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New Projects

New Projects. 1. QUB21/09/12 “Phosphorus removal and recovery from waste” Dr J. McGrath & Dr J. Quinn (QUB) Project Champion: Sam Irwin (NI Water) Application to InterTrade Ireland for INNOVA funding £420K requested for 18 month project

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New Projects

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  1. New Projects • 1. QUB21/09/12 “Phosphorus removal and recovery from waste” Dr J. McGrath & Dr J. Quinn (QUB) • Project Champion: Sam Irwin (NI Water) • Application to InterTrade Ireland for INNOVA funding • £420K requested for 18 month project • Successful at first stage - £10K awarded for Project Planning and preparation of Full Proposal • Lead Companies: • Enva Ireland Ltd • Williams Industrial Services Ltd • Also PhD funded as part of ATWARM Marie Curie

  2. New Projects (2) • 2. DCU/QUB2/09/12 “Use of Molecular Biology, solid state NMR and stable isotope studies to track the fate of contaminants in the environment, waste treatment systems and other applications that depend on microbial consortia” Dr C. Allen (QUB), Dr L. Kulakov (QUB), Prof M.Larkin (QUB), Dr B. Kelleher (DCU) • Project Champion: Mike Spence (Shell Global Solutions) • QUB • Application to INI (£250K) • Lead company: Whiteford Geoservices Ltd • DCU – PhD funded by QUESTOR • Plus potential TIE Project with the Water and Environmental Technology (WET) Centre at Temple University (US)

  3. New Projects (3) • 3. DCU7/09/12 “Development of novel adsorbents for the removal of high priority organic pollutants from water and wastewater using photocatalysis” Dr A. Morrissey, Dr J. Tobin (DCU) • Project Champion: FinbarrPyne (Enva Ireland Ltd) • PhD funded by QUESTOR • 4. CRA1/09/12 “Influence of microbial community diversity and stability on methane production in AD” Dr F. Coulon, Dr R. Villa, Dr S. Tyrrel (CRA) • Project Champion: Robert Brennan (B9 Organic Energy Ltd) • CASE Studentship (QUESTOR will fund the industrial contribution) • 5. QUB 23/10/13 “ The development and assessment of methods to improve settling and control of microthrixparvicella that mediates the bulking of activated sludges” Prof M.Larkin , Dr L. Kulakov, Dr.S. Patrick (QUB) • Project Champion : Gerald Jones (Modern Water plc) • Application to be made to INI

  4. EU Framework VII Marie Curie Initial Training Network 14 PhDs plus 2 Post Docs Academic Partners: QUB, DCU, UDE, IWW, CRA Industrial Partners: NI Water, TE Laboratories Ltd + QUESTOR Membership Funding approved: €3.5M

  5. Competence Centre for Renewable Energy (InSPIRE) • New Invest Northern Ireland (INI) Funding Programme for Industry Driven Research • Expression of Interest submitted 22 April (includes the QUESTOR Members plus affiliated companies) • Combines all of the renewable energy expertise at QUB with the research needs of participating companies • £7 - £10M funding over 5 years • Industrial contribution 25% (can be in kind) • Research and Technology Transfer

  6. InSPIRE Management Structure QUESTOR Industrial Advisory Board Affiliated Companies Steering Committee Chair (appointed by IAB) QUESTOR Centre Director Project Manager Chair of Each Cluster (four industrial representatives) Chair Research Management Team Research Management Team Academic & Research staff from QUB & AFBI Management Team QUESTOR Centre Director Project manager Administrator

  7. InSPIRE PROJECT SELECTION QUESTOR INDUSTRAL ADVISORY BOARD AFFLIATED COMPANIES STEERING COMMITTEE CLUSTER 1 ENERGY FROM BIOMASS CLUSTER 2 TURBINE DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURE CLUSTER 3 INTEGRATION AND STORAGE CLUSTER 4 ENERGY EFFICIENCY CORE RESEARCH PROGRAMME TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER EXPLOITATION AND COMMERCIALISATION

  8. Knowledge and Innovation Community Water Technology (KICWT) • Funded By the European Institute of Innovation and Technology • Objective: To build optimised networks of innovation including education, research, business and entrepreneurship • Funds Requested: €172M

  9. Principal Partners: • WETSUS (The Netherlands) – Lead Partner • The QUESTOR Centre • EIT + WRC (Poland) • BEFESA (Spain) • Tampere University of Technology (Finland)

  10. Supervisory Board Participating Companies Participating Institutes Executive Board International Management Team Programme Council Co-Location N.Ireland Main Location the Netherlands Co-Location Poland Co-Location Finland Co-Location Spain Programme Board Programme Board Programme Board Programme Board Programme Board Theme Committees Theme Committees Theme Committees Theme Committees Theme Committees

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