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Dr. Banerjee - Pioneering Novel Desalination Experiments

  • Writer: Taylor Northcut
    Taylor Northcut
  • Aug 20, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 22

"From Salty to Sip-Worthy: Desalination Breakthroughs

Seed Funding: Banerjee and Dhir Scaling Desalination for Disaster and Rural Applications


To address critical water shortages in Texas, Dr. Debjyoti Banerjee, Mechanical Engineering Professor at Texas A&M University, James J. Cain '51 Faculty Fellow, and Texas A&M Energy Institute Faculty Affiliate; along with Dr. Vijay Dhir, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, former Dean of the University of California, Los Angeles Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and former Texas A&M University Hagler Institute Fellow; along with doctoral students Jonghyun Kim and Chinmay Chavan, are pioneering novel desalination experiments through seed funding by the Texas A&M Energy Institute. The project unlocks untapped potential of brackish groundwater reserves to be transformed into drinking water and ranch water through desalination."



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