Posts Tagged ‘co-udlabs’
Launch a new Transnational Access Project to test a new type of manhole
Until the end of January IKT will finalise the fourth Transnational Access Project in cooperation with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) on the hydraulic performance of a novel manhole. This manhole was designed with a new geometry for use in narrow streets, particularly in hilly regions, in terms of a cost-effective and space-efficient solution for…
Read MoreCoventry and Oviedo TA at UDC on thermal properties of sub-base materials
For the next few weeks, our partners at the Universidade da Coruña (UDC) will be hosting their seventh and last Transnational Access. After three years in which the facilities at UDC’s Research & Innovation Centre on Civil Engineering and Building (CITEEC) laboratories have been open and available for junior researchers and senior academics to visit,…
Read MoreUDC at work with KIT and ICL team on litter transport in urban drainage
Over the next few weeks, our partners at Universidade da Coruña and CITEEC will finalise their fourth Transnational Access — a research proposal from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in collaboration with Imperial College London, on Inception of Transport of Litter Under Pluvial Conditions. Urban environments are hotspots for plastic litter, yet we still…
Read MoreLaunch of the Transnational Access Project “Standard for stormwater management in Sweden”
IKT, RISE and Luleå University of Technology launch cooperation within Co-UDlabs Water pollution caused by stormwater discharges from separated sewer systems is currently subject of intense debate, particularly concerning pollutants that are washed off from paved surfaces via stormwater. Decentralized stormwater treatment facilities can mitigate this challenge, as they are designed to retain and treat…
Read MoreLaunch of the INDOOR-GRASP Transnational Access at INSA Lyon
On September 16-17, 2024, a user’s group participated in the installation of a green roof at INSA Lyon. During the first day, Co-UDlabs partners gave an initial presentation and demonstration of the models and software tools developed at INSA Lyon to simulate green roofs: URBIS (publicly available at https://deep.insa-lyon.fr/fr/content/urbis), and GEPETO (will be publicly available…
Read MoreCo-UDlabs at G-Night 2024
Last Friday, 27th of September, Europe celebrated the Researchers Night. The Co-UDlabs Project took part in this open science initiative to bring scientific findings to the general public. Researchers from the project participated with the event “G-Night. Noite Europea das persoas investigadoras de Galicia”, which was coordinated by the University of Vigo and in which…
Read MoreEUROSAM 2024: 9th EUROpean – Sewer Asset Management network workshop
Co-UDlabs supported the 9th EURO-SAM workshop, held at the University of Sheffield on 17th and 18th September 2024. This workshop is organised by the UDAM working group of the IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage and is open to any researcher from any background to present and discuss research around sewer asset management. Core topics…
Read MoreUDC begins TA with RWTH Aachen on permeable pavements
On September 16, 2024, our partners at Universidade da Coruña and CITEEC have began work on their second-to-last Transnational Access, remarkably the sixth such project to be hosted at their research infrastructure! Reginald Alvarado Vicencio, a doctoral researcher at RWTH Aachen University, will stay in Coruña until mid-November for an experimental campaign on the “Hydraulic…
Read MoreApplied Course on Urban Drainage Metrology
The Applied Course on Urban Drainage Metrology was held at Universidade da Coruña and CITEEC – Research & Innovation Centre on Civil Engineering and Building from 16th to 19th July 2024 in the framework of the EU’s Green Week 2024. With 21 attendees registered for the four-day course, Co-UDlabs provided a mixed approach to urban drainage…
Read MoreGreen Week Open Days welcome over 60 visitors at Co-UDlabs facilities
At the end of June 2024, the European Union has supported hundreds of initiatives across the continent to give visibility and centrality to green transitions, infrastructure, and community activities in the framework of its yearly Green Week. Co-UDlabs has participated in the campaign with two events at the University of A Coruña: an Open Days…
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