July 2019 – Review on solar desalination published in Science Advances.
Our group co-authored a paper that lays out a framework for developing efficient solar-thermal desalination processes. The work emphasizes the importance of system design, rather than materials, in improving the efficiency of solar-thermal desalination systems. Article is available open access at Science Advances.
June 2019 – Prof. Straub gives seminar at UBC in Vancouver
Prof. Straub travelled to Vancouver to give an opening seminar at the WEST Symposium and meet with faculty.
February 2019 – Prof. Straub visits collaborators in Israel
Prof. Straub visited Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel to give a seminar and meet with faculty. During his trip, he also attended the Dead Sea Water 2019 Workshop on Nanomaterials at the Water-Energy Nexus.