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