News and calendar of Environmental Technology
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Award for technology that removes pharmaceutical residues from water
- A water purification technology developed in Wageningen has won the Vernufteling, an annual engineering award. The technology uses microorganisms and... -
Vasconcelos Fernandes appointed Professor International Education of Ecotechnologies for a Circular Economy
- The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research has appointed Dr. ir. Tânia Vasconcelos Fernandes as Special Professor of... -
Inauguration Annemiek ter Heijne: 'Environmental Technologies for Circularity'
- Professor of Environmental Technology, Annemiek ter Heijne, started her inaugural speech 'Environmental Technologies for Circularity', with the... -
Original new format for EU-ISMET conference
- During the sixth European Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET), held in Wageningen last... -
Science: Closing the plastic cycle: bioplastic conversion into chemical building blocks
- Due to a push towards the production of more nature-based materials, biobased plastics will slowly replace traditional oil-based plastics. But... -
New tenure tracker for ETE
- Since March 2023, Gabriel Sigmund has joined ETE in a tenure track position focusing on sorption technologies to reduce contaminants in soil and... -
Science: Cleaning oil-contaminated soil using bacteria and a bit of oxygen
- Using microorganisms and a smart design, PhD researcher Dilan Aydin, developed a method to effectively clean soil, contaminated with oil-derived... -
Huub Rijnaarts appointed as Scientific Director Circular Society at EWUU alliance
- The alliance of TU/e, WUR, UU, and UMC Utrecht (EWUU) has appointed two Scientific Directors and a Director EWUU Education to strengthen the... -
Annemiek ter Heijne appointed chair of Environmental Technology
- Annemiek ter Heijne has been appointed chair of the Environmental Technology group, part of Agrotechnology & Food Sciences at Wageningen... -
Using bio-sulfur as fertilizer in agriculture
- Sulfur can be recovered from wastewater as well as gas streams using microorganisms, resulting in elemental sulfur. However, the reuse of this...