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John Lienhard
John Lienhard
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technology Areas
Environmental Engineering: Water Treatment, Sustainability & Recycling / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Medical Device Coatings / Chemicals & Materials: Polymers, Catalysis & Synthesis, Metals / Energy & Distribution: Electrochemical Devices, Distribution, Energy Storage / Agriculture & Food: Delivery / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Logistics
Impact Areas
Sustainable Future
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Healthy Living
,
Climate Stabilization
,
Advanced Materials
,
Connected World
Technologies
System for the Desalination of High Salinity
Waters
Technology /
Case number:
#17054J
John Lienhard / Lige Sun / Adam Weiner / Ronan McGovern / Syed Zubair
Technology Areas:
Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Climate Stabilization
,
Sustainable Future
License
Multi-Stage Membrane Distillation
Process
Technology /
Case number:
#15901
John Lienhard / Edward Summers
Technology Areas:
Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Climate Stabilization
License
Superhydrophobic Condensing Surfaces for Air Gap Membrane
Distillation
Technology /
Case number:
#16942
John Lienhard / Jaichander Swaminathan / David Warsinger
Technology Areas:
Agriculture & Food / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Sustainable Future
License
Metal Spacer Enhanced Permeate Gap Membrane Distillation for Energy Efficient
Desalination
Technology /
Case number:
#16943
John Lienhard / Hyung Won Chung / Jaichander Swaminathan / David Warsinger
Technology Areas:
Chemicals & Materials / Environmental Engineering / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas:
Sustainable Future
,
Connected World
License
A Critical Material Circular Economy from Spent Batteries with
Membranes
Technology /
Case number:
#25932
John Lienhard / Jakob Wegmueller / Trent Lee / Samuel Heath / Zi Hao Foo
Technology Areas:
Energy & Distribution / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Sustainable Future
License
Multi-Effect Conductive Gap Membrane
Distillation
Technology /
Case number:
#17498
John Lienhard / Hyung Won Chung / Jaichander Swaminathan / David Warsinger / Ronan McGovern
Technology Areas:
Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Sustainable Future
License
Hybrid Reverse Osmosis Electrodialysis Systems for Brine
Concentration
Technology /
Case number:
#19893
John Lienhard / Kishor Nayar
Technology Areas:
Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Sustainable Future
License
Vibration-Enhanced Cleaning Of Fouled
Membranes
Technology /
Case number:
#20919
John Lienhard / Grace Goon / Omar Labban / Xuanhe Zhao
Technology Areas:
Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Sustainable Future
,
Advanced Materials
License
A Novel Method for Harnessing Lithium from Hypersaline Brines: Improving Energetics and
Yield
Technology /
Case number:
#23528
John Lienhard / Zi Hao Foo / Danyal Rehman / Andrew Bouma
Technology Areas:
Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Sustainable Future
License
Maintenance of Air Layers for Fouling Prevention on Submerged
Surfaces
Technology /
Case number:
#17920
John Lienhard / Jaichander Swaminathan / David Warsinger / Amelia Servi
Technology Areas:
Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Chemicals & Materials / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas:
Healthy Living
,
Sustainable Future
License
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