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2026

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104
Citations
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117
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United Arab Emirates Leader Award

Overview

Nidal Hilal is affiliated with New York University Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and environmental science, with substantial contributions in water science and technology, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering. They have also worked in renewable energy, sustainability, and mechanical engineering fields.

The main research topics addressed by Hilal include membrane separation technologies, membrane-based ion separation techniques, and solar-powered water purification methods. Other areas of interest cover fuel cells and related materials, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, membrane separation and gas transport, and electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications.

Hilal's frequent publication venues reflect the technical focus and interdisciplinary nature of their work. These venues include:

  • Desalination
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Membranes
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • npj Clean Water

Collaborative efforts form a key component of Hilal's research, working often with co-authors such as:

  • Raed Hashaikeh
  • Raed A. Al-Juboori
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Farah Ejaz Ahmed
  • Noman Khalid Khanzada

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Hilal cover multiple aspects of desalination, membranes, and ion recovery, including:

  • Energy for desalination: A state-of-the-art review, 2020, Desalination
  • Lithium recovery from brine: Recent developments and challenges, 2022, Desalination
  • Ultrafiltration membranes for wastewater and water process engineering: A comprehensive statistical review over the past decade, 2020, Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Emerging desalination technologies: Current status, challenges and future trends, 2021, Desalination
  • Forward osmosis membranes and processes: A comprehensive review of research trends and future outlook, 2020, Desalination

Best Publications

  • Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review

    Abdullah Alkhudhiri;Naif Darwish;Nidal Hilal;Nidal Hilal

  • Nanofiltration membranes review: Recent advances and future prospects

    A. W. Mohammad;Y. H. Teow;W. L. Ang;Y. T. Chung

  • Membrane technology enhancement in oil–water separation. A review

    M. Padaki;R. Surya Murali;M. S. Abdullah;N. Misdan

  • A review on membrane fabrication: Structure, properties and performance relationship

    Boor Singh Lalia;Victor Kochkodan;Raed Hashaikeh;Nidal Hilal;Nidal Hilal

  • Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review

    Muhammad Qasim;Mohamed Badrelzaman;Noora N. Darwish;Naif A. Darwish

  • Polymeric membranes incorporated with metal/metal oxide nanoparticles: A comprehensive review

    Law Yong Ng;Abdul Wahab Mohammad;Choe Peng Leo;Nidal Hilal

  • A comprehensive review of nanofiltration membranes:Treatment, pretreatment, modelling, and atomic force microscopy

    N. Hilal;H. Al-Zoubi;N.A. Darwish;A.W. Mohamma

  • CHARACTERISATION OF NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES FOR PREDICTIVE PURPOSES - USE OF SALTS, UNCHARGED SOLUTES AND ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY

    W.Richard Bowen;A.Wahab Mohammad;Nidal Hilal

  • Interaction forces between colloidal particles in liquid: theory and experiment.

    Yuncheng Liang;Nidal Hilal;Paul Langston;Victor Starov

  • Removal of heavy metal ions by nanofiltration

    B.A.M. Al-Rashdi;D.J. Johnson;N. Hilal;N. Hilal

  • A comprehensive review on surface modified polymer membranes for biofouling mitigation

    Victor Kochkodan;Nidal Hilal;Nidal Hilal

  • Solar powered desalination – Technology, energy and future outlook

    Farah Ejaz Ahmed;Raed Hashaikeh;Nidal Hilal;Nidal Hilal

  • Application of Capacitive Deionisation in water desalination: A review

    Faisal A. AlMarzooqi;Amal A. Al Ghaferi;Irfan Saadat;Nidal Hilal

  • Methods Employed for Control of Fouling in MF and UF Membranes: A Comprehensive Review

    Nidal Hilal;Oluwaseun O. Ogunbiyi;Nick J. Miles;Rinat Nigmatullin

  • Boron removal from saline water: A comprehensive review

    N. Hilal;G.J. Kim;C. Somerfield

  • Energy for desalination: A state-of-the-art review

    Haya Nassrullah;Shaheen Fatima Anis;Raed Hashaikeh;Nidal Hilal;Nidal Hilal

  • Reverse osmosis pretreatment technologies and future trends: A comprehensive review

    Shaheen Fatima Anis;Raed Hashaikeh;Nidal Hilal;Nidal Hilal

  • A review on the applicability of integrated/hybrid membrane processes in water treatment and desalination plants

    Wei Lun Ang;Abdul Wahab Mohammad;Nidal Hilal;Choe Peng Leo

  • Coagulation with polymers for nanofiltration pre-treatment of highly concentrated dyes: a review

    A.Y. Zahrim;C. Tizaoui;N. Hilal

  • Lithium recovery from brine: Recent developments and challenges

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  • Thin film composite membrane — Recent development and future potential

    Ahmad Fauzi Ismail;Mahesh Padaki;Nidal Hilal;Takeshi Matsuura

  • Nanofiltration membranes and processes: A review of research trends over the past decade

    Darren L. Oatley-Radcliffe;Matthew Walters;Thomas J. Ainscough;Paul M. Williams

  • Recent trends in membranes and membrane processes for desalination

    P. S. Goh;T. Matsuura;A. F. Ismail;Nidal Hilal

  • Polymeric membranes: Surface modification for minimizing (bio)colloidal fouling

    Victor Kochkodan;Daniel J. Johnson;Nidal Hilal;Nidal Hilal

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdul Wahab Mohammad
Abdul Wahab Mohammad University of Sharjah
W. Richard Bowen
W. Richard Bowen Swansea University
Ahmad Fauzi Ismail
Ahmad Fauzi Ismail University of Technology Malaysia
Mohamed Khayet
Mohamed Khayet Complutense University of Madrid
Victor Starov
Victor Starov Loughborough University
Pei Sean Goh
Pei Sean Goh University of Technology Malaysia
Takeshi Matsuura
Takeshi Matsuura University of Ottawa
Ali Altaee
Ali Altaee University of Technology Sydney
Abdelbaki Benamor
Abdelbaki Benamor Qatar University
Alberto Figoli
Alberto Figoli National Research Council (CNR)

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