Annual report Chair on Drinking Water Engineering 2007 - TU Delft

Research exchange
Jasper Verberk back from Australia
In January 2007 Jasper Verberk returned at Delft University of Technology after
having done research period of almost 1.5 years in Australia. He worked at the
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment in Adelaide.
This year he presented his work and experiences during the workshop,
“Vakantiecursus 2007”.
After his research period in Adelaide Jasper is involved in several research
projects of the chair on drinking water supply. He is of course also engaged in
the educational part of drinking water.
Janis Rubulis
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and Technology of the Riga Technical University.
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Economics). I am involved with the European Commission Research and
Technology Development 6th Framework project TECHNEAU. My responsibil-
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of the water distribution system. Because of this project I am staying at the TU
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to get new experience. I love an active life and in the meantime I take some
running experience around TU Delft with my colleagues. I enjoy my stay in the
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Bhekie Mamba
My name is dr. Bhekie Mamba, senior lecturer in Chemistry (polymer & organic)
at the University of Johannesburg, Department of Chemical Technology in
South Africa.
My research group focuses on the removal of organic pollutants and inorganic
species, to a lesser extent, from water using carbon based nanomaterials and
cyclodextrin polymers. Our research group is part of the UJ Water and Health
group which is co-led by prof. Paul Jagals (Department of Environmental Health)
and prof. Johannes Haarhoff (Department of Civil Engineering Science). My
visit to the Department of Water Management at the TU Delft entails familiarising
myself with the water treatment projects currently underway here with the
ultimate objective of initiating research collaborations between our two universities.
To this end, I am on a 2.5 months visit.
20 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>report</strong> DWE 2007
Jasper Verberk
Janis Rubulis
Bhekie Mamba