David Warsinger

David Warsinger

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Location: West Lafayette

School of Mechanical Engineering
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

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