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MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.- PREPARATION OF POLYMERIC MEMBRANES.- ADVANCED MEMBRANE FOULING CHARACTERIZATION IN FULL-SCALE REVERSE OSMOSIS PROCESSES.- MEMBRANE FILTRATION REGULATIONS AND DETERMINATION OF LOG REMOVAL VALUE (LRV).- TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS, MUNICIPAL WASTES AND POTABLE WATER BY MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS.- TREATMENT OF FOOD INDUSTRY WASTES BY MEMBRANE FILTRATION.- MEMBRANE SEPARATION: BASICS AND APPLICATIONS.- MEMBRANE SYSTEMS PLANNING AND DESIGN.- ADSORPTION DESALINATION – A NOVEL METHOD.- MEMBRANE PROCESSES FOR RECLAAMTION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER.- POTABLE WATER BIOTECHNOLOGY, MEMBRANE FILTRATION AND BIOFILTRATION.- DESALINATION OF SEAWATER BY THERMAL DISTILLATION AND ELECTRODIALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES.- DESALINATION OF SEAWATER BY REVERSE OSMOSIS.- MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES FOR POINT-OF-USE AND POINT-OF-ENTRY APPLICATIONS.- MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OIL-WATER SEPARATION.- GAS-SPARGED ULTRAFILTRATION: RECENT TRENDS, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES.- APPENDIX: CONVERSION FACTORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS.