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WATER RESEARCH IN CITEnterprise Ireland Water Research Showcase Event7th May 2014
Dr Dirk Pesch
Over 12,000 students Largest 3rd-Level Faculty of Science & Engineering Industry-driven & impact-focussed research Water Research across multiple Departments
CIT – Focussed on Science & Engineering
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• Industry-focussed Research & Innovation Cluster
• Focal Point for CIT Water Research• Partners: CIT, Cork County Council
and Cork City Council; and Irish Water• Drawing on 70 Staff Researchers and
campus-wide water-related facilities• €600k of water-specific projects• €3m project pipeline• Academic Partners: Ireland & EU• Major Industry Partners
Best-in-class solutions
Leading-edge water technologies and services
Partner with leading academia, companies & SMEs
New platform solutions for water
Focus Areas
WSSIC – CIT’s Water Research Cluster
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WSSIC & Partners – Water Research Areas…using a wide range of assets
• Instrumentation and Sensing Labs
• Water & Environment Labs
• Wastewater process equipment
• Mass Spectrometers: multiple types
• Real-World Water Test Beds
• Mallow Small Smart City
• Macroom Wastewater Test Bed
• CIT onsite infrastructure
Embedded sensing and control for
water systems Hydrology and flood management Dredge sediment management Anaerobic digestion and wastewater
treatment processes Energy from water-wastes Catchment and environment
monitoring Emerging contaminants and
advanced treatment methods
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Advanced sludge treatment with inert
& sterilized end products Export-oriented Client operating in
Saudi Arabia, South Africa and USA Cork County Council-owned test bed
– an operating WWTP CIT aspects: Self-optimising sensing,
remote monitoring & control system
AquaCritox ProjectInnovative Sludge Treatment
Innovative devices for unblocking
drains and pipes An Enterprise Ireland supported
Innovation Partnership with Dynorod
Ireland CIT aspects: Project Lead,
Technology Design and Development
Ultrasonic Devices ProjectAdvanced Pipe Unblocking
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Advanced wastewater aeration using
membrane technology Export-oriented Client deploying in
UK and North America Irish Times Innovation of the Year
2014 CIT aspects: Remote monitoring,
process control platform & control
system
OxyMem ProjectEfficient Wastewater Aeration
Assessing the proliferation of algal
blooms Targeting food safety in aquaculture Future sensor platform development Detection using CIT’s Mass
Spectrometers
PRTLI II & IV ProjectBiotoxin Detection & Analysis
ICPHR-MS
Triple Quad MS
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River & Estuarine Water Quality Intelligent Monitoring
Ammonia sensing system for the
marine environment Targeting markets from domestic to
aquaculture & fish-farming IP developed by CIT Product at company spin-out stage
AquaMonitor ProjectAmmonia Detection
Traditional and Real-time monitoring
of water quality parameters Sediment and Nutrient Loadings for
transport behaviour modelling Low-cost low-maintenance platforms
for continuous monitoring CIT aspects: Design and development
of all aspects
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WATER RESEARCH IN CITThanks to Enterprise Ireland, Local Authorities, and all our Industry Supporters