Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue By Sidney Loeb, Desalination, vol. 1 (1966) pp. 35–49 Nominated by: Miriam Balaban Desalination, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (1966–2009), Desalination and Water Treatment, Editor-in-Chief (2009 to date). Secretary General EDS, Research Associate MIT balabanmiriam@gmail.com, balaban@mit.edu One of the first papers I published in Volume 1 of Desalination was this paper by Sidney Loeb. His greatest pride was the...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue By K.L. Lee et al. K.L.Lee, R.W.Baker, H.K.Lonsdale “Membranes for power generation by pressure-retarded osmosis” Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 141-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0376-7388(00)82088-8 Nominated by: Menachem Elimelech, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University menachem.elimelech@yale.edu https://elimelechlab.yale.edu/menachem-elimelech K.L. Lee et al. presented an excellent overview, derivation, and experimental results for the behavior of water flux through...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue The Invention of the modern RO membrane by Loeb, S., and Surirajan, S. 1964. US Patent 3,133,132. And the thermodynamics of the process by Spiegler KS, Kedem O. Thermodynamics of hyperfiltration (reverse osmosis): criteria for efficient membranes. Desalination. 1966;1:311–326. Nominated by: Raphael, PhD, PE Department of Chemical Engineering Technion, Israel Institute of Technology cesemiat@technion.ac.ii My...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue Edo Bar-Zeev, Iliana Berman-Frank, Olga Gershevitz and Tom Berman, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Vol 109, June 5, 2012, 9119-9124. Nominated by: Harvey Winters, Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences Fairleigh Dickinson University harvey@fdu.edu This paper by Edo Bar-Zeev and co-authors proposed for the first time the term “protobiofilm” to represent a planktonic (free-floating) biofilm precursor before its attachment to...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue By Yehia M. El-Sayed and Robert S. Silver Yehia M. El-Sayed and Robert S. Silver, 1980, “Fundamentals of Distillation,” in Principles of Desalination, 2nd ed., K. S. Spiegler and A. D. Laird, eds., Academic Press, New York, Chapter 2. Nominated by: John H. Lienhard V, PhD, PE Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue An exclusive interview with Fady Jameel Deputy President and Vice Chairman, Abdul Latif Jameel “Water is a key, if not the key, critical issue both for the planet and humankind. Innovating, developing and investing in processes and technologies that enable us, as a society, to provide an adequate supply of...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue By Carlos Vázquez Cobos and Eduardo Orteu Berrocal The construction of a largescale dam can contribute to the achievement of various Sustainable Development Goals by addressing the scarcity of this resource, serving as a structural solution for flood management and producing renewable energy (hydroelectric). Nonetheless, on occasion,...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Winter 2021 Issue By Julie Carles and Tiziana Smith The most water scarce region in the world, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is no stranger to innovation in water sector infrastructure. Water management in the region is critical not only for local human and economic well-being, but also...
Published on Science History Institute By Jacob Roberts, Kenton G. Jaehnig An archives collection at the Science History Institute gives a glimpse of Americans’ early efforts at desalination, a technology that nations around the globe have come to depend on. In the spring of 1961 the southern and western United States was just starting to recover...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2020 Issue By Mr. Roch Cheroux Sydney is a city of waterways – our iconic harbour, rivers and famous beaches shape our identity and lifestyle. Sydney is also the economic, cultural and employment heart of NSW, and arguably Australia – it is also the largest city in the world’s...
