Adel Soroush receives the MWH/AEESP Master’s Thesis Award

M.A.Sc. student, Adel Soroush, received the 2016 MWH/AEESP Master’s Thesis Award.

One of the most prestigious awards available to Master’s students in the field of environmental engineering, the AEESP Master’s Thesis Award recognizes outstanding work that contributes to the advancement of environmental science and engineering.

Adel’s thesis, “Development of Antimicrobial Thin-Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membranes by Using Silver Nanoparticles and Graphene Oxide Nanosheets”, placed first in the competition. His win marks the first time that a student from a Canadian institution has claimed first prize. The award was presented at the Annual AEESP Meet and Greet in conjunction with WEFTEC 2016 on Monday, September 26, 2016, in New Orleans, LA.

Adel completed his M.A.Sc. thesis under the supervision of Professor Saifur Rahaman last year and is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota.