Abul Hussam – The Man Behind the SONO Filter
Abul Hussam, a Bangladeshi-American, won the Grainger Challenge Prize of a gold medal and $1 million in cash at the 2007 National Academy of Engineering. He is the genius behind the SONO arsenic filter. He invented the device in 2006 to rid arsenic from water found in wells in East India and in Bangladesh. Water from the Ganges River is highly contaminated and they are diverted to West Bengal and Bangladesh. The Ganges usually supply the wells with contaminated water filled with numerous viruses and bacteria which can bring about lung disease to the poor people of Bangladesh. Devoted Hindus from India bathe and throw ashes of the deceased loved ones, and throw many other things to the Ganges River and the poor Bangladeshis are at the bottom of the pyramid and gets it.
Abul Hussam is a Chemistry professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He is from Kushtia, Bangladeshn.
Education
Ph.D. Chemistry (Analytical), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. December 1982.
M.Sc. Chemistry (Physical-Inorganic) University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1976.
B.Sc. Honors in Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1975.
The SONO filter
Each filter contains 20 pounds of porous iron and locally available coarse river sand, which the arsenic binds to, separating from the drinking water which is drank by millions every day in the rural areas. Currently there are 30,000 of those filters in use in Bangladesh delivering safe water to the rural inhabitants. The SONO filter doesn’t need to be maintained so, it can be used by poor people without much effort.
The invention of the SONO filter is another proud invention that Desis can be proud of, thank you Abul Hussam.
Contact Information
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
Tel: 703-993-1085 (or 1087)
ahussam@gmu.edu, abulhussam@gmail.com
Sources: TIME Magazine , Georgia Mason University, Picture from GMU*
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