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, 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

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

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 CIT

WATER RESEARCH IN CITThanks to Enterprise Ireland, Local Authorities, and all our Industry Supporters