Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) — NMBU, Norway
The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) was first established in 1859 as the Norwegian agricultural post-graduate college. The organisation has undergone several changes since then and from 1.1.2014 the Norwegian Veterinary College fusion with the University of Life Sciences (UMB) to form the NMBU. The Norwegian name of the university was changed from Universitet for miljø- og biovitenskap (UMB) to Norges miljø og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU). UMB had 7 departments and no faculties. Since 1.1.2014 NMBU has three faculties and 13 departments.
The institute for mathematical sciences and technology (IMT) is one of the seven departments under the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Technology. IMT has 5 research sections, where the Environmental technology and Building technology is one of themn with one established research group for water and environmental technology with focus on: water supply – treatment processes and transport systems; Conventional and decentralized wastewater systems, Urban hydrology and Water Hygiene and health risks. The group is leading several international projects and has internationally leading research in modelling and control of treatment processes. IMT has several pilot research facilities in-house, relevant for it’s research groups. These include experimental facilities for water and wastewater treatment, biogas production, renewable energy research etc.
IMT has the highest number of students (over 1000 of a total of 5700) among the 13 departments of NMBU. IMT has 70 PhD students at present of the total of about 500 at NMBU. There are many different nationalities at NMBU; the international students make up 20% of all students at the University. Of the 1160 University staff, more than half hold scientific positions. For further information please consult the website : www.nmbu.no
Project related courses offered:
- Rapid Methods for Assessing Environmental Parameters, Laboratory Course
- Treatment of Water and Sewage: Basic course
- On-Site Wastewater Treatment – Planning, Design and Impact Assessment
- Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage
- Treatment of water and wastewater: advanced course
- Water Engineering
- Water Resources Management and Treatment Technologies
- Innovation Policy and Entrepreneurship
- Innovation Enterprise
- Innovation
- Technical Innovation
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- Academic Writing
- Academic Writing and publishing
Project participants
Harsha Ratnaweera
Prof., Dr.Ing.
Professor in water technology and the Head of Research at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Represents Norway at the European Water Association. Coordinator of “Water Harmony Erasmus+” project.
harsha@nmbu.no
MSc (1987) at National Technical University of Ukraine; PhD (1992) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Research interests
- Coagulation of water and wastewater
- Process optimisation of chemical and biological processes
- Membrane processes for drinking water and wastewater
- Surveillance of water quality and remote data processing
- NOM/Colour removal from drinking water
- Image processing in water treatment for process optimisation
- Increase plant availability of phosphates in wastewater sludge
- Modelling of treatment processes
- Statistical methods in water: virtual/software sensors
Zakhar Maletskyi
PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow at NMBU, Project secretary
zakharm@nmbu.no
Research interests
- Membrane Technologies for Water & Wastewater Treatment (MF/UF/RO)
- Membrane Biological Reactors (MBR)
- Adsorption and Ion Exchange for Water Treatment
- Characterization and removal of Natural Organic Matter (NOM)
- Residuals utilization in wastewater treatment
- Instrumental methods for water analysis and monitoring, GIS-based solutions
