Current Postgraduate Research
The following research projects are currently being conducted within the Centre:
Water and wastewater Technology
- Effects of anoxia on protozoan communities in activated sludge operation.
- Foaming control in the activated sludge process using metabolic control
- Water Demand Management: A Strategy for Irish Water Sustainability
- Treatment of acid mine drainage in admixture with domestic wastewater
- Effect of wastewater characteristics on activated sludge treatment
Biogeochemistry
- Controls on sediment P release from temperate intertidal sediments in the Dutch Wadden Sea
- Nitrogen reduction in marine systems: in-situ study of alternative metabolic pathways linked to Coastal Groundwater Discharge
- Development of Remote Sensing as a Tool for Detection, Quantification and Evaluation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) to Irish Coastal Waters
Phenology
- Impacts of climate change on phenology in Ireland: An investigation of spatial and temporal mismatches within the plant-insect-bird system
Freshwater Ecology
- Dynamics of nutrients and algae in Irish turloughs
Sustainability
- Sustainable Urban Planning Decision Support Accounting for Urban Metabolism