Green Research for Environmental and Agricultural Technologies (GREAT)
Priority Research Directions:
• Biowaste-to-Resource Supply Chain
• Agricultural Wastewater Reuse
• Healthy Watershed Management
• Green Infrastructure Practices
• Nexus Analysis and Optimization
Approaches:
• Interfacial and Surface Chemistry
• Electrochemical Reaction Engineering
• Integrated Assessment
Latest Projects
THEME 1: Waste-to-Resource Technologies for a Circular Agriculture (Bio-economy)
Utilization of Anaerobic Digestate for Recovering High Value-Added Products, such as Humic Acid and Nutrients; Valorization of Alkaline Solid Wastes as Green Materials, such as Marine Blocks, Abiotic Catalysts, Geopolymer, Substrates in Bioretention Systems.
THEME 2: Precision Separation for Wastewater Reclamation and High Value-Added Product Recovery
Deployment of Advanced Electrodeionization for Agricultural Water Reuse; Development of Electrokinetic Separation for Valuable Resources Recovery to Achieve a Circular Economy; Integration of Clean and Emerging Energy (e.g., geothermal, solar PV, wind) for Electrokinetic Separation.
THEME 3: Healthy Watershed Management and Sponge City
Development of Strategic Framework for Addressing Security and Sustainability of FEW Elements towards a Smart City; Engineered Natural Systems for Sustainable Water Resource Management in Large Cities: Theory, Design, Monitoring and Assessment; Assessment of the Role of Green Technology and Engineering in FEW Nexus in the Face of Global Climate Change.