Research
Emissions: Reduction and Control
This group of researchers provides the Irish Agricultural and industrial sectors with the technology and expertise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to clean up contaminated soil and groundwater. This will contribute directly to the national objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The main research areas include:
- Development of dietary systems and management strategies to mitigate methane production and nitrogen excretion in beef and dairy cattle and to reduce nutrient and odour emissions from the Irish livestock industry
- Technologies to model and remediate contaminated groundwater
- Land-use strategies and carbon sequestration techniques to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
- Computational models, micro- & nano-technologies to remediate toxic environmental pollutants
- Evaluating the ecotoxicological implications of new pollutants (e.g. nanoparticles) arising from agricultural, forestry and other industries
- Developing new technologies, including microbial and nanotechnology, and strategies that can be used for pollution amelioration in soils and wastewaters
- Sub-surface geological CO2 sequestration
- Identifying the potential of bioenergy crops in combination with C-sequestration techniques (e.g. Biochar) for mitigation of climate change
Related Schools in UCD
- UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science
- UCD School of Veterinary Medicine
- UCD School of Architecture
- UCD School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
- UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science
- UCD School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering
- UCD School of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
- UCD School of Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering
- UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- UCD School of Geological Sciences