WATER RESEARCH IN CIT Enterprise Ireland Water Research Showcase Event 7 th May 2014 Dr Dirk Pesch Over 12,000 students Largest 3 rd -Level Faculty of Science & Engineering Industry-driven & impact-focussed research Water Research across multiple Departments CIT – Focussed on Science & Engineering
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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
• 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
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
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,