Mechanical Engineering
College of Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Award Year
2025
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
From Desalination to Kidney Disease: Engineering Design in Resource-Constrained Contexts
Natasha Wright’s research is focused on increasing access to decentralized water treatment systems, primarily in low and middle-income communities. By decentralizing treatment, she aims to eliminate the inefficiencies that can come with distribution, as well as increase the potential for and value of resource recovery. The Wright Lab’s current focus is on the on-demand production of medical-grade fluids necessary to increase dialysis access; and remediation of, and resource recovery from, decentralized waste streams.