Corrosion and Fouling Control in Desalination Industry

Viswanathan S. Saji is a Research Scientist III at the Center of Research Excellence in Corrosion, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He received PhD (2003) degree from the University of Kerala, India. He was a Research Associate at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay (2004-2005) & Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (2005-2007), Postdoctoral Researcher at Yonsei University (2007-2008) & Sunchon National University (2009), Senior Research Scientist at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) (2009-2010), Research Professor at Chosun University (2008-2009) & Korea University (2010-2013), and Endeavour Research Fellow at University of Adelaide (2014). He has authored 65 journal publications, and contributed 5 books and 10 book chapters. His research interest lies in electrochemistry, corrosion science, and nano/bio/energy materials.

Ahmad Sorour is Director of the Center of Research Excellencein Corrosion at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He is also Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Sorour received his Ph.D. (2014) degree in Materials Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. He completed his MS (2008) and BS (2005) in Mechanical Engineering at KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. His research interests lie in the areas of materials, corrosion, tribology, and coatings. Dr. Sorour has been a member in several funded projects carried out at KFUPM and has taught different undergraduate and graduate courses in Materials Science and Engineering. He supervised many graduate students and has served as a reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals.  Dr. Sorour is a member of several professional affiliations such as NACE and ASM as well.

Abdelkader Meroufel received the M.Sc. (2003), and Ph.D. (2006) degrees from La Rochelle University, France. He was assistant professor at La Rochelle (2006-2007) and Jazan University (2009-2012). In between he worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the French Petroleum Institute (IFP), France. Later, he moved to the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), the public company operating and maintaining Desalination plants in Saudi Arabia, where he was a Corrosion specialist. In 2014, He was promoted as Head of Corrosion department at Desalination Technologies Research Institute (DTRI). He served as 2nd General Director Deputy from 2016 to 2018. Presently he is working as a Corrosion Researcher at DTRI. He has authored 25 scientific publications. His research interest lies in corrosion science and engineering, advanced materials development and degradation modes.