Category: <span>Working Groups</span>

Joint EBNet/Institute of Water event – The Next Wave: Skills Development for Emerging Professionals

Friday, 25 October 2024, at the Manufacturing Technology Centre, Ansty Park, Coventry, CV7 9JU This event is FREE to the first 25 EBNet Early Career Researcher members who register through our EBNet Eventbrite page – HERE. We have EBNet ECR Travel bursaries worth up to ÂŁ250 towards travel/accommodation. Join the group for an informal gathering …

Joint EBNet/Carbon Recycling Network Report on Gas Fermentation

At the recent joint EBNet/Carbon Recycling Network Gas Fermentation Workshop in Cheshire this March, we gathered top experts from across the world to discuss priorities for gas fermentation research. The overall goal was to develop our understanding of gas fermentation systems to allow optimisation of operational strategies and conversion efficiencies. Key areas …

CIWEM: Water and Environment Journal – Call for Papers -Environmental Biotechnology

Submission deadline: Friday, 31 January 2025. Extended to 30 June 2025.The guest editors are Dr Tao Lyu, Cranfield University and Dr Anjali Jayakumar, Newcastle University – heads of our PFAs and ECR Working Groups respectively. This special issue is open for participants of the EBNet ECR24 conference AND also the whole EBNet community. Take …

Heriot-Watt Lab Visit – Biochar Working Group

EBNet’s Biochar WG had a great trip to Heriot-Watt University on Friday 24 May 2024 visiting the lab facilities of Tony Gutierrez, Ryan Pereira, and Clay Magill. Following the lab tours, there were talks from Tony, Anna Bogush, Miriam Watafua, Paul-Enguerrand Fady and the WG Lead Meredith Barr. The group brainstormed ideas for …

Webinar: Professor Bruce Logan, Penn State College of Engineering, 22 Apr 2024, 14-15:00 hrs

Registration closed. A recording may be posted here later, with speaker permission. The EBNet Working Group on Bioelectrochemical Development for Environmental Technology is pleased to announce a talk by Prof Bruce Logan, Penn State College of Engineering on 22 April 2024 at 2-3 pm UK time, 22 Apr 24. If you …

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Practitioners and the Industrial Community, 30 April 2024, 10-16:00 hrs, Chilworth Science Park

GWP standards, carbon offsetting schemes, carbon footprint calculator and offsetting methodologies and techno-economic analysis (TEA) Registration closed. This workshop aimed to explore with stakeholders the policy landscape for the EBNet community, especially the drivers and incentives for carbon offsetting technologies. How do we define such technologies? What is the methodological …

Biochar in Environmental Biotechnology: Webinar, 12 Feb 24, 10:00-11:00 am (GMT)

View Meredith’s working group introduction here. Download Professor Coulon’s presentation here and Distinguished Professor Ball’s presentation here. The webinar, hosted by Dr Meredith Barr from the EB Network Biochar Working Group, features Professor Andy Ball , Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Professor Fred Coulon, Cranfield University discussing the application …

EBNet Webinar: Unlocking AI and Machine Learning’s Potential for Environmental Biotechnology

13:30-15:00, Wednesday, 21 February 2024, online, register here The webinar, led by Dr Oliver Fisher and Professor Rachel Gomes from the University of Nottingham, features prominent academics discussing the application of AI and machine learning to improve bioremediation, resource recovery, and environmental protection. They showcased case studies from their respective …

Task 37 workshop – Strategies for emission control on biogas upgrading plants

This hybrid workshop on 25 Oct 2023 was organised by IEA Bioenergy Task 37 in conjunction with Biomasse Suisse, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), the Association of the Swiss Gas Industry and the research project consortium EMMINA. The main topic was emissions from the biogas upgrading process at AD …

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the EBNet Industrial AD Community-Goal and Scope Definition

30 October 2023, 9:30 – 16:00, Oak Suite 1-2, University of Surrey (see map)**, registration here, agenda here This in-person workshop aims to establish the Goal and Scope Definition of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) following the ISO14040-44 principles for the UK anaerobic digestion systems. Key players in the field will …

In Conversation with Environmental Biotechnologists Career Talk #1: Journeys of Academic Pursuits, 14 Aug 23, 13:00-14:15

Registration now closed. Recording will be posted here soon. We invite you to be a part of the inaugural event of our EBNet Early Career Researcher Working Group, https://ebnet.ac.uk/about/wg-details/ebnet-wg-ecr/. We are excited to kick-off our activities through our online launch and career talk series ‘In Conversation with Environmental Biotechnologists’ on …

EBNet Webinar: Bioelectrochemical Systems – from fundamentals in robotics to real world applications

Webinar: Thursday 20 July 2023, 10.00-11.00 (BST). Registration is now closed. The webinar video can be found here. Invited Speaker: Title: Bioelectrochemical Systems – from fundamentals in robotics to real world applications Professor Yannis Ieropoulos is Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Southampton. Yannis has a background in electrical …

Microbial Reduction of Nitrous Oxide – Online 26 May 2023, 12.00-13.00

Organised by the EBNet Working Group on N2O Emissions from EB Join the latest webinar brought to you by the N2O Emissions from Environmental Biotechnologies Working Group. Microbial reduction of nitrous oxide: a decade of ecophysiological investigation and development into a viable greenhouse-gas removal technology. By Dr Sukhwan Yoon, Department …

N2O Emissions from Environmental Biotechnologies – Webinar 27 April 2023, 13.00-1500 hrs

Registration now closed. Webinar is available here. With a focus on current progress in UK, this webinar organised by EBNet Working Group: N2O emissions from Environmental Biotechnologies introduces the progress and challenges of N2O production and emission in environmental biotechnologies, with especial interest on wastewater treatment. Different methodologies for monitoring …

Blended Event: ‘Nature Water: A Journal for All Water-related Research’, Dr Fabio Pulizzi, Chief Editor

19 April 23, 11.00-12.00: Cranfield University (Auditorium – Vincent Building (Bldg 52a)) and on Teams. Slides are here. This event has been brought to you by the EBNet Working Group on Environmental Sensors and Wastewater Surveillance. Registration is now closed. Water resources are at the heart of human civilization. Throughout …