The mission of the WaTeR center is to advance the scientific understanding and technological basis
for the production of new water sources.  One of the specific objectives of the WaTeR center is the develop
the scientific framework for the desalination plant of the future, capable of economically and effectively producing
potable water from brackish water sources, and (2) to train the next generation of desalination and water treatment
professionals. These goals will be accomplished through an integrated research on water technologies
with desalination being a major focus. desalination with the specific objectives being to develop and demonstrate:

	Polymer science and Nanotechnology
	Membrane Science and Separation Processes
	Transport and Interfacial Phenomena
	Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering
	Computational Fluid Dynamics
	Electrochemistry
	Colloid and Surface Chemistry
	Aquatic Chemistry and Microbiology
	Process integration, optimization and control

Fundamentals of membrane processes: filtration, reverse osmosis, distillation, and pervaporation

¢¢Novel desalination technologies

	¢Advanced oxidation and electrochemical technologies ¢
	Membrane and Hybrid Processes - Advanced Oxidation Processes - Electrochemical Processes - Crystallization Processes - Desalination - Energy Recovery and Alternative Energy

	Impact Assessment and Risk Reduction
	Life Cycle and Cost/Benefit Analyses
	Integrated Water Resource Management