INSTITUTE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTAMINATED SITE TREATMENT

History Part of the Faculty of Forestry, Geo and Hydrosciences Founded in 1995, as cooperation of two chairs: - Chair of Waste Management - Chair of Contaminated Site Treatment System Analysis and Computer Science also joined later Pirna, upon the banks of the Elbe River (15 km SE from Dresden)Location

About 40 people (education and research): chemists, geologists, civil engineers, microbiologists and computer scientistsStaff members Basic training and education focused on: - German diploma/masters study course; - International master program: Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment Research activities

Basic study programEducationIntermediate study programAdvanced study program

Endownment (?)Modern and high quality laboratories, lecture rooms and facilities.Large spatial capacities for research reactors, such as: landfill simulation reactors lysimeters soil columns laboratory sewage treatment plants fluidised bed reactors

CHAIR WASTE MANAGEMENTProf. Dr. Bernd BilitewskiResearchMain field of research Risk assessment and long-term risk management of landfills Waste collection strategies and waste fees Thermal and mechanical treatment of waste Development of new recycling methods and production of refuse derived fuel Biological and thermal treatment of sewage sludge Research on endocrine active substances in sewage sludge, wastewater and soil

Ongoing projects European Waste Management Cluster EUWMC Integration of solid waste management tools into specific settings of European and Asian communities ISTEAC Implementation of masters course Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment, Vietnam Development of software for European WASTE TOOL management of construction waste Thermic waste treatment for recycling of heavy metals SAB Feasibility study on a biogas plant in South of Vietnam RENEWCHAIR WASTE MANAGEMENTProf. Dr. Bernd BilitewskiResearch

CHAIR CONTAMINATED SITE TREATMENTProf. Dr. Peter WernerResearchMain field of research Microbiological treatment and natural attenuation processes of contaminated sites Physico-chemical treatment of contaminants Applicability of different electron acceptors i.e. nitrates, sulphates, iron Risk assessment and risk management of sites contaminated with petroleum, PAH, halogenated solvents, BTEX, MTBE, and ammonia Microbiological sorption and solubilisation of heavy metals and metalloids Microbiological treatment of highly saline industrial wastewater

CHAIR CONTAMINATED SITE TREATMENTProf. Dr. Peter WernerResearchOngoing projects Enhanced natural attenuation of MTBE-contaminated sites METLEN Nitrate-based microbial degradation of hydrocarbons SPANDAU Natural attenuation of creosote-contaminated sites WLKNITZ Feasibility study on a biogas plant in South of Vietnam RENEW

SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SCIENCESProf. Dr. Peter-Wolfgang GrberResearchMain field of research Simulation and Decision Support System for leakage and groundwater prognosis Determination of groundwater protection areas using FUZZY-methods Methods for indirect parameter identification of geo-hydrological systemsOngoing projects Development of a computer-based SIWAPRO-DSS decision support system for the forecast of landfill leaching

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