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CIV # REMEDIATE 1
PROJECT OVERVIEW

REMEDIATE ETN was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) funded Innovative Training Network. The network was made up of 8 beneficiaries from five EU member states (the UK, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, and Italy) and 18 partner organisations, who provided innovative research and training for more cost effective and sustainable remediation of contaminated land.

12 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) took part in a structured and integrated research and training programme to provide them with a highly specific blend of personalised technical and transferable skills. Each research project was designed to benefit the contaminated land sector through development of techniques and tools across a range of disciplines relating to site investigation and risk assessment, to provide better informed solutions for remediation.

The network, led by staff at QUB, was a multidisciplinary collaboration between internationally renowned research teams from academia and industry, each with complementary expertise in a wide range of site investigation and risk assessment technologies. 

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Impact of Research

The REMEDIATE ETN strengthened and enhanced existing collaborations between the participating beneficiaries and partner organisations resulting in a cohesive and dynamic network. The output was a new generation of highly mobile, creative and innovative entrepreneurs with the skills sets necessary to address the technical, economic and social challenges facing the contaminated land sector in Europe, both now and in the future.

Publications

Zhao, Y., Cocerva, T., Cox, S., Tardif, S., Su, J. Q., Zhu, Y. G. & Brandt, K. K., 2019.  Evidence for co-selection of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in metal polluted urban soils.

Sci Total Environ. 656, p. 512-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.372

Mehta, N., Cocerva, T., Cipullo, S., Padoan, E., Dino, G. A., Ajmone-Marsan, F., Cox, S. F., Coulon, F. & De Luca, D. A., 2019.  Linking oral bioaccessibility and solid phase distribution of potentially toxic elements in extractive waste and soil from an abandoned mine site: Case study in Campello Monti, NW Italy. Sci Total Environ. 651, p. 2799-2810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.115

Kirmizakis, P., Doherty, R., Mendonça, C.A., Costeira, R., Allen, C.C.R., Ofterdinger, U.S., Kulakov, L., 2019. Enhancement of gasworks groundwater remediation by coupling a bio-electrochemical and activated carbon system. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04297-w

McAnallen, L., Doherty, R., Donohue, S., Kirmizakis, P., Mendonça, C., 2018. Combined use of geophysical and geochemical methods to assess areas of active, degrading and restored blanket bog. Sci. Total Environ. 621, 762–771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.300

Seyedpour, S.M., Kirmizakis, P., Brennan, P., Doherty, R., Ricken, T., 2019. Optimal remediation design and simulation of groundwater flow coupled to contaminant transport using genetic algorithm and radial point collocation method (RPCM). Sci. Total Environ. 669, 389–399. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2019.01.409

Seyedpour, S.M., Valizadeh, I., Kirmizakis, P., Doherty, R., Ricken, T., 2021. Optimization of the Groundwater Remediation Process Using a Coupled Genetic Algorithm-Finite Difference Method. Water 13, 383. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030383

Collaborators

Dublin City University

Cranfield University

Universitaet Duisberg-Essen

Techinische Universitat Dortmund

University of Copenhagen

University of Turin

 

Supren GMBH

T.E. Laboratories Limited

IWW GMBH

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 1:  Good health and wellbeing

SDG 11:  Sustainable cities and communities

SDG 15:  Life on land

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Keywords associated with the Research

  • Contaminated Land, Remediation, Risk Assessment, Moelling

Contact Details / Social Media

  • Dr Rory Doherty

Further relevant info

  • https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/643087/reporting

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