Schedule

Thursday 5th April 2001
13.30 Registration Desk opens
15.00-17.30 Introductory "Tutorial" session: C.M.A. Brett, J.F. Rusling, L.K. Koopal, J. Gregory
19.00

Welcome reception

 

Friday 6th April 2001
09.00 Opening ceremony
09.25-10.05 Electrochemical reactors for environmental treatment and clean electrochemistry: electrode/membrane design and reactor characterisation
F. Walsh
10.05-10.45 Green synthesis via electrolysis in microemulsions
J. Rusling
10.45-11.15 Coffee and Posters
11.15-11.55 Direct electrochemistry of redox proteins or enzymes at various film electrodes and their applications in monitoring or destroying some pollutants
N. Hu
11.55-12.35 Strategies for environmental monitoring based on electrochemical sensors
C.M.A. Brett
12.35-13.05 Development of biosensors for determination of mercury compounds and pesticides in waters and wastewaters
A. Amine, K. Digua, M. El-Rhazi, L. Idrissi
13.15-14.30 Lunch
14.30-15.10 New chemicals as potential inhibitors for copper corrosion
Gy. Vastag, E. Szõcs, A. Shaban, E. Kálmán
15.10-15.40 Hydrodynamic voltammetry using solid electrode for quantitative determination
S.K. Aggarwal, J.V. Kamat, N. Gopinath, H.S. Sharma
15.40-16.40 Tea and Posters > View list of posters
16.40-17.20 Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants at semiconductor/solution interface
E. Pelizzetti
17.20-18.00 Photocatalytic and photo-induced superhydrophilic properties of TiO2 coated substance: its application to environmental clean-up
K. Hashimoto
18.00-18.30 Discussion
20.00

Workshop Dinner

 

Saturday 7th April 2001
09.00-09.40 Effect of colloids on radionuclide migration in engineered barrier system and fractured rock system for performance assessment of high-level waste disposal in Japan
S. Kurosawa
09.40-10.10 Status of organochlorine (DDT) pollutants and steps towards electrocatalytic reductions
G.N. Kamau, W.G. Kiflom, J.F. Rusling
10.10-10.50 From the laboratory to the pre-industrial pilot plant: electrochemical treatment of wastewater from a textile industry
J. Iniesta, J. Gonzalez-Garcia, V. Montiel, A. Aldaz
10.50-11.35 Coffee and posters > View list of posters
11.35-12.25 The action of hydrolysing metal coagulants in water treatment
J. Gregory
12.25-13.05 Remediation of PAHs contaminated sludge by flotation
L.K. Koopal, H.A.E. Mulleneers, H. Bruning
13.05-14.30 Lunch
14.30-15.10 Challenges to the development of new catalysts for "Green System" fuel cells
M. Watanabe
15.10-15.50 Environmental remediation using electrons and photons: catalytic aspects and novel materials
K. Rajeshwar
15.50-16.30 Tea and posters > View list of posters
16.30-17.30 Panel discussion
Closing remarks and future activities

 

Scientific and organising committee:

C.M.A. Brett (Coimbra, Portugal) - Chairman
J. Gregory (London, UK)
L.K. Koopal (Wageningen, Netherlands)
J.F. Rusling (Connecticut, USA)

 

Please address all correspondence to
Prof. C.M.A. Brett ° Universidade de Coimbra ° e-mail: [email protected]