معرفی
Nidal Abu-Zahra is a Professor and Department Chair of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) within the College of Engineering & Applied Science. His research focuses on water treatment technologies, including developing filtration media, polymer foams, and membranes for heavy metal removal and lithium extraction from seawater using antibiofouling properties. He employs experimental and computational methods (Molecular Dynamics, Density Functional Theory) to advance material design.
Education: PhD in Industrial Engineering (Cleveland State University, 1996), MS in Mechanical Engineering (University of Manchester, 1994), BS in Mechanical Engineering (University of Jordan, 1992).
Research Interests:
- Water filtration systems and biofouling prevention
- Lithium extraction via perovskite systems
- Polymer functionalization and characterization
- Computational material modeling
Recent Work Highlights:
- Developing self-cleaning membranes with photocatalytic surfaces
- Optimizing adsorbents for heavy metal recovery
- Exploring MOF-based materials for water purification
Labs & Teams: His research group uses advanced instruments for polymer synthesis, computational modeling, and material characterization, contributing to interdisciplinary projects in environmental engineering and materials science.
