Novel bioreactors for UV disinfection and resource recovery

Municipalities are facing significant challenges related to water treatment, including aging infrastructure, increasingly more stringent water quality limits (for drinking water) and discharge requirements (for wastewater), climate change and extreme weather events, constrained plant space, municipal budget stress, etc. Summer interns in this Mitacs project will be conducting research on novel bioreactors for UV disinfection and resource recovery from municipal wastewater to reduce cost, energy and footprint, and to improve environmental sustainability. These efforts will significantly enhance Trojan Technologies (Trojan)’s long-term competitiveness. It is expected that this academic / industry collaboration model will greatly benefit the learning and experience of summer interns, and will help accelerate innovation at Trojan. It is the first time for Trojan to apply the collaboration model with undergraduate students on a research project.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lars Rehmann

Student:

Partner:

Trojan Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program: