Cluster 3 Engineering and technology for sustainable development

Subgroups:

(Electronics/Robotics/AI) (Depends on the potential members)
Water/Wastewater/Stormwatermanagement
Climate, neutral, circular economy and smart industries
Resilient energy systems and renewable energies
Digital transformation for sustainable development

Objectives/mission/scope

The research cluster Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Development aims to create technical and, above all, sustainable solutions in the fields of energy supply, mobility, circular economy and materials research.
This research focus on optimising all areas of application has to be seen as an integral ingredient of a broader goal: achieving global sustainable development, with its wide-ranging agenda of environmental stewardship, inter-generational equity, social justice and geographical equity.
An important application is to link the supply through renewable energies and sustainable materials with the field of urban development, including its infrastructure, as well as in the field of agriculture, and within the interfaces between urban and rural areas.
New models for evaluating the operational performance of complex systems (e.g., infrastructures, production processes, cities) and new, ecological materials can support the transition to sustainable and intelligent urban and mobility concepts.
As rural areas have so far provided for the cities, with growing demand and climatic changes, innovative, technical solutions need to be found to adapt agricultural production. Precision agriculture comprises a set of technologies that combines the use of satellite remote sensing, in situ sensors, information systems, renewable energy, enhanced machinery, and informed management to optimise production by accounting for variability and uncertainties (climate change, water and fertilisers availability, pests) within agricultural systems.
The aim of this research cluster is to minimise the negative impact of the increasing demand for energy, materials, living and housing space, food and the land for its production through sustainable and innovative engineering and technology.

Calendar for 2024-2025
Every first Friday of the month at 10 am CET
- October 4th
- November 1st
- December 6th
- January 2nd
- February 7th
- March 7th
- April 4th
- May 9th
- June 6th
Leaders and coleaders
- KRAUSE Ulrich (OVGU) ulrich.krause @ ovgu.de (ulrich.krause @ ovgu.de)
- BURSZTA-ADAMIAK Ewa (UPWR)

Members

SURNAME	NAME	Key words	UNIVERSITY
CREEDON	Leo	Vibration Analysis, Computational Mathematics, Algebra, Group Theory, Combinatorics Pure Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology	ATU
FUREY	Eoghan	Affective/Emotional Computing, - Privacy and Trust including GDPR in relation to Data , analytics and Machine Learning , Modelling human movement patterns on a large scale both indoor and outdoor and searching for useful patterns, Cloud computing, the Internet of Things and Security.C15	ATU
GHOSH	Ramen	Smart Cities, Sharing Economy Systems	ATU
KADIVAR	Mohammadreza (Reza)	Energy Storage and Converion, Heat transfer, Thermal Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Additive Manufacturing	ATU
KELLY	Mark	ducation for Sustainability, Digital Construction, Construction Resource Efficiency, and the Circular Economy.	ATU
Lennon	Seamus		ATU
MCAFEE	Marion	Sensing, Modelling and Control of Complex Systems: Process Monitoring and Control , Sensor fusion, Soft Sensors, Dynamic Modelling, Autonomous Systems, Systems Biology, Environmental Monitoring	ATU
MCCANN	Michael	Data analytics, Health Information Technology, Data Analytics, AI, Digital Healthcare, HPC Infrastructure, IOT	ATU
MARQUES	Douglas	Materials Science and Processing, Resorbable Polymers, Electrospinning & Melt , electrowriting, Additive Manufacturing, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Finite Element Analysis	ATU
AHONEN-JONNARTH	Ulla	Decision analysis, tools for decision making, renewable energy	HiG
Akram	Maryam	risk-aware accounting and artificial intelligence in risk management, visualizations	HiG
BAGHERBANDI	MOHAMMAD	Professor, geodesy, geomatics, land surveying Eng, enviromental monitoring, deformation monitoring, precise positioning, GNSS	HiG
BJÖRSELL	Niclas	adio frequency measurement technology, analog-to-digital conversion, non-linear systems, wireless communication and automation,predictive maintenance	HiG
CEHLIN	Mathias	Ventilation, Thermal Comfort, building Simulation, Energy Efficiency in Building, Numerical Modeling, Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Computed Tomography, Resilience	HiG
CHOWDURY	Ehsanul	Marketing and Supply Chain Management	HiG
FOBBE	LEA	Sustainable Development, Sustainability Management, Corporate , Social Responsibility, Corporate Sustainability, Organisational sustainability, Stakeholder Interaction, Collaboration	HiG
Gomes	João	PVT collectors design, solar thermal systems	HiG
GUSTAFSSON	Mattias	Positive energy districs, district heating, Renewable energy	HiG
HILLETOFTH	Per	Logistics, Operations Management, SCM, Production, Production Planning, Production/Operations Management, , Optimization, Production Management, Lean Manufacturing, Quality Management	HiG
HILLSTROM	Lars	Behavioral Ecology, Ornithology, Fisheries, camera-trapping	HiG
HORVATH	Gabor	EU Project manager	HiG
JOY LIM	Nancy	flood/pluvial modelling; GIS/ environmental (ecosystem) modelling; spatial analyses; geovisualisation	HiG
RYDBACK	Michelle	International Business, International Business Management, Strategic Thinking, Marketing Management, Strategic Management, Business Development, Management, Strategic Planning, Business Leadership	HiG
SEIPEL	Stefan	Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, 3D, 3D Computer Graphics	HiG
TELAGAM SETTI	Sunilkumar	Predictive maintenance, Near-sensor signal processing, Measurement Technology, Machine learning for signal and image processing, EEG and ECG signal processing	HiG
THOLLANDER	Patrik	industrial energy management, energy efficiency in SMEs, barriers to and drivers for energy efficiency, energy audits, energy policies for improved industrial energy end-use, industrial energy efficiency potentials.	HiG
WRIGHT	Sandra	Biogas (farm-scale) facilities, studies on feasibility for farmers. The fate of pollutants and pathogenic microorganisms from feedstock to digestate.	HiG
GABEL	Dieter	Fire and explosion protection: Determination of the fire and explosion properties of substances ( characteristics and apparatus); Support in the preparation of fire protection and explosion protection reports. Probabilistic security and risk analysis : Support in the preparation of security reports, Probabilistic security analysis. Systematic assessment of workplace hazards	OVGU
HAMEL	Christof	Reaction technology/reaction kinetics in heterogeneous systems, Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, Innovative integrated reactor concepts, Separation processes, Modeling and simulation, Process technology and process design	OVGU
KAISER	Florian	theory, attitude-behavior consistency, the Campbell paradigm, person-situation interaction, evidence-based psychological policy support, large-scale attitude change and behavior management. Topics of interest are: environment protection, environmental education for sustainable development, stress and health.	OVGU
Kauschke	Leander		OVGU
KRAUSE	Ulrich	Plant safety / qualitative and quantitative risk analyzes for process engineering plants / deterministic and probabilistic methods in plant safety /technical fire and explosion protection / Control of exothermic reactions / Fire protection / Fire simulations in technical systems, industrial and other buildings and infrastructure structures / Burning behavior and heat release of solids and flammable liquids / Spontaneous ignition of solids and porous materials / Preventive fire protection in industrial construction, in recycling plants and in warehouses for bulk goods, waste and landfill materials / Fire simulations for silos, dumps and landfills / Explosion protection / experimental study of gas and dust explosions / Determination of safety-related parameters / Simulation calculations of the explosion process in process engineering apparatus / Preliminary calculation of the effectiveness of explosion protection measures (e.g. pressure relief)Numerical Modeling, Fluid Mechanics, computational Fluid Dynamics, Engineering / Thermodynamics / Numerical Simulation, CFD Simulation, Thermal Engineering, Computational Fluid Mechanics, FLUENT, Applied Thermodynamics	OVGU
KRUGER	Manja	Vice Rector for research Materials, Mechanical Properties, Material Characterization, Microstructure, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Mechanical Testing, Advanced Materials, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Processing, Material Characteristics	OVGU
MATTHIES	Ellen	man-environment-interactions with a focus on environmentally relevant behaviours (electricity use and car use) and decisions and theory driven development and evaluation of intervention measures to promote sustainable consumption. Climate Change, Motivational Psychology, Self-efficacy, Environment, Sustainability, Habits, Personality, Behavior, Climate, Psychology	OVGU
MOSTAGHIM	Sanaz	Research interests are swarm intelligence and multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. C++, MATLAB, , Optimization, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Heuristics, Simulation, Optimization Modeling, Computational Intelligence	OVGU
SUDHOFF	Patrick	PhD Topic of PhD thesis: "Numerical modeling of the smoldering behavior of insulating materials made from renewable raw materials"	OVGU
SCHEFFLER	Franziska		OVGU
SCHEFFLER	Michael		OVGU
SWANSON	Claudia	chemist – biochemistry. Biogas (farm-scale) facilities, studies on feasibility for farmers. The fate of pollutants and pathogenic microorganisms from feedstock to digestate. Working on materials for hydrogen.	OVGU
VORWERK	Pascal	Fire, Sensor Fusion, Data, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Classification, Pattern Recognition, ,Python, Fire Detection, Lithium Ion Batteries	OVGU
WOSCHKE	Elmar	Multibody Dynamics, Vibrations, Nonlinear Systems Analysis, Reduction Methods	OVGU
ZADEC	Harmut	Planning methods and tools in logistics, Technical logistics, Sustainability, resource conservation and , energy efficiency in logistics, Design and planning of logistical processes, systems and networks, Supply chain management, Lean Management/Lean Logistics, Business area planning and corporate strategies for logistics and transport service providers, Process chains for supply, production, trade, logistics and transport service providers, Procurement logistics and production supply, Distribution networks and order fulfillment, Transport logistics, Disposal logistics, circular and waste management, Start-up management, Project management, Change Management	OVGU
BIGAUD	David	Probability-based design of civil engineering structures	UA
ROUSSEAU	David		UA
BLANCHARD	Philippe	is current research interests concern the design, synthesis and characterization of π-conjugated systems i) for the fabrication of organic electronic devices including organic solar cells and ii) for the elaboration of electrode materials through electropolymerization or their immobilization as self-assembled monolayers on surfaces for applications in molecular electronics.	UA
BLOUET	Alix	WP3 Coordination	WP3 Coordination
CANEVET	David	Foldamers, organogels, stimulable materials, supramolecular chemistry	UA
CASTANIER	Bruno	Industrial Engineering, Maintenance Optimization, Reliability Engineering, Stochastic approaches	UA
CHEDOTEL	Frédérique		UA
GIRTAN	Mihaela	Thin films for photovoltaic applications. Thin films, physical and chemical deposition methods, solar cell technology and optoelectronic devices, including charge transport in oxides and conducting polymers, electrical conductivity and photoconductivity measurements, organic and hybrid solar cells, organic transistors, transparent conducting thin films, structural, morphological, electrical and optical properties of thin films, plasmonics, transport phenomena in low dimensional structures, heat transfer phenomena and fluid dynamics numerical simulations.	UA
Medzo-mengone	Joseph	Understanding the effects of the digitalisation of work, new forms of employment (e.g. ghost work) on the work process, collective dynamics and the psychological health of employees, Understand the impact of immersive technologies in an organisational context on learning and the collaborative process in workgroups, To grasp the influence of the socio-cultural context in understanding the impact of working conditions on the well-being and psychological health of workers, Understanding the influence of virtual teams, hybrid work and collective dynamics, Understanding and promoting the agentivity of human-machine interactions (acceptance of robots), Studying Intelligent Interaction (II), technological innovation and care effectiveness	UA
MONFROY	Eric	Metaheuristicn Optimizationn Evolutionary Computation, Computer science, AI, symbolic AI, constrained problem solving, combinatorial optimization, distributed problem solving	UA
Sintejudeanu	Mara	Technology for Business, FinTech, Supply Chain, Operations, Sustainability, ESG, SDGs. Mara has a strong research background and almost a decade of industry experience as Senior Economist in a public teaching hospital, Business Manager and Main Inspector at the National Agency for Fiscal Administration. She completed her PhD at the University of Galway, Ireland. She is a member of the Operations and Supply Chain Research (OSCAR) group at Atlantic Technological University Ireland. Mara’s research examines governance structures and operations management in mandated hospital networks and has a strong focus on Social Capital theory and its application in networks and supply chains. Her research was awarded the Best Paper Award for Young Scholars at the European Institute for Advance Studies in Management 2018 conference. Mara has been successfully involved in securing research fundings to support scholarly activity, including the Irish Research Council (IRC) postgraduate scholarship and TU RISE funding. Mara is involved in supervision of PhD and Masters projects and provides consultancy services on EU projects at Atlantic Technological University Ireland on topics such as implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Engineering education and promotion of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) awareness in SMEs.	ATU
MORISSET	Magali	European project advisor in Maths-STIC and materials	UA
PLOTNYTSKA	Svitlana		UA
ABREU	Salvador	Logic Programming, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Object-Oriented , programming, Programming Languages, Parallel Programming, Constraint Programming, Prolog Combinatorial Optimization	UE
AIT EL CADI	Radia	CSP Application for High and Medium temperatures, Thermal and Hybrid Storage concepts, Solar Heat for Industrial Processes.	UE
CAVACO	Alfonso	Solar, Time Series Analysis, Solar Radiation, Solar Energy, Time Series, Statistical Analysis, Renewable , energy Technologies, Energy Engineering, Solar Radiation Measurement, Solar Forecasting	UE
FERNANDES	Samuel	Optoelectronics, Spectroscopy, Instrumentation Development, Deep Learning, IoT, Remote Sensing	UE
FIALHO	Luis	Floating photovoltaic systems; Infrastructure integrated photovoltaics; Hybrid Energy Storage Systems; Energy storage management; Novel Eletrochemical Energy Storage Systems	UE
FIGUEIREDO	Joao	SCADA, industrial Automation, PLC, Control and Instrumentation, Process Automation, Automation & Robotics, Mechatronics	UE
FONSECA	Rita		UE
GUERREIRO	Luis	Concentrated Solar Energy. Energy Storage. Solar Systems	UE
MIGUEL	Antonio	Energy harvesting flow devices design and optimization	UE
MOITA	Patricia	Isotope Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geology, Rocks	UE
MORAIS	Manuela	Ecology, Water Quality, Hydrological Modeling, Biodiversity Assessment, Biodiversity Monitoring, Conservation, Biodiversity, Rivers, Hydrology, Biodiversity & Conservation	UE
MOURÃO	Paulo	Porous Materials (preparation, characterization, development and application); Recovery and valorisation of raw materials and waste (natural and/or synthetic); Adsorbents (application in the liquid and gas phases, e.g. water treatment, soil restoration, gas separation); Activated carbons, Biochar, Mineral adsorbents, Composites; Circular economy perspective.	UE
NOGUEIRA	Pedro	Geological Mapping, Petrography, Field Geology, Minerals, Structural Geology, Exploration Geology, Mining, Soil, Spatial Analysis, Soil Analysis	UE
NOVAIS	Maria Helena	Ecological status assessment; Bioindication; Freshwater diatoms ecology and taxonomy; Solar energy for water treatment (photocatalysis)	UE
RATO	Luis	Background in signal processing and control systems. Focus on machine learning based classification. Skills and Expertise : Image Analysis, Data Mining, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, System Modeling	UE
RODRIGUES	Irene	research in Computer Engineering. Their current project is 'Question Answering Systems in Medical and Healthcare Domain'. Skills and Expertise: Assembly Language ProgrammingProlog, Data Structures, Text Mining, Advanced Machine Learning, Semantic Web, Information Retrieval, Computer Engineering, Natural Language , processing Software Engineering	UE
RUIVO	Ines Secca	Product Design and Development, Creativity and Innovation, Biomimicry Design, Sustainable Development, Transdisciplinarity	UE
CALLE ALONSO	Fernando	Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Wildfire data analysis, applied statistics, math anxiety analysis	UEx
CAMPOS ROCA	Yolanda	Computational electromagnetics, design of microwave and millimeter-wave passive and active circuits, design of antennas and antenna arrays	UEx
CARMONA MURILLO	Javier	Wireless and mobile networks, 5G, 6G, AI-driven network management, SDN, (meta)heuristic optimization algorithms, network data analysis, cybersecurity	UEx
CARRILLO CALLEJA	Juan manuel	Energy harvesting, bioimpedance, electrical impedance of fuel cells, micro-nanoelectronics, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design, IoT	UEx
CINTAS MORENO	Pedro	Full professor, organic chemistry	UEx
DURAN-VALLE	Carlos J.	organic and inorganic chemistry, polluants from water, Removal of pollutants from water by adsorption or photocatalysis.	UEx
FERNANDEZ DE VEGA	Francisco	Evolutionary Computation	UEx
GARRIDO-ZOIDO	Juan Manuel	researcher	UEx
GIL	Victoria	Molecular design of materials with photoelectronic and semiconducting properties. Photothermal processes and water splitting towards clean energy production. Materials characterization by microscopic and spectroscopic methods	UEx
GÓMEZ ESCOBAR	Valentin	Acoustical characterization (of materials made from recycling waste). Urban noise and strategic noise maps. Soundscape in urban and natural environments. Relationship between environmental noise and urban planning	UEx
GARCIA DE LA CONCEPTION	Juan	Synthesis of heterocycles. Characterization of small and medium-size molecules. Computational chemistry	UEx
JIMENEZ BARCO	Antonio	Applied physics / Non-destructive testing using ultrasoun	UEx
LOPEZ SANJUAN	Eva T.	mathematics, data analysis, R programming, applied statistics	UEx
LOZANO ROGADO	Jesus	Gas sensors, Nanosensors, Wireless Sensor Networks, Machine Learning, Electronic noses	UEx
NUNEZ	Pedro	Robotics, Autonomous platforms, social-aware robotics, human-robot interaction, IoT	UEx
PARRA AREVALO	Maria Isabel	Statistics and Operational Research, data analysis	UEx
PEREZ SANCHEZ	Carlos Javier	Machine Learning, Statistical methods, Computer-aided diagnosis systems, Precision agriculture	UEx
PEREZ-ALOE VALVERDE	Raquel	Full Professor, Electronics Technology Area	UEx
ROMERO CADAVAL	Enrique	Power Electronics, Renewable energy, Energy storage, Green Hydrogen Power Supply, Electric Vehicles, Smart and micro-grids, Energy Management systems	UEx
RUFO PEREZ	Maria Montana	Non-ionizing radiation and Ultrasonic inspection, Measurements of exposure to electromagnetic fields. Dosimetry	UEx
TORRES CASTRO	Maria Inma	mathematics, data analysis	UEx
ARTONI	Andrea	Regional Geology, tectono-stratigraphic evolution reconstruction, 2D and 3D surface-to-subsurface geological mapping and model construction by integration of geological and geophysical data	UNIPR
CHIANCONE	Benedetta	The use of agrifood waste as organic fertilizers and in several field of in vitro tissue culture.	UNIPR
CAGNONI	Stefano	Evolutionary Computation	UNIPR
GAMBORATTA	Agostino	RES integration in Energy Networks, Sector Coupling, Smart Energy Systems, control and diagnostics, Power-to-H2 and Power-to-Gas systems and their integration in Energy Networks, Smart Energy Systems and Networks, Efficiency and defossilization technologies for smart industries	UNIPR
GHIO	Emmanuelle		UNIPR
PINALLI	Roberta	Vitrimers as reprocessable thermosets. Self-diagnostic and self-healing polymers. Material processing and characterization. 3D printing, Reusable Porous membranes for water purification. Photocatalytic decomposition of pollutants	UNIPR
TURRI	Raffaele		UNIPR
BENDEA	Codruta	Geothermal energy, Ground source heat pumps, thermal energy in buildings, co-generation power plants	UO
BENDEA	Gabriel	Energy Engineering Department	UO
BLAGA	Florin	industrial engineering	UO
BUCIU	Ioan	Electronics and Telecommunications	UO
DODESCU	Anca	economics	UO
DOMUTA	Cristian		UO
MOCA	Pascu Catalin		UO
NOJE	Dan	IoT signals processing	UO
PANTEA	Emilia	environmental protection	UO
STANASEL	Iulian	industrial engineering	UO
TARCA	Ioan	industrial engineering	UO
TARCA	Radu Catalin	Robotics, UAVs, Smart Manufacturing, Robotic Exoskeleton, Sensors.	UO
VESSELENYI	Tiberiu		UO
BAWIEC	Aleksandra	Wastewater treatment with the use of natural and semi-natural technologies (hydroponic wastewater treatment, constructed wetlands); Nature Based Solutions for urban water purification (floating islands/floating wetlands); water and wastewater quality monitoring	UPWr
BINIAK-PIEROG	Malgorzata	monitoring of water management by e.g. conifer stands as well as selected species of energy crops, assessment of precipitation income and its transformation in the soil	UPWr
BURSZTA-ADAMIAK	Ewa	Stormwater management in urban areas, rainwater harvesting systems, assessment of hydrological performance of blue-green infrastructure (rain gardens, green roofs etc.), Efficiency of pollutant removal from runoff in nature-based solutions systems	UPWr
ILIEVA	Maya	InSAR, deformation monitoring, modelling, GIS, geodesy, data analyses	UPWr
KAPLON	Jan	GNSS, Geodesy, Deformation monitoring, GNSS-seismology, GNSS-meteorology	UPWr
KAZAK	Jan		UPWr
Kozak	Kateryna	Associate Professor from Electrical Engineering department	Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University
ZUBKOVA	Alina	Digital Transformation of Sustainable Development. I consider more on business modeling and specify it as Digital Transformation for Sustainable Business Model Development. From an industrial perspective, I now focus on the architectural business as the industry.

Cluster 3 Engineering and technology for sustainable development

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