Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering is focused on developing sustainable processes to improve the natural and built environment for all living beings.

Loch Tay with a snowy Ben Lawers and blue sky in the background
Loch Tay, Scotland

We are interested in the design of Civil and Environmental Engineering systems for people - systems that provide vital services such as water, sanitation and wastewater management. Our research involves water treatment and supply; wastewater treatment and management; land remediation; waste recycling, recovering and disposal; environmental sustainability; ensure public health and sanitation in urban, rural and recreational areas.

Environmental Engineering lab with researchers abd students working
Environmental Engineering Laboratory

Research Projects

  • Bacterial Removal from Recycled Water from Aquaculture Activities
  • Bioenergy from Waste for Sustainable Heat and Power Production
  • Community-Based Waste-Water Treatment in International Development
  • Development and use of an Advanced ZVI Nanomaterial for Water Treatment Applications
  • Engineering the Byzantine water supply: construction procurement and operation
  • Geobag Revetments for river bank reinforcement in Bangladesh
  • Health and Safety in Voluntary Sector Construction
  • Nanomaterials for Water Treatment
  • Removal of Chlorophenols by Biochar
  • Sustainable Desalination with the Implementation of Forward Osmosis
  • Sustainable Oxidation Processes for the treatment of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
  • Wastewater Bioremediation from Filamentous Algae
  • Development of an effective tertiary wastewater treatment technology for removing contaminants of emerging concern
  • Health and Safety in Voluntary Sector Construction Projects

Research Facilities

Environmental Engineering laboratories are based within the William Rankine building and include both common and specialised facilities such as membrane systems, advanced oxidation processes (AOP) set-ups and biological reactors. The latest analytical and microbiology instruments are currently available in our laboratory.

Academics

Dr Athanasios Angeloudis: Environmental fluid mechanics, tidal energy generation, off-shore renewable energy, numerical methods.
 
Prof Lindsay Beevers: Developing numerical models to understand and quantify hydrological extremes, (floods and droughts) and their impacts within cities. 
 
Dr Thalia Chatzisymeon: Physical and chemical treatment processes; advanced oxidation and (photo)catalytic processes for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern; life-cycle analysis of treatment technologies.
 
Dr Encarnación Medina López: Remote sensing using multi and hyperspectral satellite imagery, in situ data, and machine learning techniques to investigate processes modelling the coastal environment.
 
Dr Gavin Melaugh: Biological wastewater treatment processes, biofilms.
 
Dr Santiago Romero-Vargas: Membrane-based processes for potable water production, bioadhesion and biofouling, environmental colloid and interface science, molecular simulation of aqueous systems.
 
Dr Andrea Semiao: Membrane-based processes for water treatment, resource recovery.

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