Professional Services

Co-Chair and committee member of ASCE/EWRI Desalination & Water Reuse Committee

Participated in committee meetings, conference calls, publications, and conference scheduling

USDA proposal reviewer

Served as a reviewer on Phases I and II of grant applications that are submitted to the USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program

Journal reviewer

Journal of Membrane Science and Research

Algal Research, Biology, Biomass and Biofuels

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Separation and Purification Technology

QA/QC officer at International Environmental Design Contest, 2012-2016

Prepared testing protocol for different tasks, performed sample analysis, and led and managed a group of students in promoting and confirming consistency of testing, water chemistry analysis, sample collection monitoring, reporting, and presenting the results to judges

Judge for Undergraduate Student Poster Competition at 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting

Judged the posters of undergraduate students based on unique features, creativity, novelty of research area, quality of data analysis, and quality of poster and presentation

Track chair, reviewer, and session chair of the Third Annual Symposium on Desalination and Water Reuse, 2015 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress

Organized the abstracts, assigned reviewers and session chairs, finalized the results of submitted abstracts, and organized the track sessions

Judge for Southwestern New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair

Judged the research projects in the areas of science, engineering, and mathematics presented by 6th through 12th grade students in the Southwestern New Mexico, 2015

Student-level judge at International Environmental Design Contest, 2014

Judged the teams on different competition tasks

Session co-chair, Desalination and Water Management for Rural Communities, AICHE 2013

Reviewed abstracts and chaired the session

Session co-chair, Energy, Environment, and Water Nexus, World Congress on Petrochemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2013

Reviewed abstracts and chaired the session

Poster session judge for Chem-E-Car Car at AIChE 2013 Rocky Mountain Regional Conference

Judged the posters of participating teams based on unique features, creativity, safety factors, and quality

Collaboration with El Paso Community College in training students from STEM fields, 2012-2013

Developed, produced, and delivered a semester-long class focusing on desalination and advanced water treatments for a group of students from El Paso Community College, funded under NSF S-STEM program (Award ID 1058039)

Guest speaker/lecturer

Philips 66 Seminar Series, Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, OU, Oct. 2017

Arid Water Resources Issues Seminar, Plant & Environmental Sciences Department and

Water Science & Management Graduate Programat NMSU, 2014 and 2015

Delivered three lectures on desalination as a solution for water scarcity and off-grid desalination hybrid photovoltaic-reverse osmosis system during three sessions:

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Alpha Chi

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

International Desalination Association Young Leaders Program

American Water Works Association

American Membrane Technology Association

Iranian Chemical Engineering Association

ASCE/EWRI Desalination & Water Reuse (DWR) Committee

Teaching Academy, NMSU

Membrane Technology Research Committee (MTRC)