Reverse Osmosis Systems: Design, Optimization and Troubleshooting Guide

Prof. Syed Javaid Zaidi is presently the QAFAC Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University. He did B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, India, M.S. in Chemical Engineeing from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Laval University, Canada. He has more than twenty five years of teaching and research experience in the area of clean water and clean energy in Canada, Australia, USA, and Saudi Arabia. He has worked in King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, The University of Queensland Australia, Laval University, Canada and had been visiting Scholar at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology, USA. He has extensive experience in the desalination research and have supervised many graduate students in clean water and clean energy. He has published more than 300 papers in International Journals/book chapters, conferences and has 14 US Patents and patent applications. He has conducted joint projects in reverse osmosis desalination in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA for the development of nano-structured membranes for reverse osmosis desalination. He has collaborated with industry and provided technical support to industry in water technology and clean energy projects. He was Founding member of the Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy, a national research center, was its co-Director and member of the Board of Directors. He was the member of Research Advisory Committee of University headed by the Rector of university, Member of National Unifying efforts in desalination and presently honorary member of Advisory Council of Arab Water Desalination (ARWDEX). At Qatar University he took initiative for the establishment of Water Technology unit, is its founding member and coordinator. He has been invited to contribute to the UNESCO Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is world’s largest Encyclopaedia developed under the auspices of UNESCO and contributed two chapters on “Seawater Desalination Membranes and Experience of SWRO in Qatar” and “Salt and Water Transport in Reverse Osmosis and Biofouling”. He is the recipient of many national and international awards including Excellence in Research Award, Patent Award, Almari Prize for Research Innovation and Lifetime Achievement Award by Venus Intrnational Foundation.

Haleema Saleem is a Researcher in the Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, and she holds an MSc Degree in Chemical Engineering from Khalifa University (Petroleum Institute), UAE. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Haleema has great interest and knowledge in the reverse osmosis membranes and processes. She has about thirteen years of industrial and academic experience. Haleema also has good experience working with several polymers and nanomaterials. She has 45 publications in high impact international peer-reviewed journals and as book chapters. Haleema has extensive work experience on water treatment, desalination, reverse osmosis, membranes, thin-film composites, nanomaterials membrane testing and characterization and collaborated on several industrial projects. She has also been invited speaker on numerous international seminars and conferences on desalination and nanomaterials. She is also the co-author of two chapters on “Seawater Desalination Membranes and Experience of SWRO in Qatar” and “Salt and Water Transport in Reverse Osmosis and Biofouling” in the UNESCO Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is world’s largest Encyclopaedia developed under the auspices of UNESCO. Haleema has also mentored several graduate students on the environmental impact assessment of desalination plants, produced water management, water treatment, and nanofiber membranes. Her research area is mainly focussed on desalination, reverse osmosis, membranes, thin-film composites, nanomaterials etc.