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Environmental Biotechnology Department

Environmental Biotechnology Department. Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering Silesian University of Technology Gliwice. Grzegorz Cema. ebd-01. Helsinki 1499 km. Stockholm 1263 km. Moscow 1538 km. Berlin 454 km. London 1511 km. Kijev 966 km. Paris 1433 km. Gliwice.

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Environmental Biotechnology Department

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  1. EnvironmentalBiotechnology Department Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering Silesian University of Technology Gliwice Grzegorz Cema ebd-01

  2. Helsinki 1499 km Stockholm 1263 km Moscow 1538 km Berlin 454 km London 1511 km Kijev 966 km Paris 1433 km Gliwice Bruxelles 1115 km Lviv 460 km Zurich 1060 km Roma 1509 km Athina 1989 km Budapest 407 km SILESIANUNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ebd-02

  3. GLIWICE • Gliwice was first mentioned as a town in 1276 and was ruled during the Middle Ages by the Silesian Piastdukes • City populationat 2010 - 195 472 • .Famostpeople: Jerzy Buzek, Lukas Podolski, Oskar Troplowitz, ebd-03

  4. GÓRNY ŚLĄSK Upper Silesia Region Its population is about 2.7 million Central part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region - Upper Silesian Metropolis ebd-04

  5. SILESIANUNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ebd-05

  6. SILESIANUNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY The Silesian University of Technology (SUT) is one of the biggest universities of technology in Poland • Nowadays the University offers courses within over 140 specialties in 34 majors, run by following 12 faculties: • Faculty of Architecture • Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science • Faculty of Civil Engineering • Faculty of Chemistry • Faculty of Electrical Engineering • Faculty of Mining and Geology • Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering • Faculty of Mathematics and Physics • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering • Faculty of Organization and Management • Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgy • Facultyof Transport ebd-06

  7. FACULTY OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ebd-07

  8. FACULTY OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF HEATING, VENTILATION AND DUST REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF AIR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES AND INSTALATIONS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TECHNOLOGY INSITUTE OF POWER ENGINEERING AND TURBOMACHINERY INSTITUTE OF THERMAL TECHNOLOGY DIVISION FOR THE DIAGNOSTICS AND TESTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ebd-08

  9. FACULTY OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Fields Of Study • Power Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Mechanics and Machinery Design • EnvironmentalProtection • Biotechnology • In English: Environmental and Power Engineering Specializations: • Water, soil and wastewater engineering • Ecotoxicology and biomonitoring • Water and soilprotection systems ebd-09

  10. Centre for Biotechnology at Silesian University of Technology Established by the Rector of the University on 31st October 2006. Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering Cooperation with Oncology Institute in Gliwice Its aim is to organize and co-ordinate education, research and other scientific activities in the field of biotechnology ebd-10

  11. FACULTY OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Fields Of Study • Power Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Mechanics and Machinery Design • EnvironmentalProtection • Biotechnology • In English: : Environmental and Power Engineering Specializations: • Bioinformatics • Environmentalbiotechnology • Industrial biotechnology ebd-11

  12. FACULTY OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Head of the department Prof. Korneliusz Miksch ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Wastewatertreatmentdivision Soilbioremediationdivision Human resources • 4 professors and associate professors • 13 PhDs • 17 PhD students Ecotoxicologydivision Micro- and Hydrobiologydivision ebd-12

  13. ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEZAM ebd-13

  14. ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT • Biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal • Design and monitoring of wastewater treatment plants • Biological treatment of landfill leachate • Wastewater sludge stabilisation • Biological and photochemical treatment of polluted groundwater Wastewatertreatmentdivision Soil bioremediation division • PAH influence on soil bioremediation process) • biological activity of contaminated soil • petroleum hydrocarbons biodegradation by means of keratinolitic fungus ebd-14

  15. ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Ecotoxicologydivision Micro- and Hydrobiology division • Wastewatertoxicityassessment. • Biodegradation and toxicity assessment of chemicals. • measurement of metabolic activity of microorganisms • the assessment of industry and urban development impact on environment • Monitoring of microbiological pollution of air in the area of wastewater treatment plants and waste landfills • Microbiological evaluation of the quality of water ebd-15

  16. ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT MolecularBiologyLaboratory TechnologicalLaboratory AnalyticalLaboratory Laboratory for Soilanalisis Workstand for microorganismidentification ebd-16

  17. ENVIRONEMTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Participation in international programmes Assessment of Technologies for theRemoval of Pharmaceuticals and PersonalCare Products inSewage and DrinkingWaterFacilities to ImproveIndirectPotableReuse(POSEIDON). 5FP, Contract No. EVK1-CT-2000-00047, 2001 – 2004. Lokal Coordinator: Korneliusz MIKSCH Contact person: Sebastian ZABCZYNSKI Scheme to Provide Training and Assistance for Research Players for the Assessment of the Fate and Removal of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products and Estrogenic Compounds (PPCPs) Released into the Environment (TRITON).5FP, Contract number: EVK1-CT-2002-80015, 2002 – 2004. Local Coordinator: Joanna Surmacz-Górska ebd-17

  18. ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Participation in international programmes EnvironmentalBiotechnologyResearch Centre (DEMETER). Fifth Framework Programme, Contract No. EVK1-CT-2002-80009, 2002 – 2005. Coordinator: Korneliusz MIKSCH Knowledge and NeedAssessment on Pharmaceutical Products inEnvironmentalWaters(KNAPPE). Sixth Framework ProgrammeContract No. 036864, 2007 – 2008. LocalCoordinator: Korneliusz MIKSCH Contact Person: Sebastian ZABCZYNSKI ebd-18

  19. ENVIRONEMTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Participation in international programmes Cooperationwith Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) StockholmSweden, withinresearchproject: Nitrogenremovalfromammoniumrich waste streamswithlowcontent of biodegradableorganicmatter VISBY PROGRAMME Swedish-Polish Research Co-operation Integration and optimization of urban sanitation systems Swedish - Ukrainian – Polish Research Co-operation ebd-19

  20. ENVIRONMENTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT BioFARMA Consortium, formed in April 2007 by the Silesian University of Technology, Center of Oncology - Institute im. Maria Sklodowska-Curie Branch in Gliwice, Silesian Medical University (then the Silesian Medical Academy) and the University of Silesia. The Consortium BIO-FARMA was founded with a view to obtaining financial resources for implementing joint investment projects, research and development activities of modern technology. ebd-20

  21. TheBIO-FARMA Project • The main objective of the project is to increase the competitiveness of the members of the consortium BIO-FARM in the area of biotechnology, bioengineering and bioinformatics, through the achievement of specific objectives, such as: • increase the share of funds for the purchase of research equipment-related environmental measures in the total amount for the purchase of equipment R & D • Increase the number of research, development and targeted projects • Increase the number of internatioonal projects • Increase the number of research units benefiting from the scientific infrastructure of the consortium • increase the number of people who have undergone specialized training • increasing number of researchers with access to modern infrastructure • increasing the number of students having access to modern infrastructure ebd-21

  22. ENVIRONEMTALBIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ebd-22

  23. Thankyou for yourattention Silesian University of Technology Environmental Biotechnology Department Akademicka 2 44 – 100 Gliwice, POLAND ebd-23

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