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Featured Content: Congratulations to Hai Anh and Levente for passing their PhD examination!

The Szekely Group

Congratulations to Hai Anh Le Phuong and Levente Cseri for passing their PhD examination at The University of Manchester. It was a pleasure to supervise their PhD research over the past years. They worked hard and published many excellent articles on membrane materials and processes. Hai Anh defended her thesis on the 29th of April, and the external examiner was Prof. Xing Yang from KULeuven. Levente had his viva on the 30th of April, and the external examiner was Prof. ‪Nikos Hadjichristidis from KAUST. Hai Anh has minor corrections to do, while Levente has no corrections… amazing job! Your hard work and dedication have paid off, I am very proud of you! Wishing you all the best as you move toward the next chapter life brings your way.

Hai Anh viva 20210429 b

29 April 2021

Levente viva photo 20210430

30 April 2021

Featured Content: Book Release

The Szekely Group

Our textbook titled Sustainable Process Engineering has recently been published. The inspiration for this book arose from my university teachings on sustainability and green engineering. In this textbook, you will find an engaging and interesting reference guide on sustainability that will provide you with a solid foundation in this exciting field of science. I am indebted to all my students and colleagues, and particularly grateful to Diana Gulyas Oldal, Gergo Ignacz and Martin Gede, who have made a tremendous effort in both the logistics and writing of this book; many thanks go to them for all their hard work.

You can purchase the book directly from the publisher, or from Amazon.

Featured Content: Front cover for Green Chemistry

The Szekely Group

Check out our new open access article on hydrophobic thin film composite nanofiltration membranes derived solely from sustainable sources on the front cover of Green Chemistry published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Congratulations to Sang-Hee Park, the first author of the article, for putting this work together in a successful interdisciplinary collaboration with the group of Prof. Nunes.

For the illustration the credit goes to Heno Hwang scientific illustrator at KAUST.

Featured Content: Plenary Talk at ICMMAP

The Szekely Group

Join us at the International Congress on Membranes & Membrane Assisted Processes, 12-14 February 2021, in Kerala, India. The plenary talk on ‘Sustainable fabrication of solvent-resistant membranes using renewable monomers and solvents’ will cover our latest research on using green monomers and green solvents for membrane fabrication. Read more about this research in our Green Chemistry article, which made it to the front cover of the journal.

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Image credit: Heno Hwang @ KAUST.

Featured Content: Front cover for JMCA

The Szekely Group

Check out our new open access article on intrinsically microporous PEEK for energy-efficient nanofiltration in organic media featured on the front cover of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Congratulations to Mahmoud Abduhamid, the first author of the article, for putting this work together in a successful interdisciplinary collaboration with Profs Ng and Schwingenschlögl.

For the illustration the credit goes to Heno Hwang scientific illustrator at KAUST.