On March 15-16, 2017, instructors of Khazar University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dr. Rasoul Moradi and Masoud Mehrizade participated in an International Scientific-Practical Conference on “Water Resources, Hydraulic Facilities and Environment” held at JW Marriot Hotel, Baku. The conference was dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of Shollar-Baku Water Plants Complex and sponsored by the World Water Council to be held in the first Baku International Water Week.

On March 16, Dr. Moradi presented an outline of his investigations on the application of nanotechnology to remove pollutants from water and desalination of seawater. He talked about the importance of finding cost effective ways to reduce water scarcity. In addition, his paper entitled “Water Treatment and Desalination using PVDF Nano-fibrous Membrane in Membrane Distillation Method” was published in the conference proceedings.