Water. Desalination + reuse
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PEOPLE CHENG APPOINTED JOINT CEO BY TRI-TECH Chinese desalination and water treatment company Tri-Tech Holding Inc has appointed Gavin Cheng as joint chief executive officer. Cheng, 49, has served as the co-president of Tri-Tech since 2010, when he joined the company after it took over Beijing Satellite Science & Technology Co, founded by Cheng in 1994. He worked in research and development and project management at Beijing Test & Control Technology Institute of the Aeronautics Ministry from 1987 to 1993 after graduating from Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics in 1987 with bachelor and masters degrees. DESALINATION EXPERT TO ESTABLISH MASDAR WATER EXCELLENCE CENTRE The current editor-in-chief of the journal Desalination, Dr Nidal Hilal, has been appointed professor in nano-membranology (sic) and water technologies at the Masdar Institute of Science & Technology. Hilal, who has a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Wales in the UK, has been given the responsibility of working with the faculty to establish a Centre of Excellence for Water Technologies. Hilal has been a leader in developing and applying the atomic force microscope in the study of membrane separation and engineering processes at the nano scale. His research areas have included identification of innovative and cost-effective solutions to real-world process-engineering problems within the fields of chemical engineering, nano water membrane technology, water treatment including desalination, and colloid engineering. Project1 18/10/11 10:48 am Page 1 Highest efficiency for energy recovery. Because every drop counts. ™ A four-time 2010 RO plant global award winner and designed to provide a service life exceeding 25 years, the DWEER™ is "built-to-last," assuring high availability, outstanding performance and low maintenance costs for decades. Offering very low mixing and leakage rates, the DWEER provides plant owners and operators with high energy recovery rates while further minimizing operating costs. Flowserve Spain S.A. Avenida Fuentemar, 26-28 Coslada Madrid Spain 28023 Telephone: 34.91.660.4600 Telefax: 34.91.674.0433 May-June 2012 | Desalination & Water Reuse | 15 |