Membrane Desalination

Andreas Sapalidis was born in Florina, Greece (1979) and studied Petroleum Engineering in the Technological Institute of Kavala, Greece (2002). In 2004 obtained a Master in Science from Department of Chemistry (Industrial Chemistry/Polymer Science) from the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens and on 2009 a PhD from the same Department with Thesis entitled “Preparation and characterization of polymeric nanocomposites materials”. He is a member of Membranes and Microporous Materials for Environmental Separations Laboratory (MESL) since 2001, with research interests the novel preparation and characterization techniques of nanostructured materials. He has extensive experience on the following characterization techniques: Atomic force microscopy, SEM, TEM, permeability methods, scattering methods (X-ray & neutrons), mechanical properties, Thermogravimetric analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Nitrogen and Mercury porosimetry and Absorption methods. He is an author of 27 research papers (>600 citations, h-index 12, i10 index 15) and 1 book chapter. He participated in 15 European and national projects while he scientifically supervised one national and currently coordinates a European project in the area of seawater desalination.

1. Introduction to membrane desalination. 2. Membrane Materials Design Trends: Nano Additives. 3. Functionalization routes for the successful incorporation of carbon-based nano-additives into polymeric membranes. 4. Nanohybrid graphene-based materials for advanced wastewater treatment: Adsorption and membrane technology. 5. State of the art and perspectives in membranes for membrane distillation/membrane crystallization. 6. Artificial Water Channels - toward next-generation Reverse Osmosis Membranes. 7. Desalination Membranes: Characterization Techniques. 8. Molecular Modelling of Carbon-based Membranes for Desalination. 9. Virtual Material Design: a powerful tool for the development of high efficiency porous media. 10. Estimation of process parameters in industrial membrane manufacture using Computational Fluid Dynamics. 11. Energy Efficiency of Reverse Osmosis Desalination. 12. Membrane fouling and scaling in reverse osmosis. 13. Sustainable Development & Future Trends in Desalination Technology.