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Dr. Raphael Semiat
Professor Semiat received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Chemical
Engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He is
considered on of the world's leading experts on water and water
technolgy. Dr. Semiat has a wide Industrial experience in research
and development of chemical processes. His current interests and
activities are centered on water technologies and
chemical-environmental processes. Recent projects are on flow patterns
(including uses of electro-optical techniques for flow measurements),
heat and mass transfer aspects of liquid-liquid, solid-liquid and
gas-liquid systems In October 2003, Professor Semiat was nominated as
the Director of Technion's Grand Water Research Institute which
affiliates 53 professors from 8 academic departments, a position he
serves in to this day.