The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a graduate-level education and research institution that was founded in 2009. KAUST focuses on four core global sustainability challenges: Water, Food, Energy and Environment. The education and research programs at KAUST are organized around three academic divisions [Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) and Physical Sciences and Engineering] and around nine research centers. Among these, the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials (AMPM) Center, the Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC) carry out crosscutting research and provide an educational platform in Separation science and technology (SST). In my presentation, I will give an overview of SST research and education at KAUST with a focus on the investments made by the University to build the human capacity and state-of-the research facilities required to develop the next generation of separation materials, processes and systems for a sustainable Water-Food-Energy-Environment nexus. I will also give examples of such materials and processes developed in the AMPM Center and in the WRDC.

Building a global science and technology university focused on sustainability: The KAUST research and education programs on separation science and technology

248th National Meeting (2014)

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