Pathogen Control Engineering Institute

SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

 

NEWS ...

Next Seminar (17th October 2011):

Dr Keiran Baker: details to be confirmed.

IHEEM and IMechE presentations bye PaCE
Cath Noakes, Miller Camargo Valero and Carl Gilkeson will be presenting to IHEEM and IMechE on Engineering Solutions to Controlling Airborne Infection on 16th March 2011 at 6pm at Bradford Royal Infirmary.


PaCE in the News!

Cleansing toxic waste - with vinegar
Doug Stewart is leading a team that is using vinegar to stimulate bacrerial growth and clean harmful chromium compounds in land and contaminated groundwater.
UV light shown to be effective against airborne spread of TB.
The University's press release highlights the engineering aspects that  were looked at by the PaCE at Leeds.
See the article on the BBC:
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And in the Telegraph:
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iRI
Institute for Resilient Infrastructure: This is our sister institute within the School of Cvil Engineering. You will find several members of the PaCE are also active within the iRI.

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Welcome to the PaCE website. The scope of the PaCE is focused on the School of Civil Engineering and undertakes research in  all aspects of the built environment in which the presence of pathogens influences design. From water treatment, solid waste to airborne transmission of disease all present problems tackled by members of the PaCE. The team includes academics from a broad range of engineering disciplines as well as bio-chemists and microbiologists.

Barbara Evans speaks at WSSCC's Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene discussing the world's sanitation challenges.

The focus of the research includes ...

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