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Speakers

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SPEAKERS

Mansour Ahmed

Acting Program Manager - Water Desalination Technologies Program Water Research Center Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Kuwait City Kuwait

Biography

Dr. Mansour Ahmed is currently the acting program manager for Water Desalination Technologies Program at the Water Research Center (WRC). He obtained a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Dundee University, an MSc in mechanical engineering from Glasgow University in July 2008, and his PhD in chemical engineering from Swansea University in 2012. Dr. Mansour has over 22 years’ experience in research activities related to water treatment and seawater desalination technologies. His main area of expertise is the development of forward osmosis membrane desalination technologies. He has published 18 refereed journal papers and presented 23 scientific papers in international conferences and he has six patents. Dr. Ahmed has participated in many scientific conferences and workshops as well as training courses that are related to water, wastewater treatment and seawater desalination technologies.