Chair of <strong>Waste</strong> Management <strong>and</strong> Emissions o. Prof. Dr. -Ing. Martin Kranert <strong>Solid</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management Dr. -Ing. K. Fischer SIA Hazardous <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>and</strong> Contaminated Sites Prof. Dr. -Ing. E. Thomanetz SOA Measuring in Air Pollution Control Dr. -Ing. M. Reiser TAL Biological Air Purification ALR Prof. Dr. rer. nat. K.-H. Engesser 61
<strong>Institute</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Sanitary</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Solid</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management Chair of <strong>Waste</strong> Management <strong>and</strong> Emissions The aim of research <strong>and</strong> education at the Chair of <strong>Waste</strong> Management <strong>and</strong> Emissions is to assure resource conservation <strong>and</strong> climate protection in a sustainable manner. Within this context, material flows that become waste as result of the use of resources, their treatment processes, along with the emissions from waste treatment plants, are considered. The topic of biological waste air purification is dealt in a special department within the chair. Considering that sustainable waste management gives priority to actions that counteract the generation of waste, fundamental waste management processes, which serve as cornerstones <strong>for</strong> sustainable resource management, span from the generation of waste <strong>and</strong> its avoidance, over the recovery of materials <strong>and</strong> energy from waste, up to the environmentally sound disposal of wastes <strong>and</strong> the control of the associated emissions. Education <strong>and</strong> research encompass a holistic approach to waste management, from waste avoidance, to the valorisation of wastes, up to the environmentally sound disposal of residual waste. Beside the lectures offered <strong>for</strong> Civil <strong>Engineering</strong> students, courses are specially tailored <strong>for</strong> the German taught Environmental <strong>Engineering</strong> program, <strong>and</strong> the international Master of Science program „Air <strong>Quality</strong> Control, <strong>Solid</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Process <strong>Engineering</strong> – WASTE”. Because of the retirement of Prof. Dr. -Ing. Dipl.-Chem. Erwin Thomanetz in June 2008 <strong>and</strong> new additional topics, the work areas in our department have been newly arranged <strong>and</strong> newly renamed. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Chem. Klaus Fischer is in charge of solid waste working group; Dipl.-Ing. Gerold Hafner leads the working group <strong>for</strong> resource management <strong>and</strong> industrial recycling <strong>and</strong> Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Chem. Martin Reiser is responsible <strong>for</strong> the emissions working group. The research team <strong>for</strong> IGNIS project is led by Mr MSc Nicolas Escalante <strong>and</strong> Dipl.-Geogr. Agata Rymkiewicz. (zero waste <strong>and</strong> wastewater processes e.g. tourist areas, isl<strong>and</strong>s). • Infrastructure development <strong>for</strong> future megacities, particularly in developing <strong>and</strong> emerging economies. Scientific accompaniment of the implementation of sustainable material management systems <strong>and</strong> waste treatment technologies. • Analysis of wastes <strong>and</strong> emissions • Laser based method of measuring methane emissions from area sources • Stabilization of l<strong>and</strong>fills by in-situ aeration The Chair of <strong>Waste</strong> Management <strong>and</strong> Emissions is a member of several competence networks e.g. Competence Centre Environmental <strong>Engineering</strong> (Kompetenzzentrum für Umweltschutz Region Stuttgart (KURS e.V.)) <strong>and</strong> several st<strong>and</strong>ardization committees <strong>and</strong> scientific advisory boards, <strong>and</strong> as a result has established numerous contacts <strong>and</strong> cooperation agreements with several research institutions, public waste management authorities <strong>and</strong> private enterprises. Cooperation with <strong>for</strong>eign universities <strong>and</strong> research institutions have been established through international research projects. Activities in Education The Chair’s staff, including lecturers, researchers <strong>and</strong> external readers, holds lectures covering several study courses, <strong>and</strong> supervises students from different academic programmes: German taught Diploma “Civil <strong>Engineering</strong>” <strong>and</strong> “Environmental <strong>Engineering</strong>”: From winter semester 08/09 the diploma courses Environmental <strong>Engineering</strong> will be converted to Bachelor-/Master Courses <strong>and</strong> the <strong>for</strong>m of modular teaching will be provided. Research is focused on the following fields: • Modelling, simulation <strong>and</strong> evaluation of waste management systems <strong>and</strong> concepts taking into consideration resource conservation <strong>and</strong> climate protection. • Biotechnological waste treatment processes (composting, anaerobic digestion), concentrating specially on process modelling <strong>and</strong> simulation of anaerobic systems, <strong>and</strong> regenerative energy recovery from organic waste <strong>and</strong> renewable resources. • Examination <strong>and</strong> evaluation of decentralized disposal systems <strong>for</strong> the joint treatment of solid waste <strong>and</strong> wastewater, as well as energy recovery • Core course “<strong>Sanitary</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> (<strong>and</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Disposal)”, Subarea: <strong>Solid</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management • Specialization field “<strong>Solid</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management” (including 13 spezialized lectures, laboratory work, seminars) International Master Programme „Infrastructure Planning“: • <strong>Solid</strong> waste Management • Ecology III International Master Programme „WAREM“: • <strong>Solid</strong> waste Management 62
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