By pursuing research in the School of Engineering you will join an extremely successful research group focussing on environmental civil engineering. Our mission is to foster, promote and conduct research of international quality. This means that we attract high quality graduates and researchers and train them to international standards.This research programme is ideal if you are enthusiastic about environmental engineering research. Our main research themes in environmental engineering are:
- engineered biological systems
- mining and metals in the environment
- biochemical processes in contaminated water, soils and sediments
- safe water and sanitation in developing countries
We offer MPhil and PhD supervision in the following research areas:
- anaerobic digestion
- manipulation of the fate of micro-pollutants
- pollutant sequestration
- bioremediation
- risk assessment
- sanitation and low-cost water supplies for developing countries
- waste stabilisation ponds
- constructed wetlands
- minewater treatment
- carbon neutral initiatives
- geothermal energy
Our microbiological research has a strong emphasis on understanding and engineering biological processes using ecological theory, underpinned by exploration of molecular techniques, eg fluorescent in situ hybridisation, quantitative PCR, and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
