NAWI is a community made up of researchers and scientists in industry, academia, and national labs, alongside stakeholders in Federal, State and local governments, water users, entrepreneurs, investors, advocacy groups and individuals.
NAWI Alliance
The NAWI Alliance is a no-cost membership-based organization that is free to join. It gives qualified individuals and organizations access to NAWI’s research products, educational materials, and software products.
NAWI Topic Area Leads
NAWI’s integrated research team includes prize-winning and nationally recognized water treatment researchers with established records of working with industry.
NAWI Research Consortium
The research consortium includes four Department of Energy (DoE) national labs, ten industry partners, and nineteen leading universities.
Research Advisory Council
Chair: David Sedlak (UC Berkeley)
The Research Advisory Council (RAC) includes technical leaders and senior advisors. The RAC provides technical reviews of the roadmaps, reviews NAWI project proposals, advises and assists individual NAWI research performers, and monitors important research and technology developments outside the Consortium in research programs with which they are familiar.
Governance Board
Chair: Susan Hubbard (ORNL)
The Governance Board engages in directing and monitoring NAWI research and development programs. The Governance Board is made up of senior leaders from U.S. national laboratories, along with representatives appointed by the Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office and representatives from outside cost-share partners.
Industry Advisory Council
Chair: Richard Breckenridge (EPRI)
NAWI’s Industry Advisory Council is led by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), which has supported water treatment research for decades. The Water Research Foundation and ExxonMobil are also partners.
Modeling and Simulation Advisory Council
Chair: Laura Schaefer (Rice)
The NAWI M&S Advisory Council (M&SAC) exists to aid the research program in identifying and fostering connections between modeling and simulation resources, capabilities, and researchers both within and outside the DOE Lab complex and water treatment researchers who are either pursuing modeling and simulation as part of their research project or may benefit from a better understanding and familiarity with advanced modeling capabilities available to NAWI researchers.
Innovation and Commercialization Council
Chair: Gautam Phanse (Chevron)
NAWI’s Innovation and Commercialization Council (ICC) ensures that the Hub quickly identifies research results that have the potential for rapid commercialization and directs the creators of these results toward effective programs and resources to accelerate their transition to US industry.
NextGen Leadership Program
Chair: Jingbo Wang (UCLA)
The NAWI NextGen Leadership will ensure that early-career NAWI researchers and early-career members of the NAWI Alliance have a forum to identify professional development opportunities, build professional networks, and incorporate professional development training and resources into the annual alliance meeting program.