PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering - Environmental

Edith Cowan University

Environmental Engineering research at ECU concentrates on developing sustainable solutions to curb the undesirable effects of human activities on the environment air land and waterThese include pollution climate change water demand and availability land use and contamination as well as industrial and household waste generation Specific postgraduate research topics are developed in conjunction with the postgraduate coordinator or potential supervisor however applications are particularly encouraged from those with an interest in Novel and advanced technologies Integrated water treatment technologies for minimising carbon footprint Harvest and reuse of stormwater Desalination and renewable energy Aeration system for improving water quality Economic sediment removal techniques Sustainable energy generation and environmental waste management Researchers in the school are currently involved in projects investigating the removal of heavy metals in wastewater using agrowaste hybrid desalination technologies and advanced water treatment systems The School also has a fullyequipped laboratory with advanced water and wastewater treatment equipment such as the dissolved air floatation adsorption anaerobic water treatment advanced oxidation biofilm process depth filtration as well as precipitation and flocculation systems

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