Project Details
Description
£4.990,00
Visit the University of Colorado Boulder (USA) (#50 in the United States of America) for 10 days to meet Professor Fernando L. Rosario Ortiz (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vY_7mdEAAAAJ) to establish case studies in the U.S.A. that could be used within the NERC proposal submitted to gather data to be analysed in terms of organic matter and pollutants concentrations and draft a proposal.
While there, the following proposal has been submitted as a PI:
OCEANIC: assessment of hydrO-sedimentological processes in Coastal marine Ecosystems And their iNfluence on ecologIcal serviCes - £99,849.00 within the scheme OPP478: NERC environmental sciences: global partnerships seedcorn fund 2024 - APP35637.
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Furthermore, this research excellence development fund was funded to visit Professor Bert Bosseler (https://www.ikt-online.org/about-us/contact-persons/) and visit the IKT-Institute for Underground Infrastructure (https://www.ikt-online.org/about-us/ikt/) for 5 days to gain experience and knowledge regarding one of the major institutes in Europe proposing new techniques for construction, operation and renovation of underground infrastructure in order to resolve practical and operational issues concerning underground sewers.
Sewer capacity is more frequently being exceeded during heavy rainfall, this could lead to inundation of sewage works and potential flooding. Additionally, there is also evidence that some water companies are spilling sewage also on days when it is not raining. Without rainwater to dilute the sewage this can lead to higher concentrations of sewage entering our waterways reaching coastal areas - and therefore is illegal.
I aim to draft a proposal that focuses on analysing the impact of new technologies in rehabilitating existing sewers and optimising new ones to reduce uncontrolled sewer discharges into coastal areas in the future.
While there, the manuscript "Large scale testing of temporarily flowable self-compacting backfill materials" has been completed and ready for submission.
Visit the University of Colorado Boulder (USA) (#50 in the United States of America) for 10 days to meet Professor Fernando L. Rosario Ortiz (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vY_7mdEAAAAJ) to establish case studies in the U.S.A. that could be used within the NERC proposal submitted to gather data to be analysed in terms of organic matter and pollutants concentrations and draft a proposal.
While there, the following proposal has been submitted as a PI:
OCEANIC: assessment of hydrO-sedimentological processes in Coastal marine Ecosystems And their iNfluence on ecologIcal serviCes - £99,849.00 within the scheme OPP478: NERC environmental sciences: global partnerships seedcorn fund 2024 - APP35637.
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Furthermore, this research excellence development fund was funded to visit Professor Bert Bosseler (https://www.ikt-online.org/about-us/contact-persons/) and visit the IKT-Institute for Underground Infrastructure (https://www.ikt-online.org/about-us/ikt/) for 5 days to gain experience and knowledge regarding one of the major institutes in Europe proposing new techniques for construction, operation and renovation of underground infrastructure in order to resolve practical and operational issues concerning underground sewers.
Sewer capacity is more frequently being exceeded during heavy rainfall, this could lead to inundation of sewage works and potential flooding. Additionally, there is also evidence that some water companies are spilling sewage also on days when it is not raining. Without rainwater to dilute the sewage this can lead to higher concentrations of sewage entering our waterways reaching coastal areas - and therefore is illegal.
I aim to draft a proposal that focuses on analysing the impact of new technologies in rehabilitating existing sewers and optimising new ones to reduce uncontrolled sewer discharges into coastal areas in the future.
While there, the manuscript "Large scale testing of temporarily flowable self-compacting backfill materials" has been completed and ready for submission.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/11/23 → 31/08/24 |
Collaborative partners
- Coventry University (lead)
- University of Colorado Boulder (Joint applicant)
- IKT - Institute for Underground Infrastructure gGmbH (Joint applicant)
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