I have worked on the synthesis and fabrication of membranes for desalination applications and am interested in the thermodynamics, material properties, energetics and economics of these processes.
Selected Publications
Zhou Z, Dongwei L, Xiang Li, Rehman L, Lai Z, Roy A (2019) “Fabrication of highly Permeable Paper: Polyamide Membranes with Large “Leaf-like” Surface Nanostructures on Inorganic Supports for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration”, published in the Journal of Membrane Science, 2020 : 117932
Rehman L, Dey R, Lai Z, Gosh A, Roy A, “A reliable and Novel Approach based on Thermodynamic Property estimation from low to high salinities Aqueous Sodium Chloride solutions for water-energy nexus (WEN)”, published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, ACS Publications, 2020, 59 (36), 16029-16042.
Education
M.E, Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa campus, India
B.E, Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India
Awards
4th University Rank holder in B.E Chemical Engineering-Visvesvaraya Technological University, India
1st University Rank holder in M.E, Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa campus, India
Presented at AdChE-2020 International Conference on Advancements in Chemical Engineering, UPES, Uttarakhand, India, and won the “Best Paper” award for: “Analysis of Thermo-acoustical parameters of Hypersaline solutions for applications in Osmotic Power Generation Technologies”, Rehman L, Damani T, Garg T, Sridhar V, Mittal V (2019).
KAUST Affiliations
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials (AMPM)
Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)