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PhD Defences and informal workshop - Ghent (Belgium) |
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Friday, 30 January 2009 |
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On the 16th and 17th of February 2009, Peter
Aelterman and Hai The Pham both working at the Laboratory for Microbial
Ecology and Technology (LabMET - Ghent University) will have their
public defences of their PhD.
The PhD-work of Peter Aelterman is entitled "Microbial fuel cells for
the treatment of waste streams with energy recovery" and will be
defended in public on Monday the 16th of February 2009 at 17:00pm.
The PhD-work of Hai The Pham is entitled "Microbiological improvements of the bioanode performance in
bioelectrochemical systems" and will be defended in public on Tuesday the 17th of February 2009 at 17:00
pm.
On Tuesday the 17th of February 2009, from 10:00 am till
15:00 pm, there will be organized an informal
workshop. There will be several presentations by experienced MFC
researchers in an informal atmosphere.
The tentative program of this workshop is as follows:
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Title
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Speaker (20 min pres. + 10 min disc.)
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10:00-10:30
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Biofilms and electron fluxes in
bio-electrochemical systems
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Korneel Rabaey
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University of Queensland (Australia) -
Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC)
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10:30-11:00
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Uwe Schröder
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Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Sustainable Chemistry and Energy Research
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11:00-11:30
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Microbial Ecology of Microbial Fuel Cells
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Timothy Vogel
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Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France) -
Microbial Environmental Genomics Group within the Laboratoire Ampè
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11:30-12:00
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Microbial electrolysis , a new process
for efficient bio-hydrogen production.
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Bert Hamelers
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Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
- Environmental Technology
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12:00-12:30
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MFC in its own way - Away
from chemical fuel cells
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Byung Hong Kim
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Gwangju Institute of Science and
Technology (Korea)
- The Energy and Biotechnology Laboratory (EBL)
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Lunch
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Speaker (15 min pres. +
5 min disc.)
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13:30-13:50
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Bio-cathodes
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Peter Clauwaert
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Ghent University (Belgium) -
Laboratory Microbial Ecology & Technology (LabMET)
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13:50-14:10
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BES modelling: Finding our way forward
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Jorge Rodríguez-Rodríguez
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University of Glamorgan (UK) -
Sustainable Environment Research Centre
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14:10-14:30
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PlantPower : a novel source of bio-energy
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David Strik
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Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
- Environmental Technology
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14:30-14:50
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Algae MFC
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Liesje Deschamphelaire
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Ghent University (Belgium) -
Laboratory Microbial Ecology & Technology (LabMET)
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14:50-15:00
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Concluding remarks
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Willy Verstraete
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Ghent University (Belgium) -
Laboratory Microbial Ecology & Technology (LabMET)
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All three events will be held in room "Rector Vermeylen" of
"Het pand" in the city of Ghent (Belgium).
For more information about this location please visit: http://www.ugent.be/en/facilities/pand/how_to_reach/
The participation for these three events is free, but registration is required if you want to
attend the PhD defenses and/or the informal workshop. We need your registration
for practical reasons. To register, please send an e-mail before the 9th
of February to
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