1. WATER RESEARCH IN CIT Enterprise Ireland Water Research Showcase Event 7 th May 2014 Dr Dirk Pesch  Over 12,000 students  Largest 3 rd -Level Faculty of Science & Engineering  Industry-driven & impact-focussed research  Water Research across multiple Departments CIT – Focussed on Science & Engineering

2. Industry-focussed Research & Innovation Cluster Focal Point for CIT Water Research Partners: CIT, Cork County Council and Cork City Council; and Irish Water Drawing on 70 Staff Researchers and campus-wide water-related facilities €600k of water-specific projects €3m project pipeline Academic Partners: Ireland & EU Major Industry Partners Best-in-class solutions Leading-edge water technologies and services Partner with leading academia, companies & SMEs New platform solutions for water Focus Areas WSSIC – CIT’s Water Research Cluster

3. WSSIC & Partners – Water Research Areas …using a wide range of assets Instrumentation and Sensing Labs Water & Environment Labs Wastewater process equipment Mass Spectrometers: multiple types Real-World Water Test Beds Mallow Small Smart City Macroom Wastewater Test Bed CIT onsite infrastructure  Embedded sensing and control for water systems  Hydrology and flood management  Dredge sediment management  Anaerobic digestion and wastewater treatment processes  Energy from water-wastes  Catchment and environment monitoring  Emerging contaminants and advanced treatment methods

4.  Advanced sludge treatment with inert & sterilized end products  Export-oriented Client operating in Saudi Arabia, South Africa and USA  Cork County Council-owned test bed – an operating WWTP  CIT aspects: Self-optimising sensing, remote monitoring & control system AquaCritox Project Innovative Sludge Treatment  Innovative devices for unblocking drains and pipes  An Enterprise Ireland supported Innovation Partnership with Dynorod Ireland  CIT aspects: Project Lead, Technology Design and Development Ultrasonic Devices Project Advanced Pipe Unblocking

5.  Advanced wastewater aeration using membrane technology  Export-oriented Client deploying in UK and North America  Irish Times Innovation of the Year 2014  CIT aspects: Remote monitoring, process control platform & control system OxyMem Project Efficient Wastewater Aeration  Assessing the proliferation of algal blooms  Targeting food safety in aquaculture  Future sensor platform development  Detection using CIT’s Mass Spectrometers PRTLI II & IV Project Biotoxin Detection & Analysis ICPHR-MS Triple Quad MS

6. River & Estuarine Water Quality Intelligent Monitoring  Ammonia sensing system for the marine environment  Targeting markets from domestic to aquaculture & fish-farming  IP developed by CIT  Product at company spin-out stage AquaMonitor Project Ammonia Detection  Traditional and Real-time monitoring of water quality parameters  Sediment and Nutrient Loadings for transport behaviour modelling  Low-cost low-maintenance platforms for continuous monitoring  CIT aspects: Design and development of all aspects

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8. Thanks to Enterprise Ireland, Local Authorities, and all our Industry Supporters