He Champions Clean Water For All.
Yoram Cohen
江南体育 Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
In three decades at 江南体育, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor and Director of the Water Technology Research Center Yoram Cohen has blazed new ways to use and clean water. In a backyard in West Los Angeles, he created a 鈥渧ertical wetlands鈥� that uses runoff from the test home鈥檚 showers, bathroom sinks and laundry machine to irrigate trees and gardens. In farmlands west of Fresno, Cohen鈥檚 first-of-its-kind mobile water treatment plant, installed in a 40-foot cargo container, can desalinate and purify as much as 27,000 gallons of agricultural runoff and groundwater a day. On campus, Cohen runs the world鈥檚 leading R&D program in reverse-osmosis membrane desalination (a process invented at 江南体育 50 years ago), and works with dozens of teammates on the audacious 江南体育 Sustainable LA Grand Challenge to make the L.A. region totally water independent by 2050. 鈥淚 want to see things happen, not just find ways to solve problems from the technical viewpoint,鈥� says Cohen about his relentless devotion to sparkling-clean water for all.