Development of Energy-Water Systems in Decentralized Contexts

PhD student Ali's visit to MEE brine management system in Delhi, India

Field work with Convection-Enhanced Evaporation System in India

Lab group poster show with overview of lab projects

Lab group photo from Mustafa's PhD defense celebration

Welcome to the Wright Lab

The Wright Lab utilizes modeling and experimental approaches in tackling active research areas surrounding water treatment, with a focus on implementation of technologies in low- and middle-income communities. Current work includes brine management, decentralized peritoneal dialysis fluid production, postharvest food loss reduction, electrodialysis desalination, and gas extraction for organic wastewater treatment.

News & Events

July 2026: Ali Abdelkawi and Jaxen Lindsey's paper "A survival analysis framework for predicting gypsum scaling risk in dynamically concentrating desalination systems" was published in Water Research.
July 2026: The food loss reduction team was awarded a Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources grant for "Advancing dehydration technologies for resilient Minnesota food systems." Congratulations team!
June 2026: Alumni Pauly Soulia was selected as a recipient of the Goldstein Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award. Congrats Pauly!
June 2026: Jenn Hoody's paper "Assessing rockbed performance in Deep Winter Greenhouses under varying design parameters and operating conditions" was published in Applied Thermal Engineering.

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