Desalination, 2nd Edition

List of Contributors

Chapter 1

Jane Kucera (volume editor)

Jane Kucera is a chemical engineer with over 37 years’ experience in the area of membrane technology for water treatment. Jane began her work with membranes in 1982 while working as a Graduate Student in the Seawater Laboratory (today known as the WaTeR Center) at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA (UCLA), where she received her M.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1984. She then went to work for Bend Research, Inc. (BRI), as a research engineer, where she spent 7 years developing novel membrane materials and process designs, including serving as lead researcher for several NASA research contracts to develop membrane-based, water recovery and reuse systems for the International Space Station. Later, Jane joined USFilter Corporation, where she was the process design leader for the 2 MGD Honouliuli Water Reclamation Facility for Oahu, Hawaii; the system treats secondary municipal effluent with microfiltration and reverse osmosis desalination for reuse as boiler feed for refineries and power generation facilities on the Island. Jane is currently a Global Senior Technical Consultant in the Engineering and Managed Operations Group at NALCO Water/an Ecolab Company, where she is responsible for developing industrial desalination system process designs.

Jane has authored the book, Reverse Osmosis: Design, Applications and Processes for Engineers, in its second edition (2015), and has contributed chapters to several ...