Research Fields
RESEARCH FIELD: AIR POLLUTION
- Basic research on suspended particles dynamics. Applications to the atmosphere. Heterogeneous reactions on the surface of particles.
- Development and application of three-dimensional models of air pollution.
- Application of air quality models to study the dispersion and physico-chemical processes of atmospheric pollutants in the troposphere.
- Measurements of air pollutants and meteorological data in the atmosphere.
- Modeling processes and measurements of air pollutants indoors. Modelling the transport of air pollutants in the human body.
- Technology development for the biological treatment of gaseous waste.
- Mobile (automotive) and Stationary (industry) gas emissions control.
- Environmental catalysis; Development of (nano-) composite catalytic materials for the abatement of gas pollutants.
RESEARCH FIELD: LIQUID AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Water quality.
- Emphasis on the identification of organic micro-pollutants and by-products of disinfection.
- Water and wastewater treatment.
- Membrane bioreactors.
- Natural and decentralized waste management systems.
- Agro-industrial solid waste and sludge valorization.
- Solid waste characterization, management and treatment.
RESEARCH FIELD: REMEDIATION ENGINEERING
- Technology development for soil and solid waste (toxic and dangerous) bioremediation.
- Development of oil spill response.
- Development, analysis, design, process control and optimization of biochemical processes.
- Design and application of contaminated soils and groundwater remediation technologies.
RESEARCH FIELD: WATER RESOURCES AND COASTAL ENGINEERING
- Hydrology.
- Geology and Hydrogeology.
- Coastal Engineering.
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Environmental Models
- Optimal water resources management
- Environmental applications of the above.
RESEARCH FIELD: ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURES - NATURAL DISASTERS
- Natural disasters -Floods - Earthquakes.
- Soil mechanics.
- Foundations design and construction.
- Geodesy.
RESEARCH FIELD: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND CLIMATIC CHANGE
- Renewable Energy Systems Management.
- Life Cycle Analysis.
- Biofuels.
- Energy efficiency in the built environment.
- Green buildings. Zero carbon emission buildings.
- Urban environment and climate change. Urban heat island and sustainable cities.
- Energy management systems. Buildings modeling control and optimization systems.
- Fuel Cells; Cogeneration of useful chemicals and electricity.
- Hydrogen Energy; Hydrogen Production.
- Natural gas and Biogas Valorization and Utilization.
- Design and development of novel electrochemical; reactors and processes.
RESEARCH FIELD: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
- Micro-extraction innovative techniques for quantification of organic micro-pollutants in environmental samples.
- Environmental monitoring and fate of organic micro-pollutants in the environment.
- Detection, isolation and study of microorganisms.
- Microbial resistance against variable antibiotic agents, gene expression, resistance transport and evaluation of disinfection methods.
- Degradation of organic pollutants in aqueous phase (water and wastewater) using oxidizing chemical degradation methods such as UV radiation in the presence of H2O2 (UV/H2O2), Ozone (O3), homogeneous and heterogeneous photocatalysis and electrochemical oxidation.
- Green Chemistry and Technology with emphasis on the development and implementation of environmentally friendly processes.
- Contaminated sites characterization – exploration and evaluation of contamination.
- Remediation systems efficiency monitoring.
- Environmental Law and Environmental Goverance
- Banach Space Theory
- Stochastic Models of tumor growth
- Heterogeneous Catalysis and Catalyst Promotion.
- Surface, interface, structural and electronic properties of (nano-)composite materials.
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Phone: +30 28210 37781 / 37788,
Email: secretariat@chenveng.tuc.gr, grammateia-chenveng@isc.tuc.gr
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