Experimental Biology and Engineering at the Pilot Scale - Strategic Equipment
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
This National Facility for Experimental Biology and Engineering at the Pilot Scale aims to fulfill a strategically and critically important research infrastructure gap that prevents the sustainable provision of clean water for all. Our current decentralized wastewater treatment model needs replacing with those that generate energy from waste and recover resources such as nutrients. Wastewater treatment alone accounts for up to 1.0% of total UK and 1.3% of US electricity. It is both capitally and operationally expensive, for which the customer ultimately pays.
In the next century the global water industry must transition to novel low carbon low energy technologies that will recover value from wastewater while cleaning it to a high standard. The rigorous, replicated large-scale experimentation vital to meeting this goal is risky, costly and a significant barrier to innovation. This shared Facility will allow multiple international and national researchers to conduct large-scale experimental investigation of water engineering innovations that are scientifically rigorous and industrially credible. It will set a new global standard for wastewater research and place the UK as an international centre for innovation in wastewater treatment.
Most innovations die on the academic lab benches and are not effectively translated into engineering reality. This is because lab-scale innovations lack credibility with Industry practitioners. Most large-scale pilot studies are un-replicated, lack control and thus the rigor and prestige of the lab. The skepticism of practitioners is well founded. The scale-up of even relatively simple physical-chemical and single species reactors is complex and challenging. In open biological wastewater treatment systems, the composition and dynamics of the quintillion (billion billion billion) bacteria at the real larger scale differ profoundly from the thousand billion bacteria we see at the bench scale.
This National Facility will consist of replicated transportable custom-built modular wastewater treatment plants at 1-12 m^3 scale that includes conventional (activated sludge and trickling filters), new energy generating technologies (microbial electrochemical fuel cells and anaerobic reactors), and wetlands/lagoons that can be used to treat polluted run-off water in rural and city places (e.g. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems). These resources will help to reduce barriers to innovation by allowing the Water Industry and the next generation of water engineers and managers to accelerate the translation of innovations from research into the real world for the benefit of the economy, the customer and the environment we rely upon.
In the next century the global water industry must transition to novel low carbon low energy technologies that will recover value from wastewater while cleaning it to a high standard. The rigorous, replicated large-scale experimentation vital to meeting this goal is risky, costly and a significant barrier to innovation. This shared Facility will allow multiple international and national researchers to conduct large-scale experimental investigation of water engineering innovations that are scientifically rigorous and industrially credible. It will set a new global standard for wastewater research and place the UK as an international centre for innovation in wastewater treatment.
Most innovations die on the academic lab benches and are not effectively translated into engineering reality. This is because lab-scale innovations lack credibility with Industry practitioners. Most large-scale pilot studies are un-replicated, lack control and thus the rigor and prestige of the lab. The skepticism of practitioners is well founded. The scale-up of even relatively simple physical-chemical and single species reactors is complex and challenging. In open biological wastewater treatment systems, the composition and dynamics of the quintillion (billion billion billion) bacteria at the real larger scale differ profoundly from the thousand billion bacteria we see at the bench scale.
This National Facility will consist of replicated transportable custom-built modular wastewater treatment plants at 1-12 m^3 scale that includes conventional (activated sludge and trickling filters), new energy generating technologies (microbial electrochemical fuel cells and anaerobic reactors), and wetlands/lagoons that can be used to treat polluted run-off water in rural and city places (e.g. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems). These resources will help to reduce barriers to innovation by allowing the Water Industry and the next generation of water engineers and managers to accelerate the translation of innovations from research into the real world for the benefit of the economy, the customer and the environment we rely upon.
Planned Impact
The project team has an exceptional record of conducting high impact research. For example, research undertaken by the team, with project partner Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL), has been showcased at the highest levels of OFWAT and the Environment Agency, and the team's research directly informed the design of the UK's first ever large scale, low energy, treatment system for metal-polluted waters.
The main impacts of the National Facility for Experimental Biology and Engineering at the Pilot Scale will be in the water sector, and in particular with water companies nationally and internationally, the water sector supply chain, such as the large engineering consulting companies which design wastewater treatment plants, and regulators of the water environment. This research is about improving understanding of wastewater treatment and developing better ways to effectively and efficiently treat domestic and industrial wastewater and, in particular, to develop treatment systems that are low carbon and low energy, and which are able to successfully treat existing and new contaminants in wastewaters. Newcastle University already has a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with NWL to ensure that the research has an impact in the water industry, and the project team has very good links with Defra, the Environment Agency and international engineering consulting firms. We will ensure that these different organisations benefit from the research undertaken at the pilot plant facility by inviting representatives of these organisations to annual projects workshops. In addition the project Advisory Steering Committee will be made up of representatives from NWL, the Environment Agency, UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) and senior figures in the research community.
Users of the pilot plant facility will publicise their research and its results on a dedicated project website, which will ensure that the outcomes of the research reach as wide an audience as possible, both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, the project team will attend national and international conferences to ensure that the outcomes of research at the pilot plant facility are shared with a wide academic network, and results of projects will be published in journals widely read not only by academics but also by the water sector, to maximise benefit to industry. To help achieve the maximum impact a dedicated Research Impact Officer, and also a Science Communications Manager, will be actively involved in the project.
The main impacts of the National Facility for Experimental Biology and Engineering at the Pilot Scale will be in the water sector, and in particular with water companies nationally and internationally, the water sector supply chain, such as the large engineering consulting companies which design wastewater treatment plants, and regulators of the water environment. This research is about improving understanding of wastewater treatment and developing better ways to effectively and efficiently treat domestic and industrial wastewater and, in particular, to develop treatment systems that are low carbon and low energy, and which are able to successfully treat existing and new contaminants in wastewaters. Newcastle University already has a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with NWL to ensure that the research has an impact in the water industry, and the project team has very good links with Defra, the Environment Agency and international engineering consulting firms. We will ensure that these different organisations benefit from the research undertaken at the pilot plant facility by inviting representatives of these organisations to annual projects workshops. In addition the project Advisory Steering Committee will be made up of representatives from NWL, the Environment Agency, UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) and senior figures in the research community.
Users of the pilot plant facility will publicise their research and its results on a dedicated project website, which will ensure that the outcomes of the research reach as wide an audience as possible, both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, the project team will attend national and international conferences to ensure that the outcomes of research at the pilot plant facility are shared with a wide academic network, and results of projects will be published in journals widely read not only by academics but also by the water sector, to maximise benefit to industry. To help achieve the maximum impact a dedicated Research Impact Officer, and also a Science Communications Manager, will be actively involved in the project.
Organisations
- Newcastle University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Southern Water (Collaboration)
- National Biofilms Innovation Centre (Collaboration)
- Jacobs Engineering Group (Collaboration)
- Kelda Group (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Mott Macdonald UK Ltd (Collaboration)
- UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC (Collaboration)
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Scottish Water (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Royal HaskoningDHV (Collaboration)
- Northumbrian Water (Collaboration)
- Anglian Water Services (Collaboration)
- Northumbrian Water Group plc (Project Partner)
- Environment Agency (Project Partner)
- UK Water Industry Research (Project Partner)
Publications

Bagga M
(2023)
Assessing the potential application of bacteria-based self-healing cementitious materials for enhancing durability of wastewater treatment infrastructure
in Cement and Concrete Composites

Davenport, RJ
(2018)
Engineering biology for the circular economy in water resources
in Water Industry Journal

Leicester DD
(2020)
Optimising the Hydraulic Retention Time in a Pilot-Scale Microbial Electrolysis Cell to Achieve High Volumetric Treatment Rates Using Concentrated Domestic Wastewater.
in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
Title | BEWISe Site Drone Footage |
Description | Video product showing drone footage and video montage explaining the site and its unique selling points. Available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jDqWDGgkg&t=5s) and the BEWISe website (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/be-wise/the-facility/) |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Used in the media launch, academic launch, two MSc programmes for Environmental Engineering and for interested industry and academic parties. |
URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/be-wise/the-facility/ |
Title | Case study talking heads |
Description | Short videos from 4 academics and researchers who have used the facility for their research and explain how it has benefited them. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Was put on website for marketing purposes. |
URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/be-wise/the-facility/ |
Title | ClimateEmergencyChange |
Description | BEWISe panel as part of Climate Change and COP26 pop-up exhibition. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Seen by public in different prominent locations of the University - 136 followers on Twitter. |
Title | How Newcastle University Are Innovating In The Water Sector With BeWISE |
Description | A short animation about challenges in the water sector and the need for innovation through the BEWISe facility |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | 147 views to date - used in promotional presentations |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd0XSw5nx6g |
Description | Five pilot plants have been installed, three are undergoing commissioning. A new experimental rig for automatically monitoring biofilm growth and dynamics was developed and run with some initial data collected - it is being tested against a simulated biofilm as part of another EPSRC project (NUFEB; https://research.ncl.ac.uk/nufeb/) Testing and development of a novel on-line real-time BOD/toxicity sensor that is undergoing further development as a consequence of its deployment on the facility (BB/R005613/1, BIV2017003; BB/T008296/1) Gathering data on microbial acclimation during start-up and development of a novel monitored biofilm channel as part of the NUFEB project https://research.ncl.ac.uk/nufeb/; EP/K039083/1) Providing samples and water quality parameters for two EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award projects to improve monitoring of microbes in wastewater treatment plants, and Masters course teaching (Environmental Engineering) and dissertation (Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering) projects. Demonstrating rapid on-site DNA sequencing for waterborne pathogen detection and water quality monitoring training (UK-India Education Research Initiative project; https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/davidwerner/uk-india-education-research-initiative-ukieri/) Hosting staff and VIP visits; Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) visit the facility on a regular basis as part of its induction process for new staff. It is also one of only four NWL-owned innovation sites to which water sector VIPs visit (e.g. OFWAT Director of Strategy and Planning and the CEO of Environment Agency), escorted by the NWL CEO and the PI (Davenport) of the BEWISe project. Dissemination of facility to practitioners through invited articles in trade journals (Water Industry, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Water and Sewerage Journal). A new project investigating self-healing concrete (through microbial mineral deposition; an EPSRC-funded project, "Engineering induced carbonate precipitation by mesoscale simulations", EP/S013997/1) is using the facility for testing self-healing in the harsh wastewater environment. Interest in using the site has been received from industry and academia. One unsuccessful proposal was submitted to EPSRC, and four proposals are currently being actively pursued to use the facility (one on micropollutant removal, microbial electrolysis cells, and two on nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment). Two key workshops were held with prospective users of the facility - we obtained feedback on the application process and how they envisioned use of the facility, which we have acted upon. One event was a media launch, that enabled us to advertise the facility, the other was for prospective academic and industrial users to demonstrate the facility and the application process to access it. |
Exploitation Route | This will be an open facility for international academic researchers and collaborating water industry members. |
Sectors | Education Environment Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
URL | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/be-wise/ |
Description | The Biological Engineering Wastewater Innovation at Scale (BEWISe; as it is named) Pilot Facility is one of the most visible embodiments of Newcastle University's strategic partnership with Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL). In addition, it has helped to disseminate and highlight NWL's engagement and pursuit of innovation, being one of only a few selected sites that are shown to visiting dignitaries and also one of the sites visited as part of NWL's staff induction programme. The site also hosts NERC/BBSRC and EPSRC, and water industry funded research. It has resulted in recognition in the form Queen's Anniversary Prize, as part of the submission; national newspaper recognition for work carried out at the facility; and the set up of a spin out company that uses equipment at the facility. |
First Year Of Impact | 2023 |
Sector | Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
Impact Types | Cultural Economic |
Description | Introduction to the need and context of the BEWISe facility |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Introduction to the need and context of the BEWISe facility |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account - Innovation to Impact (Feasibility test for large scale Microbial Electrolysis Cells (MEC) with bespoke control systems unit) |
Amount | £9,999 (GBP) |
Organisation | Newcastle University |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 05/2023 |
Description | HEIF |
Amount | £15,400 (GBP) |
Organisation | Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2021 |
End | 06/2022 |
Description | IMAGINE: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RAPIDLY SURVEYING, MAPPING AND COMMUNICATING WATERBORNE HAZARDS |
Amount | £477,153 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/P028527/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2017 |
End | 04/2020 |
Description | METzero - Bringing the water sector towards Net-Zero using Microbial Electrochemical Technologies (METs) |
Amount | £1,058,516 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/X040356/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2024 |
End | 03/2028 |
Description | ToOLTuBES: Toxicity & Organic Load Tracking using BioElectrochemical Systems |
Amount | £486,900 (GBP) |
Funding ID | BB/R005613/1 |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2017 |
End | 12/2020 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Anglian Water Services |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Cranfield University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Jacobs Engineering Group |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Mott Macdonald UK Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | National Biofilms Innovation Centre |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Northumbrian Water |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Royal HaskoningDHV |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Scottish Water |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Southern Water |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | United Utilities Group PLC |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Welsh Water |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | BEWISe about trickling filter process emissions |
Organisation | Yorkshire Water |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We are carrying out a 12-month commercial research project at our facility to investigate nitrous oxide emissions from trickling filters. |
Collaborator Contribution | We are collaborating with Royal Haskoning (project managers of the project), Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (providing industry know-how and guidance), Farmiloe Fisher Ltd (technical guidance), and Cranfield University (verification with alternative data). The other partners; Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water, Southern Water, Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre are jointly funding the research (~£400K). |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | Collaboration with Northumbrian Water Ltd |
Organisation | Northumbrian Water |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We will carry out sampling and hydraulic tracer studies on Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) sites. |
Collaborator Contribution | They have provided H&S training and access to any of the sites we wish to visit and data on flows, tank sizes and design data. |
Impact | See publications. Coello-Garcia et al., Water Research, 2019 |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Event for Northumbrian Water Ltd Wastewater Operations teams |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Hosted the Northumbrian Water Ltd wastewater operations teams for a presentation, discussion and tour of the facility |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Host and tour to professional institute meeting: Institute of Water |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Hosted and presented to members of the Institute of Water - a professional body for water practitioners - and provided a tour of the facility |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.biofilms.ac.uk/technical-visit-to-bewise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tec... |
Description | Host for another industry-sponsored research project |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Host to two industrial sponsors of a PhD research project with a tour of the facility. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Industry presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | As part of the Newcastle University Frontiers in Engineering Biology project, the experimental work undertaken at BEWISe was presented. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited speaker at special workshop for international conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation for dissemination of research on NUFEB (https://research.ncl.ac.uk/nufeb/) and advertise the BEWISe Facility (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/be-wise/). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited workshop host/speaker at the European Wastewater Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited workshop to disseminate research findings from NUFEB (https://research.ncl.ac.uk/nufeb/) and advertise the BEWISe facility (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/be-wise/). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://ewwmconference.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/EWWM-Timetable-12.07.19.pdf |
Description | Presentation at industrial/academic conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Presented and advertised the facility to the environmental industries. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://conferences.aquaenviro.co.uk/proceeding-event/16th-european-waste-management-conference-ewwm... |
Description | Presentation to Wastewater Operation Team Leaders for Northumbrian Water Ltd |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting with the Director of Wastewater Operations and all the team leaders for Wastewater Operations in Northumbrian Water Ltd., to explain our research, the aims of the Pilot Plant facility and how we could learn from each other. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Tour for postgraduate Masters' students on Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology course |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | International postgraduate students visited the facility and asked questions about wastewater treatment and other environmental issues - led to a repeat invitation and a lecture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Visiting international academics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Two separate visits by academics from different international universities; Dr Shaaban Mgana from Ardhi University, Daar-e-Salaam, Tanzania and Professor Theodore Bouchez from the National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, Antony, France. The intended purpose was to show our Facility and our current research and to demonstrate how it might be useful to their research organisations in the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Workshop 'Portable molecular diagnostic for on-site microbial water quality monitoring' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | BEWISe Mobile Laboratory - the mobile lab was funded and branded by BEWISe to encourage efficiency of mobile laboratory research and testing. The lab has been used successfully by academics in the University e.g. Dr Kishor Acharya and Prof David Werner delivered a CPD workshop on 'Portable molecular diagnostic for on-site microbial water quality monitoring', using the BEWISe portable lab in a van. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.watersecurityhub.org/news-events/news/portable-molecular-diagnostics-site-microbial-wate... |