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John H. Lienhard V is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has been a faculty member since 1988. His research focuses on water purification, specifically desalination, as well as heat and mass transfer and thermodynamics. He has supervised over 90 PhD and master's theses and has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and holds over 40 patents. Lienhard founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT, which conducts research to address the challenges of water and food security in a warming planet. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to engineering, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Desalination Reuse Association and the AIChE Donald Q. Kern Award. Lienhard has held various leadership roles at MIT, including Director of the Rohsenow Kendall Heat Transfer Laboratory and has developed several new graduate courses in engineering topics such as desalination and thermal modeling.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, Massachusetts
John Lienhard has focused research and educational efforts on water purification and desalination, filling numerous administrative roles at MIT.
Various patents related to desalination techniques and systems.