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This Center is a partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Mechanical Engineering Departments. Our collaboration focuses on research in desalination, low carbon energy, related areas of design and manufacturing as well as curriculum development in Mechanical Engineering.

"Visiting Saudi Arabia and KFUPM was a great life experience. More practically, face-to-face discussions with counterparts have improved the quality of our collaboration."

Mike Kozlowski, Masters Student at MIT

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Water Purification Process Developed by Center's Researchers Named "Water Technology Idol of the Year" (5/24/2013)

The humidification-dehumidification (HDH) carrier gas extraction process  developed by Prakash Govindan and colleagues in Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor John H. Lienhard’s research group has just been named the Water Technology Idol of the Year by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and International Desalination Association (IDA) at the 2013 Global Water Summit in Seville, Spain.

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Summer Workshop at MIT (June 3-5, 2013)

KFUPM faculty and students will travel to Cambridge to collaborate with MIT counterparts. 

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