Topics in water treatment, resource recovery, environmental engineering

The course is meant to attain a thorough theoretical understanding of the various topics in water treatment, resource recovery and environmental engineering for PhD studies in the field. Relevant topics include water treatment processes, biological treatment processes, transport of pollutants (nutrients, metals, organics, micro-pollutants) in the environment and development of analytical methods. An emphasis will be made on a depth understanding of the selected topics in relevance to research in environmental engineering.

Knowledge: The candidate should be able to transfer the knowledge in research projects, and to contribute to the development of new theories and methods in the field.

Skills: The candidate should master key processes for assessment and the use of relevant methods for advanced water/wastewater treatment, resource recovery and water resources management, and to apply these to specific needs. The candidate should be able to use these skills to perform research at a high international level. The candidate should be able to assess the work of others on the same level.

General competence: The candidate should be able to use knowledge from the discipline for scientific assignments and projects, and to publish research results in recognized national and international channels.

The course is divided in a set of concentrated seminars / colloquium if there are 3 or more students. If fewer, individual teaching will be offered. A report on a given topic shall be given, presented as a scientific journal paper and presented as an oral conference presentation for the water treatment research group at the department. To pass the course a score of at least 70 percent is required (70 of 100 points).