MACRO-CLEAN

Macroclean - developing novel gel-based technologies for water clean-up

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON    more  Organization address address: "Lewes Road, Mithras House" city: BRIGHTON postcode: BN2 4AT contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Andrew Cognome: Cundy Email: send email Telefono: + 44 1273 642270 Fax: +44 1273 642285
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	171˙091 €
EC contributo	171˙091 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-04-18   -   2011-04-17

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON  Organization address address: "Lewes Road, Mithras House" city: BRIGHTON postcode: BN2 4AT contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Andrew Cognome: Cundy Email: send email Telefono: + 44 1273 642270 Fax: +44 1273 642285	UK (BRIGHTON)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The management of contaminated groundwater, surface waters and drinking water is a major issue both in the EU and globally, where recent (and historical) industrial, urban and commercial activities have led to the presence of elevated concentrations of a wide range of contaminants in surface- and ground-waters, adversely affecting the health of millions of people. This has been recognised in a number of recent directives (e.g. the Water Framework Directive, the Groundwater Directive) aimed at protecting ground and surface water resources within the EU. However, despite much progress, groundwater and surface water quality is still highly variable across Europe, and there is an urgent need to develop and fully implement forward-looking technologies to clean-up water and keep it free from pollution. In this project we intend to combine innovative biomaterial / gel technologies with nanotechnologies to develop and commercialize innovative products for the remediation or clean-up of contaminated ground and surface waters. A range of permeable composite gels in which nanoparticles will be embedded will be produced and tested for application as water clean-up devices. Achieving the objectives of the project will benefit to all European citizens, economy, agriculture and industry and will place Europe in a leading position in the area of polymer-based remediation devices and technologies. This is an inter- and multidisciplinary proposal, which will offer a top class young researcher great opportunities to develop her existing skills, acquire new skills in the area of materials, environmental science and nanotechnology and, more specifically, in the area of technologies for remediation and clean-up devices, generate new knowledge and obtain training in transferable skills and thus develop a successful career as an independent researcher in the field of environmental science and materials for remediation.'