Jag har varit pÄ Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman som extern examinator vid fakulteten för ingenjörsvetenskap och grön teknik för att utvÀrdera deras magisterutbildning och doktorandutbildning i ingenjörsvetenskap. DÀr fick jag chansen att se en god struktur pÄ deras utbildning och lÀsa om mÄnga intressanta projekt som genomförs pÄ fakulteten. Bland deras projekt var det intressant att se Dr. Leong Siew Yoong projekt dÀr hon anvÀnder fluglarvskompostering för att behandla avfall, med mÄlet att producera biodiesel frÄn fluglarverna. Under besöket fick jag Àven chansen att presentera min forskning vid ett seminarium för en grupp miljöteknikstudenter som hade mÄnga intressanta frÄgor.
Gruppbild efter förelÀsning pÄ UTAR
Björn VinnerÄs visits UTAR in Kampar, Malaysia
Björn VinnerÄs was at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) as External Examiner at the Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology to evaluate their Master of Engineering Science and PhD education in Engineering. He had the chance of looking at their interesting and good structure of their education and looking through several interesting projects that they are performing. Among all projects, it was interesting to see the Black Sodier fly project where Dr. Leong Siew Yoong was looking into the potential of using the lipids from the larvae to produce biodiesel. During the visit, Björn also gave a guest lecture for the Environmental Engineering students, with many interesting questions and discussions.Group picture after the lecture at UTAR
Nordisk insektproduktion diskuterad pÄ en workshop i Danmark
Nordisk Insektworkshop med inriktning pÄ utveckling av insektproduktion för foder och mat, organiserat av Danmarks tekniska universtitet (DTU) och Nordisk arbetsgrupp för mikrobiologi och djurhÀlsa och vÀlfÀrd (NMDD), hölls i Roskilde, Danmark. Evgheni Ermolaev frÄn vÄr grupp och Bettina Julin frÄn Livsmedelsverket representerade Sverige vid mötet.
Nordic insect production discussed at a workshop in Denmark
Nordic Insect workshop focusing on development of insect production for feed and food was arranged by DTU and Nordic Working Group for Microbiology & Animal Health and Welfare (NMDD) In Roskilde, Denmark. Evgheni Ermolaev from our group and Bettina Julin from the Swedish National Food Agency represented Sweden at the meeting.
Finnish delegation visits SLU to discuss on-site urine treatment
Last week our group hosted a delegation of stakeholders from Finland, representing between them the City of Tampere, The Finnish Environment Institute, The Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland and Tampere University of Applied Sciences. They were at SLU to discuss their ongoing projects, MORTTI – mobile nutrient recovery under field conditions and HIERAKKA – long-term effects of applying urine fertilizers. The project looks at identifying and piloting new solutions for the capture and utilisation of nutrients in urine and faeces. We thus discsussed the possibilities for on-site treatment of urine in Finland as well as potential collaboration for implementing urine drying technology at pilot study locations. This was followed by visits to our lab, where we have been running three household-scale urine drying systems & a tour of our black soldier fly composting colony. 
PC: Carl Willandt, Ekokumppanit Oy
Den finska delegationen besöker SLU för att diskutera urinbehandling pÄ plats
Förra veckan var vĂ„r grupp vĂ€rd för en delegation av intressenter frĂ„n Finland som företrĂ€dde Tammerfors stad, Finlands miljöinstitut, Finlands globala toalettförening och Tammerfors universitet för tillĂ€mpade vetenskaper. De var pĂ„ SLU för att diskutera sina pĂ„gĂ„ende projekt, MORTTI – mobil nĂ€ringsĂ„tervinning under fĂ€ltförhĂ„llanden och HIERAKKA – lĂ„ngsiktiga effekter av applicering av uringödningsmedel. Projektet tittar pĂ„ att identifiera och undersöka nya lösningar för fĂ„ngst och anvĂ€ndning av nĂ€ringsĂ€mnen i urin och avföring. Vi diskuterade dĂ€rmed möjligheterna till lokal behandling av urin i Finland samt potentiellt samarbete för att implementera urintorkningsteknologi vid pilotstudieplatser. Detta följdes av besök pĂ„ vĂ„rt labb, dĂ€r vi har kört tre urintorkningsystem i hushĂ„llsstorlek och en rundtur i vĂ„r komposteringsanlĂ€ggning för kolonin av amerikanska vapenflugor.
Ett masterprojekt om fettsyresammansÀttningen av den amerikanska vapenflugans larver har pÄbörjats
Jag heter Nils Ewald, och Àr en av de senaste tillskotten i Black Soldier Fly-gruppen pÄ institutionen. Under hösten kommer jag göra mitt examensarbete som en avslutning pÄ Agronomprogrammet i Livsmedelsvetenskap hÀr pÄ SLU. Som livsmedels-student kÀnns det vÀldigt intressant att fÄ arbeta med insekter som mat och foder, ett Àmne som diskuterats flitigt pÄ sistone. I mitt arbete kommer jag analysera fettsyror i fluglarverna, och det foder som vi ger dem (till exempel matrester). MÄlet Àr att se hur fettsyrorna i fodret pÄverkar fettsyrorna i fluglarverna.
New Masters project on fatty acid composition in BSF larvae and substrates
Iâm Nils Ewald, one of the latest master students to join the Black Soldier Fly team at the department. Iâm currently doing my last year at the Agriculture program in Food Science here at SLU. As a student in food science it is very interesting to be able to dig into the widely discussed field of insects as food and feed. During the autumn I will investigate the fatty acid composition in the BSF larvae, as well as the substrates (such as food waste) they are reared upon. The aim is to see how the fatty acids found in different substrates affects the fatty acid composition in the fly larvae.
Environmental Engineering group hosts Professor Christine Moe
The Environmental Technology group was pleased to host Christine Moe, Gangarosa Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA. During her visit, 3-4th of September 2018, Christine met the researchers and PhD students in the group and discussed potentials for future collaboration in research and education with sanitation sector. Christine also held a lunch seminar where she presented her research finding regarding âExamining Exposure to Fecal Contamination in Low-Income Urban Environments: Findings from the SaniPath Exposure Assessment in Seven Citiesâ. Christine’s visit came within the framework of the project âMicrobiological and pharmaceutical risks from reuse of wastewater streams and products in agriculture, MPR-WST-agriâ. MPR-WST-agri was funded in 2017 by the Swedish Foundation For International Cooperation In Research And Education- STINT. The project is led by Sahar Dalahmeh, a researcher in the group. 
Implementation of demonstration biochar filter for small-scale sewage treatment funded by Swedish EPA
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency decided to grant Sahar Dalahmeh, a researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 475 000 SEK to implement demonstration biochar filter for Small-scale Sewage Treatment”. The project intends to scale the laboratory system to full scale module to treat single- household wastewater. Within the project, system’s function and treatment ability as well as outgoing water quality will be evaluated. The Projects period is August 2018-July 2019.