Executive VP
Desalitech
Richard Stover studied chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin from 1983 through 1986. He graduated with bachelor’s degree and worked for 3M Company in Minnesota from 1986 through 1990 as a process and chemical engineer. He was responsible for product delivery, reliability, and cost at a videotape manufacturing facility.
Dr. Stover joined Energy Recovery Inc.(ERI) in 2002 to develop and launch the PX-220, which has since become the leading energy recovery device in seawater desalination. His numerous publications and achievements have earned him international recognition as an expert in energy recovery and process optimization in reverse osmosis systems. Dr. Stover was a co-recipient of the European Desalination Society’s 2006 Sidney Loeb award for outstanding innovation. Dr. Stover then went onto work as Vice PResident of Engineering with Oasys Water where he was involved in the developement of novel membrane-based forward-osmosis water-treatment processes.
In March 2011 Dr. Stover became Executive Vice President of Desalitech which is a leading the next generation of RO desalination. With its proprietary Closed-Circuit Desalination (CCD) process at the core of its water treatment systems, Desalitech’s technology lowers the average pressure required for reverse osmosis (RO) and provides other advantages, achieving significant operating cost and capital cost savings.
