David Warsinger
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Location: West Lafayette
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
585 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088
Purdue University
585 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088
Office: BRK 2266
Phone: 765-494-5494
Degrees
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.Eng., Cornell University
- B.S., Cornell University
Research Interests
- Desalination & Water Treatment
- Water-Food-Energy Nexus
- Thermofluids
- Nanotechnology
- Membrane Science
Fundamental Research Area(s)
Application Area(s)
Curriculum Vitae
Awards and Recognitions
- Early Career Editorial Board (ECEB) of Journal of Membrane Science, 2025
- Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Early Career Award, 2025
- College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award in Exceptional Early Career Teaching, 2025
- ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSI) Early Investigator, 2025
- ASME's Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer, 2024
- Austin F. McCormack, Jr. Award (Young Professional), American Water Works Association, 2024
- Top Scholar by ScholarGPS: lifetime top 0.5% citations for all scholars worldwide, annually, 2024-present
- Membranes Young Investigator Award, Membranes Journal, 2023
- MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators under 35, 2020
- NAMS (North American Membrane Society) Young Membrane Scientist Award, 2020
- Universities Council on Water Resources Outstanding Dissertation Award in Science and Engineering, 2016
- 2015 MIT Outstanding UROP Graduate Mentor
Selected Publications
- S. Alnajdi, A. Naderi Beni, A. Alsaati, M. Luhar, A. Childress, D. M. Warsinger, Practical Minimum Energy Use of Seawater Reverse Osmosis, Joule, vol 8, 11, 20 pp. 3088-3105, 2024
- Yuhang Fang, Sudharshan Anandan, Jeffrey L. Moran, David M. Warsinger, Key parameters controlling the performance of catalytic self-pumping membranes, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol 171 pp. 076508, 2024
- H. F. Juybari , Sina Nejati, H. F. Juybari, S. Nejat, L. H. Parmar, Camacho, D. M. Warsinger, Unifying Efficiency Metrics in Thermal Desalination and Solar Evaporation, ACS Energy Letters, 9(10), 4959-4975, 2024
- Y. Ji, J Choi, Y Fang, H. S. Pham, A. T. Nou, L. S. Lee, J. Niu, D.M. Warsinger, Electric Field-Assisted Nanofiltration for PFOA Removal with Exceptional Flux, Selectivity, and Destruction, Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 47, 18519-18528, 2023
- A. K. Rao, A. J. Fix, Y. C. Yang, D. M. Warsinger, Thermodynamic Limits of Atmospheric Water Harvesting, Energy & Environmental Science, 15 (10), 4025-4037, 2022