ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

Through research papers, patents, and PhD dissertations, we push the boundaries of knowledge, driving innovation in desalination and water treatment.

Evaluation of liquid ferrate role on controlling assimilable organic carbon (AOC) formation for seawater desalination pretreatment during harmful algal blooms
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dwt.2024.100940
Authors: Abdullah H. Alshahri, Abdullah H.A. Dehwah, Harvey Winters, Noreddine Ghaffour, Thomas M. Missimer
  • seawater desalination pretreatment
  • Harmful algal blooms
  • Coagulation
  • Ferrate
  • assimilable organic carbon (AOC)
  • biofouling
Balancing Surface Chemistry and Flake Size of MXene‐Based Electrodes for Bioelectrochemical Reactors
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202406223
Authors: Pewee. D. Kolubah, Hend Omar Mohamed, Ananda Rao Hari, Yue Ping, Mohamed Ben Hassine, Pia Dally, M. Obaid, Xiangming Xu, Jehad K. El-Demellawi, Pascal E. Saikaly, Mario Lanza, Noreddine Ghaffour, Pedro Castaño
  • MXenes
  • Energy harvesting
  • Bioelectrochemical systems
  • Delamination methods
Superhydrophobic pancake-like graphene oxide for zero liquid discharge solar desalination of real brines
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.130478
Authors: Sarah Almahfoodh, M. Obaid, Sofiane Soukane, Khalid Alhamdan, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Graphene
  • Photothermal
  • Solar interfacial desalination
  • Desalination
  • Brine
  • ZLD
Sustainable energy production from domestic wastewater via bioelectrochemical reactors using MXene efficient electrodes decorated with transition metal nanoparticles
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113793
Authors: Pewee D. Kolubah, Hend Omar Mohamed, Mohamed N. Hedhili, Mohamed Ben Hassine, Rubén Díaz-Rúa, Daniela I. Drautz-Moses, M. Obaid, Noreddine Ghaffour, Pascal Saikaly, Pedro Castaño
  • Microbial fuel cells
  • Biofilm attachment
  • Iron oxide
  • Power generation
  • Anode modification
Computational fluid dynamics simulations of solar-assisted, spacer-filled direct contact membrane distillation: Seeking performance improvement
Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2022.116181
Authors: Abolfazl Ansari, Fariba Malekpour Galogahi, Graeme Millar, Fernanda Helfer, Noreddine Ghaffour, Sofiane Soukane
  • Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD)
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
  • Temperature polarisation
  • Concentration polarisation
  • Solar absorber
  • spacer filament
  • Water treatment