Ron S. Faibish
Part-Time Instructor
Office: Room 232 Perlstein Hall
Phone: 312.567.6964
Fax: 312.567.8874
Email:
faibish@iit.edu
Web:
Personal Webpage
Expertise
Education
- B.S. from University of California, Los Angeles (Chemical Engineering, 1993)
- M.S. from University of California, Los Angeles (Chemical Engineering, 1997)
- Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles (Chemical Engineering, 2001)
Research
- Membrane materials and processes
- Energy and water cogeneration
- Hybrid polymer/ceramic materials and applications
- Surface properties and characterization
- Colloids and emulsions
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
Cohen, Y., Faibish R.S., and Rovira-Bru, M., Polymer-Modified Resins for Aqueous Size Exclusion Chromatography, in Interfacial Phenomena in Chromatography, Pefferkon, E., Ed., Marcel Dekker, New York, 1999.Faibish, R.S. and Cohen, Y., Fouling-Resistant Ceramic-Supported Polymer Membrane for the Ultrafiltration of Oil-in-Water Microemulsions, J. Membrane Science, 185 (2001) 129 143.
Faibish, R.S. and Cohen, Y., Fouling and Rejection Behavior of Ceramic and Polymer-Modified Ceramic Membranes, Colloid and Surfaces A, 191 (2001) 2740.
Faibish, R.S., Yoshida, W., and Cohen, Y., Contact Angle Study on Polymer-Grafted Silicon Wafers, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 256 (2002) 341350.
Faibish, R.S. and Ettouney, H., MSF Nuclear Desalination, Desalination, 157 (2003) 277287.
Faibish, R.S. and Konishi, T., Nuclear Desalination: A Viable Option for Producing Freshwater, Desalination, 157 (2003) 241252.
Ettouney, H., El-Dassouky, H., Faibish, R.S., and Gowin, P., Economics of Thermal and Membranes Desalination Processes, Chemical Engineering Progress, 98, 12 (2002) 32-39.
Faibish, R.S. and Konishi, T., Nuclear Desalination: Using Nuclear Power for the Production of Potable Water, Asian Water, 19 (2003) 14-17.
Doctor, R., Wade, D., Lewis, M., and Faibish, R., STAR-H2 with a Calcium-Bromine Cycle: Delivering Hydrogen, Electricity and Water from a Modular Reactor, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2004.
