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)