour, N, Water Research 223 (2022): 118983
Education
M.Sc., Environmental Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Awards
Best Poster Award at the 6th International Conference on Desalination using Membrane Technology (MEMDES2023).
KAUST Affiliations
Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)
Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE)
