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Proposals for Research Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2006

Environmental Sciences and Technologies

    Painel de Avaliação de Ciências e Tecnologias do Ambiente - 2006
  • Roland Clift
  • Greg Morrison
  • Roy Harrison
  • Thomas Ohlsson
  • Stephan Jefferis
  • Peter Douben
PTDC/AMB/64230/2006

Development of bioassays for herbicide toxicity based on gene expression profiling using yeast cells (HERBITOXBIOAS). Ana Cristina Anjinho Madeira Viegas, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €199,393.

PTDC/AMB/64441/2006

Aquasense-Development of miniaturised flow techniques for investigating dynamic environmental systems: river, estuarine and coastal waters. António Osmaro Santos Silva Rangel, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). €88,650.

PTDC/AMB/64497/2006

LAB-PET - Lacertid Lizards As Bioindicators of Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity in intensive market garden agriculture. Reinier Matthew Mann, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €139,512.

PTDC/AMB/64659/2006

Optimal Design of Industrial Water Using Networks for Wastewater Minimisation. Pedro Miguel Gil de Castro, Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG). €61,626.

PTDC/AMB/64747/2006

Dynamics of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in the Guadiana estuary (DYNCYANO). Helena Maria Galvão, Universidade do Algarve (UAlg). €108,214.

PTDC/AMB/64762/2006

PETE - Physical Approaches to an Improved Economic Theory of the Environment. Tiago Morais Delgado Domingos, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €102,756.

PTDC/AMB/64929/2006

Effects of Air Pollution and Tree Sanitary Status in Pollen Grain Production, Morphology and Identification. António Fabião, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA/ULisboa). €142,680.

PTDC/AMB/64953/2006

Guidelines for Integrated Road Runoff Pollution Management in Portugal (G-Terra). Ana Estela Azevedo Camacho Vasconcelos Barbosa, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €185,494.

PTDC/AMB/65025/2006

Optimization and Control of Intermittent UASB Reactors and Microbial Population Dynamics. Maria Helena Gomes de Almeida Gonçalves Nadais, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €158,174.

PTDC/AMB/65462/2006

(Hyper)accumulation of Arsenic and other Elements by Plants adapted to sites impacted by mining and smelting activities. Speciation, Identification of Accumulation and Detoxification mechanisms and Applications in Bioremediation (HYPERAS). Alexandre Martins Moniz de Bettencourt, IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR). €178,969.

PTDC/AMB/65699/2006

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS CONTAMINATION IN LISBON URBAN ATMOSPHERE. César João Santos Oliveira, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €197,255.

PTDC/AMB/65702/2006

Biological removal of xenobiotics from wastewater treatment systems. Gilda de Sousa Carvalho Oehmen, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET). €197,952.

PTDC/AMB/65706/2006

Contribution of biomass combustion to air pollutant emissions (BIOEMI). Célia dos Anjos Alves, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €199,957.

PTDC/AMB/65828/2006

Exhaled breath condensate: a tool for noninvasive evaluation of pollutant exposition? Susana Marta Lopes Almeida, Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ). €199,006.

PTDC/AMB/65983/2006

Study of the Activated Sludge Process in Oxidation Ditches: Mass Transfer Enhancement and New Computational Tools for Simulation and Design. Ricardo Jorge Nogueira Santos, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €190,234.

PTDC/AMB/66024/2006

Development and validation of enhanced drinking water treatment processes combining titanium dioxide photocatalysis and membrane filtration. Vanessa Ranhada Pinto Jorge Pereira, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (IBET). €152,712.

PTDC/AMB/66198/2006

Wet deposition of particulate carbon over the Northeast Atlantic region. Mário Miguel Azevedo Cerqueira, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €85,758.

PTDC/AMB/66653/2006

Characterization of a new metabolic pathway: mineralization of the herbicide molinate. Olga Cristina Pastor Nunes, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €149,755.

PTDC/AMB/66707/2006

Fire-fighters smoke exposure and related health effects [FUMEXP Project]. Ana Isabel Couto Neto da Silva Miranda, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €199,154.

PTDC/AMB/66909/2006

SUSTAINAMICS - Dynamic Modelling for Integrated Sustainability Assessment. Nuno Videira, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL). €94,786.

PTDC/AMB/66921/2006

Selective Hydrometallurgical Processing for Valorization of Spent Cells of Several Electrochemical Systems - BATMIX. FERNANDA MARIA RAMOS DA CRUZ MARGARIDO, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €87,228.

PTDC/AMB/67075/2006

The application of quantitative real-time PCR to studies of the abundance and toxicity of cyanobacteria in Portuguese potable and recreational water supplies. Vitor Manuel de Oliveira e Vasconcelos, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). €140,818.

PTDC/AMB/67241/2006

Development of cooperative Eco-design methods and tools applied to automotive components' design: the case study of natural fibre based composite materials. Paulo Manuel Cadete Ferrão, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €194,761.

PTDC/AMB/67450/2006

GUIOMAR - Geo(graphical) User Interphace for cOastal and MARine modeling. Conceição Juana Fortes, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). €70,006.

PTDC/AMB/67641/2006

Phytoremediation of soils contaminated by organic compounds. Luísa Teresa Pires Grancho Caetano Davies, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €153,295.

PTDC/AMB/68393/2006

PROTOFILWW - ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROTOZOA, METAZOA AND FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE AND PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL AND OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS OF PLANTS. Ana Paula Mesquita Rodrigues da Cunha Nicolau, Universidade do Minho (UM). €104,240.

PTDC/AMB/69065/2006

Elimination of volatile organic compounds in industrial gaseous emissions by catalytic oxidation. Jose Luis Cabral Conceicao Figueiredo, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP). €182,340.

PTDC/AMB/69335/2006

Development of a bioreactor system for activated carbon catalysis of azo-dye reduction. Maria Madalena dos Santos Alves, Universidade do Minho (UM). €174,367.

PTDC/AMB/69379/2006

Biotechnological Valorization of Olive Mill WasteWaters (OMWalor). Isabel Maria Pires Belo, Universidade do Minho (UM). €195,512.

PTDC/AMB/69599/2006

Improving air quality assessment with ensemble modelling - ENSEMBLAIR. Carlos Borrego, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €199,746.

PTDC/AMB/70431/2006

BiOtoMetal - Multidisciplinary assessment of aquatic environment by anthropogenic contaminants (METALs), using a combined BIOmarker - OTOlith chemical analysis approach in fishes. Bruno André Fernandes de Jesus da Silva Nunes, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €112,833.

PTDC/AMB/70801/2006

Understanding Underground Biodiversity: Studies of Azorean Lava Tubes. Maria de Lurdes Nunes Enes Dapkevicius, Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP (FGF). €199,725.

PTDC/AMB/70825/2006

Tracking antibiotic resistance bacteria in drinking water: from the source to the tap. Célia Maria Manaia Rodrigues, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). €141,240.

PTDC/AMB/71236/2006

Municipal wastewater treatment and antibiotic resistance dissemination. Célia Maria Manaia Rodrigues, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). €177,180.

PTDC/AMB/73081/2006

EVAWET - Evaluation of the hydrodynamic and environmental behaviour of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment and reuse. Antonio Joao Carvalho de Albuquerque, Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI). €149,112.

PTDC/AMB/73154/2006

SpinAquaChip: a novel platform for waterborn pathogen detection. Luis Fonseca, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €191,368.

PTDC/AMB/73169/2006

INtegrated System for High Operational REsolution in Shore Monitorization (INSHORE). Paulo Renato Enes Baganha Baptista, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €109,909.

PTDC/AMB/73207/2006

EYE hEAR, Qualitative sound maps for visualization of the urban soundscapes. Mohammed Boubezari, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa). €147,986.

PTDC/AMB/73338/2006

Conservation and rehabilitation strategies for temporary Mediterranean river corridors: A case study on Pardiela basin, southern of Portugal (Guadiana basin). Maria Manuela Queiroz Martins Mantero Morais, Universidade de Évora (UE). €139,392.

PTDC/AMB/73364/2006

CHARACTERIZATION AND PROCESSING FOREST SHRUB BIOMASS INTO A SOLID FUEL (ProForShrub). jose de jesus figueiredo da silva, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €80,160.

PTDC/AMB/73854/2006

BIOPACK - In-situ biopolymers nanocomposites: high performance packaging materials for a clean environment. Ana Vera Alves Machado Nobrega, Universidade do Minho (UM). €181,389.

PTDC/AMB/73901/2006

ABAFOBIO - Agricultural abandonment, fire and the future of biodiversity. Henrique Pereira, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa). €167,390.

PTDC/AMB/74346/2006

Assessing the combined effects of chemical stressors and UV radiation on Daphnia magna. Amadeu Mortágua Velho da Maia Soares, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €160,248.

PTDC/AMB/76006/2006

INFERNO - the Influence of Forest-firE on River commuNity Organisation. Amadeu Mortágua Velho da Maia Soares, Universidade de Aveiro (UA). €199,488.