Interpolation of probing data for groundwater modelling

Frida Agerberg who has studied the master´s programme Natural Resource Engineering specializing in environment and water recently published her master’s thesis “Data interpolation for groundwater modelling - How choice of interpolation method and sample size affect the modelling results” that she ha...

GreenNano final conference will be postponed

Due to the current circumstances, we have decided not to run the GreenNano final conference on November 11-12, 2020 as previously planned. Instead, we plan to arrange the final conference in late spring 2021 or in the autumn of 2021.

In the news: Corona rendering wastewater treatment in the summer cottage an environmental culprit?

The increased number of vacation in the summer cottage this year might cause problems for many older on-site wastewater treatment plants. Inga Herrmann, researcher at LTU within resource efficient sewage systems, explains how the sewer facilities in the summer cottage can be rendered more economical...

In the media: New "VA-guiden" (Water Guide) expert

Inga Herrmann has been appointed new member of the Water Guide's expert panel for small wastewater systems. "Ask the expert" is part of the Water Guide's support for those working with small-scale wastewater systems at public agenicies. The editors make the question anonymous and distribute it to th...

Does climate influence the content of indicator bacteria in stormwater?

Stormwater that originates from rain and snowmelt is an important component in the transport of pollutants to receiving waters that can be used for drinking water production and for water-based recreation. In Helen Galfi's recently published PhD thesis, potential sources and transport pathways of mi...

Swedish Water and Wasterwater Association Award for best thesis

Emelie Hedlund Nilsson, former student at Luleå University of Technology Master Programme in Natural Resources Engineering, wins the Swedish Water and Wastewater Association Award for best master's thesis in urban water engineering. The winner is awarded SEK 25,000.

High pressure on on-site wastewater systems this corona summer

Many will spend this year's vacation in a summer house to avoid the ravages of the coronavirus. This, in turn, will increase the pressure on on-site wastewater facilities that belong to a summer house. Researcher Inga Herrmann at Luleå University of Technology has studied these wastewater systems a ...

Multifunctional surfaces for rain and snow

Can integrated snow and stormwater systems in urban environments, multifunctional areas, be a way to avoid large snow deposits and polluted melt water?

Digital lecture on small-scale drains for houses and cottages

2 Jun. 2020 12:00 – 12:45 :

Project on spatial planning development granted

In stage 1 of the Formas call ”Planning for Transformation”, Maria Viklander, Luleå University of Technology, together with Östersund Municipality and Malmö City’s water company VA SYD, was granted funding to further develop the project “Achieving sustainable stormwater management in existing develo...

New research method improves understanding of metal treatment and environmental impact of stormwater

PhD student Katharina Lange tested a new method to investigate the metal treatment performance of stormwater bioretention systems.

Published master's thesis on the impact of grate inlets on flood simulation models

Daniel Lundqvist has studied the master´s programme Natural Resource Engineering specializing in environment and water. During the spring semester 2019, he wrote his master’s thesis ”Sensitivity analysis of grate inlet representation and a comparison of two coupled hydraulic models for urban flood s...

Newly appointed PhD student

The Urban Water research group was strengthened with Nikita Razguliaev as a PhD

New PhD at Urban Water Engineering

Ali Beryani was employed as PhD student in Urban Water Engineering at Luleå University of Technology in March 2020. His research focuses on sustainable stormwater management and treatment using bioretention systems.

A new postdoc

Kalpana Gopinath strengthens the research group at Urban Water Engineering at Luleå University of Technology as a post-doc since February 2020.

New staff

Mashreki Sami joined Luleå University of Technology on 17th of February 2020 as a PhD student in Urban Water Engineering

Master thesis work on microplastics

During the spring term 2020, Jonathan Svedin is doing his thesis work in one of the sub-projects of VA technology at Luleå University of Technology.

Advanced stormwater treatment in focus for new PhD student

Saida Kaykhaii started her PhD studies in February 2020. Her main field of research is advanced stormwater treatment focusing on membrane technology.

New PhD student at Urban Water Engineering

On February 3, 2020, Rasmus Klapp started his a PhD studies in the field of Urban Water Engineering at Luleå university of Technology

Final conference GreenNano

It is now clear that Vinnova has granted GreenNano's project time to be extended, which allows us (hopefully) to have a final conference.

Published:5 November 2013
Updated: 2 July 2020
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