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Current Research Projects

Project Case Studies

List of current projects at QUESTOR: by cluster.

Water and Wastewater; Waste and Remediation; Environmental Monitoring; Energy from Biomass

Water and Wastewater

QUESTOR Project DCU7/09/12 Ross O’Dwyer: Dublin City University.

Removal of high priority organic pollutants

QUESTOR Project QUB24/10/13 Ryan Hill: Queen's University Belfast.

Green ozone technology for water and wastewater treatment.

QUESTOR Project DCU4/08/11 Nora Engels: Dublin City University.

Pesticide removal from drinking water.

QUESTOR Project SIT2/10/13 Zhonghou Xu: Stevens Institute of Technology.

Novel Process for Treatment of Nitrate in Wastewater.

QUESTOR Project DCU10/11/14 Monica Epifanio: Dublin City University.

Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) for primary wastewater treatment.

ATWARM Project 2.1, Svetlana Gasanova: IWW Water Centre/University of Duisburg-Essen.

Novel process for eliminating recalcitrant organic contaminants.

ATWARM Project 2.2 Zahra Gholamvand: Dublin City University.

Development of novel processes for organics removal from water & wastewater.

ATWARM Project 2.3 Darragh Hobbs: Queen's University Belfast.

Phosphorus removal & recovery from wastewater.

ATWARM Project 2.4 Carlo Pozza: University of Duisburg-Essen.

Nutrient removal in wastewater.

ATWARM Project 2.5 Giacomo Bertini: IWW Water Centre/ University of Duisburg-Essen.

Prevention and tracking of priority substances in activated sludge.

ATWARM Project 2.7 Yolanda Aguilera: Cranfield University.

Anaerobic wastewater treatment.

ATWARM Project 2.8 Beatrice Smyth: Northern Ireland Water.

Improving the carbon footprint of water utilities.

ATWARM Project 3.4 Yoann Glocheux: QUESTOR Centre, Queen's University Belfast.

Arsenic removal from water using adsorbents.

ATWARM Project 3.6 Cecilia Fenech: Dublin City University.

Improved identification and characterisation of nitrate pollution sources.

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Waste and Remediation

QUESTOR Project DCU QUB2 09 12 B Murphy: Dublin City University/ Queen's University Belfast.

Tracking the fate of contaminants in the environment.

QUESTOR Project SIT4/10/13 Aspasia Kalomoiri: Stevens Institute of Technology.

Decision Tool for Assessing Green and Sustainable Soil and Groundwater Clean-up.

ATWARM Project 3.1 Feng Liang: IWW Water Centre/ University of Duisburg-Essen.

Fast on-site monitoring of gasoline-related compounds at contaminated sites.

ATWARM Project 3.2 Alessandra Frau: Queen's University Belfast.

Development of rapid technologies for the assessment of biodegradation potential in contaminated groundwater using gene array technologies.

ATWARM Project 3.3 Vasilious Samaras: TE Laboratories, Repbulic of Ireland.

To further develop and improve existing Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) methods which can be validated to ISO17025 with improved detection limits in the range C9-C40.

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Environmental Monitoring

QUESTOR Project DCU5 08 11 Imogene Blignaut: Dublin City University.

Detection of petroleum leaks in pipelines.

QUESTOR Project DCU8/10/13 Dian Zhang: Dublin City University.

Early warning sensing networks using digital imagery and surrogate sensor measurements (ImageSense).

QUESTOR Project DCU9/11/14 Deirdre Cogan: Dublin City University.

Next Generation Autonomous Chemical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

ATWARM Project 3.5 Ciprian Briciu: Dublin City University.

Long-term deployment of a faecal matter sensor in a marine & freshwater environment.

ATWARM Project 3.7 Bartosz Ziólkowski: Dublin City University.

Next generation autonomous analytical platforms for remote environmental monitoring. Project 1: Microfluidic platforms incorporating stimulus-responsive materials for Water Quality.

ATWARM Project 3.8 Monika Czugala: Dublin City University.

Next generation autonomous analytical platforms for remote environmental monitoring. Project 2: Generation of fully functioning biomimetic analytical platforms for Water Quality.

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