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Appendix F: Biographical Sketches for Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology
Pages 293-298

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... Goizueta Professor of Environmental and Chemical Engineering. His research interests include fouling mechanisms of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes, a novel forward osmosis desalination process, concentration polarization of interacting solute particles in crossflow membrane filtration, removal of natural hormones and pharmaceuticals by reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes, and membrane surface characteristics on 293
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From page 294...
... Peter Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California, a nonpartisan policy research group addressing global environmental and development issues, especially in the area of freshwater resources.
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... Her research interests include methods for optimizing membrane processes for water treatment and biomedical applications, methods to reduce membrane fouling, mass transport, interfacial phenomenon, water and wastewater treatment plant design, and water quality. She is currently Deputy Director of the Keck Center for the Design of Nanoscale Materials for Molecular Recognition.
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From page 296...
... He has served as project manager, principal investigator, technical advisor, and lead process/project engineer on over 20 membrane technology projects that span diverse expertise including pilot, demonstration, and full-scale testing; predesign and design; process engineering; applied research; and planning and feasibility investigations. He has served as principal investigator and project manager on two AwwaRF projects on concentrate management and desalination/membrane technology.
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... Warren Wood is the John Hannah Professor of Integrative Studies at the Department of Geological Science, Michigan State University. His research interests include groundwater and geomorphology of arid lands, hydrogeology, and groundwater geochemistry.
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... Since joining the NRC in 1997, she has served as study director for eleven committees, including the Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy, the Committee on Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediment, and the Committee on Assessment of Water Resources Research. She received her B.S.
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Key Terms

  • technology board
  • water resources
  • environmental engineering
  • water quality
  • tampa bay

  • water purification
  • seawater desalination
  • membrane technology
  • water supply
  • reverse osmosis

  • international desalination
  • research advisory
  • desalination projects
  • nanofiltration membranes
  • bay water

  • metal contaminants
  • water treatment
  • concentrate management
  • water management
  • separation technologies

  • educator award
  • security research
  • outstanding teaching
  • coastal protection
  • recoverable water

  • president emeritus
  • natural hormones
  • seawater components
  • purification roadmap
  • membrane filtration


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