Dec 2020
Preliminary works on identifying the onset of mineral scales on RO membrane polyamide layers using Transmission electron microscopy were a success!
Hosted the first IWA-YWP’s E-learning session with their Chair, Regional Director, and Communication team. Taken the role of Lead Event Coordinator for the IWA-YWP Canada’s E-learning Activity.
Started volunteering with the YPAC – Toronto Chapter.
Nov 2020
On Monday, Nov 16 at 8:00 AM EDT, I will be giving a short pitch on irreversible degradation of RO membranes in the ‘IWA Congress Talks: Drinking Water and Potable Reuse’. Other prominent researchers will also briefly discuss the utilization of state-of-the-art features like microbiomes and machine learning for potable water generation as a preview of what’s coming up at the 2021 IWA Congress. If you’re interested to join the webinar, you can sign up for the session here:
IWA Congress Talks: Drinking Water and Potable Reuse
July 2020
Co-founded TRISO – Technology, Research, and Innovation Social Outreach with Monjurul Hasan
July 08, 2020: Good news! Received the Ontario Graduate Scholarship for academic merit.
May 2020
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May 10: “Can Mineral Scale On Reverse Osmosis Membranes Cause Permanent Degradation Of The Active Polyamide Layers?” (N.R. Sarker, A. Bilton) has been selected for a platform presentation by the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition Programme Committee
May 10, 2020: Producing emergency face shields in response to the COVID-19 outbreak continues. Developed the OneShield model for comparatively faster and easy production in Bangladesh
May 9, 2020: The Bangladesh COVID-19 Update website is up and running. Please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/bdcovid19update for details
May 06: Our work “Influence of polyamide-layer surface morphology on reverse osmosis membrane scaling – A visualization case study on CaCO3 scaling” (N.R. Sarker, P. Cherukupally, J. Wilbur, A. Bilton) has been accepted at the Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy 2020 Conference. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Apr 2020
Apr 16, 2020: Working with U of T teams to produce emergency face shields in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
Apr 03: Finished the demo version of an interactive map to track COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh. Please, contact for the source code and usability.
Mar 2020
Mar 20, 2020: Lab-based research at U of T is closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Started working from home
Mar 19, 2020: The multi-scale visualization-based membrane characterization research submitted to the European Desalination Society conference is accepted. (Yay?)
Mar 10, 2020: The Pilot-scale RO in WERL is operational. Thanks, Justin for helping me out.
Mar 09, 2020: Presented at the 3MT Research Heats at the U of T SGS Grad Room
Feb 2020
Feb 13, 2020: Completed the Design of Life workshop by the ILead U of T. It was an enlightening experience to get a glimpse of Stanford University’s Life Design experience
Jan 2020
Jan 29, 2020: Participated in the ISE Sustainability symposium at the University of Toronto
Jan 16, 2020: (Information worth sharing) The WEF Global Risks Report 2020 is out.
Jan 07, 2020: Started as the TA for the APS420/1420: Technology, Engineering and Global Development
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