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The Centre for Water and
Environmental Research (ZWU)
Introduction
IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
Prof. Dr. Bernd Sures (Vice Director ZWU)
Dr. Michael Eisinger (Managing Director ZWU)
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Numbers and facts
Central scientific institution at the University of Duisburg-
Essen (UDE)
Coordination of the university-wide Main Research Area
Urban Systems, together with the Centre for Logistics and
Traffic (ZLV)
100 members out of 22 research groups and 6 faculties of
UDE + external members from the other UAR-universities
(Ruhr University Bochum, Technical University Dortmund),
further institutions and regional water boards
Scientific board with 10 members
Management office and managing director, secretary,
scientific and student assistants
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Mission
Bringing together top research in the fields of:
Water and wastewater technologies
Freshwater ecology
Aquatic microbiology and water hygiene
Environmental toxicology
Hydraulic engineering and water resources management
Urban water and waste management
Water chemistry and analytical chemistry
Research networks and cooperation
(regional – national – international)
Centre for international water education (Master and PhD)
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU –Water expertise
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Water education
Biodiversity
(together with
UDE)
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Vision
Water Competence Centre (Industry/Academia)
The Centre for Water and
Environmental Research (ZWU)
IWaTec and other existing cooperation
projects with Egyptian partners
IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Niemann (Member of the managing
board of ZWU)
Dr. Michael Eisinger (Managing Director ZWU)
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
projects in 3 out of 4 program lines!
Program line 1: transformation partnerships
Program line 2: short and medium term cooperation activities
Program line 3 joint master courses
Program line 4: German-Arab Research Partnerships – Al Tawasul
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
a) IWaTec - Integrated Water Technologies
(program line 1: transformation partnerships)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mathias Ulbricht; Coordination: ZWU (Simon Kresmann)
Main Egyptian partner: Fayoum University
Other Egyptian partners: National Research Centre, Egypt Nanotechnology Centre; Water
Holding Company
Other UDE partners: Prof. Dr. T. Schmidt, Prof. Dr. H.-C. Flemming, Prof. Dr. B. Sures, Prof.
Dr.-Ing. R. Widmann, Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Niemann, Prof. Dr. M. Denecke,
Prof. Dr. S. Barcikowski, Prof. Dr. D. Lupascu
Postgraduate program in Integrated Water Technologies for Egyptian Master Students
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
a) IWaTec - Integrated Water Technologies
(program line 1: transformation partnerships)
focus on scientific cooperation through small projects (master theses of Egyptian
students; 8 per year (24 in 3 years)
summer school in Essen, and winter school in Egypt
additional training at UDE and practical training in Egypt
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
a) IWaTec - Integrated Water Technologies
(program line 1: transformation partnerships)
Projects 2012/13
1. Removal of chlorophenols from water by using low cost agricultural wastes
(WG Schmidt, FU)
2. Water purification using NF and RO membranes (WG Ulbricht, NRC, EGNC)
3. Prevalence of Trematode snails from different localities in Fayoum Governorate (WG
Sures, FU)
4. Role of fish from different water localities in Fayoum Governorate as a source of
parasitic infection to humans (WG Sures, FU)
5. Fabrication of advanced microfiltration membranes using electrospinning
(WG Ulbricht, DTNW, NRC, EGNC)
6. Comparison of process performance and treatment efficiency of a hybrid CAS-MBR
wastewater treatment plant (EGLV, HCWW, NRC)
7. Biological hydrogen production from algae biomass (WG Widmann, NRC)
8. Purification treatment for drainage water feeding Lake Qarun, El-Fayoum
(WG Niemann, FU)
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
a) IWaTec - Integrated Water Technologies
(program line 1: transformation partnerships)
Projects 2013/14
1. Bio-sorbents as alternative material for the removal of organic pollutants from water
(WG Schmidt, FU)
2. Decontamination and recycling of industrial wastewater by combining solar photo-catalytic
and biological treatment (WG Widmann, WG Lupascu, AG Schmidt, NRC)
3. Digester Liquid Treatment using Partial Nitritation and Anammox Processes (EGLV,
HCWW, NRC)
4. Efficacy of molluscicide treatment on prevalence of trematode infection in snails in
Fayoum governorate, Egypt (WG Sures, FU)
5. Feasibility Study of Using Solar Energy for Satisfying the Energy Demands of Waste
Water Treatment Plants (WG Niemann, EGNC, FU, HCWW)
6. Surface Modification of Water Purification Systems to Prevent Biofouling (WG Ulbricht,
DTNW, FU, EGNC)
7. Synthesis and Characterization of Efficient Polyamide Thin Film Nancomposite
Membranes (WG Ulbricht, FU, EGNC, NRC)
8. Performance of different membranes for Desalination (IUTA e.V., WG Ulbricht, FU, EGNC)
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
a) IWaTec - Integrated Water Technologies
(program line 1: transformation partnerships)
Projects 2014/15
1. Genetic Studies and Molecular Identification of lymnaeid snails (Family Lymnaeidae) in
certain governorates in Egypt (WG Sures, Bilharz Institute)
2. Evaluation of the biogas potential from rice straw with help of enzymes (WG Denecke, FU)
3. Removal of organic pollutants by an immobilized photocatalyst in presence of solar light
(WG Schmidt, NRC)
4. Development of integrated wastewater treatment systems with algae for small
communities (WG Widmann, FU)
5. Laser-generated Polymer Nanocomposites for Water Purification
(WG Barcikowski, FU/EGNC, NRC)
6. Manufacturing of photocatalytic Janus-Particles and testing their effectiveness
(WG Lupascu, NRC)
7. Surface Modification of NF and RO membranes by Layer by Layer Assembly
(WG Ulbricht, FU/EGNC, NRC)
8. Ultrathin Reverse Osmosis Membranes by Layer by Layer Assembly
(WG Ulbricht, FU/EGNC, NRC)
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
a) IWaTec - Integrated Water Technologies
(program line 1: transformation partnerships)
Winter school 2013, Fayoum University
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU - Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
b) SusWaTec - The First Egyptian-German Workshop on
Sustainable Water Technologies
(program line 2: short and medium term cooperation activities)
Coordination: Ulbricht/ ZWU
Other UDE partners: various ZWU members
Egypt: Fayoum University and Egypt Nanotechnology Research Center
Workshop with other “water transformation projects” from TU Munich, TU Braunschweig,
INGREF/Tunesia and University of Jordan
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
b) SusWaTec
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
b) SusWaTec
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
b) SusWaTec
Cultural program
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
c) SURSYS - Establishment of a scientific research group on surface and
interface engineering of integrated systems“
(program line 4: German-Arab Research Partnerships – Al Tawasul)
Coordination: Ulbricht/ ZWU
Other German partner: Dörsam (The Institute of Printing Science and Technology,
Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD)
Principle investigator: Dr. Ahmed S. G. Khalil (Alumnus), EGNC/Cairo University, Egypt
Co-workers: Dr. Rami Ghannam (Co-PI), EGNC
Two PhD students
One master student
Topics:
1. Performance enhancement of solar cells using low cost methods
2. Formulation and printing of nanoinks for electronic and optoelectronic devices
3. Fabrication of smart anti-fouling stimuli-response nanofiltration (NF) / reverse osmosis
(RO) membranes
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
c) SURSYS
Labs of Prof. Ulbricht at UDE
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
1. German-Arab Transformation Partnership with Egypt
d) 3rd IWaTec Winter school in El Gouna (2015)
Coordination: Ulbricht/ ZWU
Egypt: Fayoum University, National Research Centre, Egypt Nanotechnology Centre; Water
Holding Company
Together with TU Berlin
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
International cooperation within DAAD programs
2. Academic dialogue with the Islamic world
SusWaDialogue - Water Management and Sustainability from a Cultural and Social
Perspective – a Dialogue between Germany, Iran, Egypt and Indonesia”
Coordination: Niemann/ ZWU
Other UDE partners: ZfH (Centre for Higher Education Development and Quality Enhancement)
Egypt: Fayoum University, Ain Shams University, Cairo University Egypt Nanotechnology
Centre
Iran: Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, University of Teheran
Indonesia: Institut Teknologi Bandung
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
SusWaDialogue: the project in a nutshell
A dialogue on pathways towards sustainable water
management
Important: same goals – different needs
Strong influence of the individual cultural background
Water issues have to be tackled interdisciplinary
project duration: 3 years
two groups:
o Scientists (Professors/Lecturers.)
o Young Scientists“ (post-doc level),
+ permanent staff of participating countries
two workshops a year (one in Germany, one in a
partner country)
networking phases for the young scientists
scientific and cultural/social exchange
development of a student exchange program
development of multi-national master modules
„Sustainable Water management and global water
problems“ (working title)
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Cooperation projects with Egypt
SusWaDialogue: the role of Fayoum University (FU)
Workshops on QM and QC (together with ZfH)
Faculty of Science offers:
some courses that are related to water sciences and technologies and are
taught to undergraduate and post-graduate students.
develop an intensive program in water technologies for Egyptian master
students (cf. IWaTec project, DAAD)
FU has received funding from the EU in the areas of leadership and e-
learning.
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IWaTec Winter School 2015, TU Berlin / Campus El Gouna, 22 Febr. - 1 March 2015
ZWU – Contact
Dr. Michael Eisinger
Managing Director
Centre for Water and Environmental Research
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitätsstr. 2
45141 Essen
Germany
Tel. + +49 (0)201n183 3890
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.uni-due.de/zwu