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From July 04th to 19th, the seventh network training event of SuPER-W took place in Gent, Belgium. The main agenda of the training included evaluating the research progress of the ESRs research and improving their complementary skills.  Prof. Gijs Du Laing, the coordinator of SuPER-W project from Gent university, hosted this successful two-week event.  

On the 22nd and 23rd of October 2019 the first CAPTURE conference will take place in Ghent. With this two day conference we are aiming to explore and discuss opportunities and strengths that CAPTURE can offer towards a more sustainable and circular economy. The CAPTURE projects converge in three pipelines, named ‘CO₂ to product’, ‘water ‘fit for use’’ and ‘plastics to resource’. More information about CAPTURE can be found on the website, https://capture-resources.be/. 

Approaching the third year of SuPER-W's running, the efforts of students is bearing fruit. Our fellow ESR, Marco Hartl presented his work at the 8th International Symposium for Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control (WETPOL) in Aarhus, Denmark. Where he had an oral presentation titled "Emerging contaminants  removal in constructed wetlands operated as bio-electrochemical systems".
 

Students and professors from SuPER-W network will join their colleagues in Belgian charter of International Water Association (B-IWA) on their 5th Nocturnal event on July 4th in Mons.

The event starts at 15hrs and in addition to the usual networking event of B-IWA nocturnals, includes a workshop on "How to be a good mentior?" and a session of 3 minute pitches in layman terms on the water related technologies. Find more info on the event in the flyer or on the Website.

Our ESR fellow, Morez Jafari had chance to present his results on importance of biofouling properties in membrane process in R2T yearly show case in Ghent, Belgium. Here he shares his experience in R2T presentation: “ It was a great experience to present my PhD results for group of experts with such a vast and various background. It was great combination of industrial partners and academics audience. I enjoyed so much interacting with industrial partners to know better their needs from academic research.”

 Matthias Wessling, RWTH Professor and part of the SuPER-W network is the leibniz prize winner 2019. Like all of the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft in the programme of excellent people, the membrane expert receives a research prize of 2,5 Millions of euros. " we are very excited about the high recognition for this outstanding scientist. Matthias Wessling is considered one of the most productive and influential experts for and and polymerforschung ", says RWTH Aachen Rector Ulrich Rüdiger.

Our Fellow colleague, ESR Marco Hartl, from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya·BarcelonaTech published his first peer-reviewed journal article in the Science of total environment journal. the abstract of the paper reads:

Euromembrane 2018, the main membrane science event in Europe, was held in Valencia June 9th to 13th. The cinference was organized by EMS-European membrane society and hosted by Polytechnique University of Valencia and comprised of more than 250 oral presentations in 5 parallel sessions and 500 posters. From SuPER-W network, PaInT group from Ghent university contributed with several talks and posters, including a keynote speech from Dr. ir.

The first European water tech week will be held in Leeuwarden, the United Nations Innovating City for water technology, on September 24th to 27th. The annual Wetsus congress and WaterLink, by Water Alliance, are integrated to bring representatives from governments, policy makers, universities and industry together.

Click here to find complementary information and register.