ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

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

Double Filament Feed Spacers for Enhanced Performance in Reverse Osmosis Modules
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124696
Authors: Najat A Amin, Adnan Qamar, Henry J. Tanudjaja, Sarah Kerdi, Ho Kyong Shon, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Membrane filtration
  • 3D-printed spacer
  • Concentration polarization
  • direct numerical simulations
  • Energy Consumption
  • Reverse osmosis (RO)
Sustainable Antimicrobial Silver@MXene Nanofiber Membranes for Enhanced Photothermal Membrane Distillation Performance
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c10788
Authors: Khalid Alhamdan, M. Obaid, Jehad K. El-Demellawi, Najat A Amin, Ananda Rao Hari, Yongjiu Lei, Pascal E. Saikaly, Husam N. Alshareef, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • MXene
  • Direct solar desalination
  • Photothermal Materials
  • Nanofiber
  • Electrospinning
Removal of antibiotics from a biologically nitrified human urine using granular activated carbon adsorption for a safe nutrient recovery in a circular economy
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2025.107516
Authors: Abdulaziz Almuntashiri, Jiaxi Jiang, Ahmad Hosseinzadeh, Umakant Badeti, Amir H. Navidpour, Pema Dorji, Noreddine Ghaffour, Ho Kyong Shon, Sherub Phuntsho
  • Antibiotics
  • Nitrified urine
  • Granular activate carbon
  • Column adsorption
  • Artificial neural network
Thin-film composite membranes enhanced with Ti3C2Tx MXenes for highly selective desalination and water reuse
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.70054
Authors: M. Obaid, Jehad K. El-Demellawi, Jaewon Lee, Muhammad Saqib Nawaz, Mrinal K. Hota, Valentina-Elena Musteata, Harun Elcik, Sofiane Soukane, Xiangming Xu, Husam N. Alshareef, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Desalination
  • Electrospinning
  • Forward osmosis
  • Nanofibe
  • Spray coating
  • Ti 3 C 2 Tx MXene
In-situ heat-activated peroxymonosulfate pretreatment for effective biofouling mitigation strategies in seawater membrane distillation
Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2025.119148
Authors: Jaewon Lee, M. Obaid, Najat A Amin, Weilong Yang, Jieun Kim, Taegeun Park, Seonkyu Lee, Seunghwan Woo, Youngjin Kim, Min Zhan, Noreddine Ghaffour, Seungkwan Hong
  • Peroxymonosulfate
  • seawater desalination pretreatment
  • Membrane distillation
  • biofouling
  • Pretreatment

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