Published:
September 5, 2017
Alon wins the Texas Desalination Association's Ed Archuleta Desalter Scholarship Fund Prize based on his research in water purification. The award is named for Ed Archuleta, a pioneer of desalination in Texas.
The website states, "In 2016, the Board of Directors of the Texas Desalination Association initiated a scholarship fund for students at institutions of higher learning who are engaged in water resource planning and/or research involving one of the various aspects of brackish groundwater or seawater desalination. The scholarship fund is named for Ed Archuleta, who was also honored in 2016 by the Association as its Texas Desalination Pioneer."