Author: Prithvi Simha

Mohamad Kentar ansluter Kretsloppsteknik som praktikant

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Jag kommer frÄn Syrien och flyttade till Sverige för nÀstan sex Är sedan. PÄ grund av kriget kunde jag inte avsluta mina studier I biokemi vod Universitetet i Aleppo.

Men med stor optimism och vilja att utmana mig sjÀlv ÄtervÀnde jag till skolbÀnken och lÀser nu andra Äret pÄ programmet i lÀkemedel och livsmedelsteknik pÄ Folkuniversitetet i Uppsala. Mina studier handlar om hela produktionskedjan frÄn ide till produkt. IngÄende moment Àr hygienkrav, processteknik, processkemi och relevant lagstiftning. MÄlet med min utbildning Àr att kunna förbÀttra hÀlsan och  livskvaliteten samt praktiskt arbete med uthÄllig lÀkemedels- och livsmedelsproduktion.

Det var med stor glÀdje som jag nyligen accepterades som praktikant pÄ SLU, som laboratorieassistent under 2,5 mÄnader inom fluglarvskomposteringsprocessen dÀr organiskt avfall omvandlas till djurfoder (insektslarver) och organiskt gödsel (behandlingsrest).

Links: mohamad kentar | LinkedIn. E-post: m.kentar86@gmail.com

Mohamad Kentar – New intern at Kretsloppsteknik

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I am originally Syrian and moved to Sweden about six years ago. I could not finish my last year of studying biochemistry at the University of Aleppo because of the war there. But with a lot of optimism and self-challenge, I was finally able to return to the bench of scientific research as a second-year student in the pharmaceutical and food technology at Folkuniversitetet in Uppsala, where my studies covers the entire chain of production from idea to product with hygiene requirements, process technology, process chemistry and knowledge of relevant legislation. With the aim to improve the health and quality of life of the population and work with the sustainable nutrition of the future through qualified practical work in medicine and the food industry.

Fortunately and with great happiness I was recently accepted as an intern at SLU ,as a laboratory assistant  for two and a half months in a project fly larvae composting, where organic waste is converted into animal feed (fly larvae) and organic fertilizer (treatment residues).

Links: mohamad kentar | LinkedIn. E-post: m.kentar86@gmail.com

Viktoria intervjuas av SLU Youth Institute

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Fluglarvskompostering Àr ett verktyg för att sluta kretsloppet i dagens linjÀra livsmedelsproduktionssystem. Viktoria hjÀlper hÀr till att göra reklam för  denna teknologi till kommande generation sÄ att vÄrt arbete kan föras vidare och att arbetet med att sluta kretsloppet fortsÀtta.

MÄlet med SLU Youth Institute Àr att skapa intresse hos ungdomar för global livsmedelssÀkerhet, samt att finna uthÄlliga lösningar för FNs uthÄllighetsmÄl. Programmet initierades 2020 och Àr ett av mÄnga ungdomsinstitut som koordineras av World Food Prize Foundation. Gymnasieelever kopplas samman med lokala ledare och experter för en kritisk diskussion kring de globala utmaningarna, för att delta i praktiska aktiviteter och för att upptÀcka nya intressanta sÀtt att göra skillnad i Sverige, i Europa och i vÀrlden.

Även larverna visade sin bĂ€sta sida i strĂ„lkastarljuset, turligt nog sĂ„ kan inte kamerorna förmedla lukten (Ă€n).

Video shoot with SLU Youth Institute

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To promote SLU Youth Institute and the advantages for high schools becoming part of it, Viktoria Wiklicky was invited to talk about the Black Soldier Flies in their 2022 launching video. Fly larva composting is a tool to close the loop of a now linear food production system and aims to make food production more circular. Promoting the technology to the next generation will ensure that our passion and our ideas will be continued in the future.

SLU Youth Institute aims to create interest among Swedish youth for global food security and to find sustainable solutions to the global challenges based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The programme was founded 2020 and is part of the many Youth Institutes coordinated by World Food Prize Foundation. High school students engage with local leaders and experts to discuss critical global challenges, participate in hands-on activities, and explore exciting ways to make a difference in Sweden, across Europe and around the world. By the way, also the larvae showed their best side in the spotlight of the cameras and luckily, cameras cannot record smell (yet).

Besök av handlÀggare frÄn UD pÄ SLU

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Under ett besök av handlÀggare frÄn UD som hade en heldag pÄ SLU dÀr de bland annat besökte oss pÄ kretsloppsteknik. Vi hade intressanta diskussioner kring hur vi kan sluta kretsloppet av vÀxtnÀringen och dÀrigenom bli mer sjÀlvförsörjande och minska vÄr miljöpÄverkan. Vi besökte vÄra behandlingsanlÀggningar för urintokning och fluglarvskompostering dÀr vi presenterade hur vÄr forskning kan öka resiliensen bÄde i Sverige och i vÀrlden genom att tillverka gödsel frÄn vÄrt avlopp och djurfoder frÄn matavfallet.

 

 

Visit from the foreign ministry at SLU

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During a visit by two foreign ministry officials, that had a full day at SLU about current research they visited us in the Environmental engineering group. We had interesting discussions about closing the loop of plant nutrients and thereby increasing the resilience while decreasing the environmental pollution. We did also visit our two treatment systems for urine drying and for fly larvae composting and presented our research about producing fertilisers from our wastewater and animal feed from the food waste.

 

 

Prithvi joins Frontiers in Chemical Engineering as Associate Editor

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Prithvi has joined the editorial board of the journal, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, as associate editor for the speciality section Environmental Chemical Engineering. The journal publishes rigorously high-impact research on all topics related to chemical engineering, while the speciality section explores opportunities in chemical engineering aimed at addressing environmental problems. Read more here: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemical-engineering/sections/environmental-chemical-engineering

Dyllon Randall will be August T Larsson Guest Researcher in our group

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We are very happy that starting next year Dyllon Randall from the University of Cape Town will be at our group as the August T Larsson guest researcher. He will spend one month per semester at SLU over three years, teaching, supervising and working with researchers at the NJ faculty.

Randall’s guest researchership will cement the collaboration between UCT’s Future Water Institute and the SLU. This partnership began in March 2020 when he was invited to work with SLU’s Kretsloppsteknik Research Group in the niche area of urine source-separation-based sanitation systems. Randall and the group’s Bjorn VinnerĂ„s and Prithvi Simha are among a handful of global experts who have been systematically working to develop circular sanitation technologies.

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Prithvi receives funding from SLU’s Global Development grant to initiate WATERSIDE project in Namibia

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At SLU, the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences has set aside funds to support internationalization of research in the field of global development. The NJ Faculty Committee on Global Development conducts calls for funds. During this year’s call, two applications were approved, out of which one was decided in Prithvi’s favor. With this funding, Prithvi and his colleagues in Namibia will be able to kickoff a project that they call “WATERSIDE”. The overall goal will be to create the groundwork for developing a transdisciplinary living lab – WATERSIDE (WATER Sanitation In ariD rEgions) focused on education, research and innovation within the subject area of water and sanitation in arid regions. The Kretsloppsteknik Research Group at SLU and the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) are the main partners. In addition, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂŒr Internationale Zusammenarbeit), the Gobabeb Desert Research Institute and Development Workshop Namibia (DW-N) will be involved, while the City of Windhoek, Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) and Environmental Lawyers Network of Namibia will be associated. The idea is to conduct a series of three workshops in Namibia over the course of the next year, so keep an eye out on our blog to hear more about WATERSIDE.