ITU En3Lab Research Group

An environmental engineering research group at Istanbul Technical University #Energy #Engineering #Environment #membrane #AD #AGS #HRAS [email protected]

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Our article in “Water Environment Research” examines how vibration frequency and amplitude affect shear stress on submerged hollow fiber membranes. CFD, analytical, and experimental results suggest surface shear stress may predict fouling mitigation efficiency in vibrated MBR.

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Yasemin AKDAĞ from our research group presented her research entitled “Comparative evaluation of nutrient and valuable product recovery from Spirulina platensis and Chlorella sorokiniana cultivated in dairy wastewater” at IWA NRR 2026. We are proud of her achievement.

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Büşra ÇİÇEKALAN from our research group presented her study entitled “Ion exchange-based ammonium recovery from permeate of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor co-digesting waste activated sludge and dairy industry wastewater” at IWA NRR 2026. We are proud of her achievement.

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Hüseyin Güven from our research group gave a seminar titled “Waste Management and Evaluation of Biodegradable Wastes” to students from Rami Atatürk Anatolian High School. Following the seminar, we also gave them a laboratory tour. We would like to thank them for their kind visit.

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Our research group contributed to the chapter “Life Cycle Assessment of Nutrient Removal and Recovery Processes” in the book “Nutrients Removal and Recovery in Wastewater Treatment Systems”, examining conventional and innovative nutrient removal processes within LCA.

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Today, Serdar Elmadağlı from Sinanson Labmarket and Burçin Gümüşoğlu from WTW, visited our laboratories. Wehad the opportunity to discuss our ongoing projects andpossible collaborations. We would like to thank them for their kind visit.

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Beril Çavdar from our research group gave a seminar titled "Environmental Engineering and Istanbul Technical University" at Karacabey Ulviye Matlı Science High School. We would like to thank the students for their participation and the school administration for their hospitality.

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Today, as the ITU EN3Lab group, we had the pleasure of hosting Şerife Zilelioğlu, New Technologies Leader at Enerjisa, for a special seminar on “Project Management.” We sincerely thank Şerife Zilelioğlu for her valuable insights and engaging presentation.

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Our research group contributed to the book titled“Nutrients Removal and Recovery in WastewaterTreatment Systems”, published by Elsevier, withMustafa Evren Ersahin serving as one of the editors.
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A review article from our research group was recently published in Separation and Purification Technology presenting anassessment of AOP–MBR hybrid systems for wastewater treatment, focusing on pollutant removal, fouling mitigation, disinfection, and water reuse potential.

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Our new review in the Journal of Water Process Engineering explores nutrient recovery in ZLD systems, showing how membrane, thermal, biological&hybrid processes enable water and resource recovery. With rising costs& stricter regulations, ZLD is shifting toward circular recovery.

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The editorial of the Special Issue “Anaerobic Digestion: Towards a More Sustainable Future” which comprises a collection of selected papers from the IWA AD18 Conference, held between 2-6 June 2024 in Istanbul, Türkiye, was published in Water Science and Technology.

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Today we had 62. En3Lab Scientific Meeting Mahinur Çolak made an informative presentation on “Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Ultrasound Pretreated Landfill Leachate with Waste Activated Sludge”. We would like to thank her for the great presentation and discussion.

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A review article from our research group was recently published in the Journal of Water Process Engineering. The paper examines pilot- and full-scale applications of microalgae-based wastewater treatment, highlighting current technology, key challenges, and future perspectives.

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Pelin Duru ÇUKURLU from our research group has been selected as a TÜBİTAK STAR Scholar! We congratulate her for achieving this significant success, driven by her passion for science and research. @Tubitak @itu1773

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Our study, published in the Biomass and Bioenergy journal, investigated the digestibility of excess sludge from the A2O process, HRAS+MBR system, and AGS process, demonstrating that different wastewater treatment configurations influence sludge digestibility.

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Today, Assistant Prof. Antonio Mineo from the University of Palermo delivered a lecture entitled “Bioplastic Production from Sewage Sludge”. His insights into resource recovery and circular approaches provided valuable perspectives. We sincerely thank him for his contribution.

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What we see as waste today can become tomorrow’s clean energy—and our research is dedicated to making that transformation possible.

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Our study, published in the Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy journal, shows that an integrated aerobic granular sludge–membrane filtration–UV disinfection system enables the safe and sustainable reuse of treated municipal wastewater for agricultural irrigation.

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Today we had 61. En3Lab Scientific Meeting Beril Çavdar made an informative presentation on “Sustainable treatment of DIE using an integrated anaerobic membrane bioreactor-reverse osmosis system for industrial water reuse”. We would like to thank her for the great presentation.