Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	EP/F012934/1
Title:	Linking the fundamental concepts of sediment pollution remediation and ecotoxicity for improved engineering designs
Principal Investigator:	Werner, Dr D
Other Investigators:	Graham, Professor DW
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:	Institute of Applied Technology Norwegian Geotechnical Institute University of Joensuu University of Manitoba University of Maryland University of Patras University of Tuebingen
Department:	Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Organisation:	Newcastle University
Scheme:	Standard Research
Starts:	01 October 2007	Ends:	30 June 2008	Value (£):	37,161
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Assess/Remediate Contamination
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Environment Water
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 30 Apr 2007 Collaborating for Success Through People Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
This proposal will bring together sediment remediation engineers, ecotoxicologists and hydrogeochemists at an early stage of their career. They will gather for a one week launch event at Newcastle University to learn about each others conceptual understanding of sediment pollution issues and to discuss feasible solutions to these. The launch activities will include discipline hopping in oral presentations, one-on-one pairing of researchers from different disciplines explaining their research efforts to each other, practical training in the calibration and use of pollutant fate modelling tools, visits to local sites with sediment pollution, group discussion of possible solutions to international case studies of sediment pollution, and the conceptual design of better interdisciplinary models of sediment pollution and its effect on sediment-dwelling and aquatic organisms.During the launch event the researchers will submit proposals for people exchange activities with the partner institutions. Such individual visits will allow the researchers to deepen the mutual understanding of work at other institutions and in other disciplines. It is expected that future international and interdisciplinary research collaborations will emerge from such opportunities, and that the established personal contacts will continue to pay dividends throughout the career of the young participants.
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