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Strategic Research Group Sustainable Water and Suelo Management

The Strategic Research Group on Water and Soil Management conducts research related to the sustainable management and use of natural resources to improve production processes and reduce their environmental impact.

The group uses Territorial R&D Agendas as a tool to prioritize research topics together with local stakeholders. Work is currently being carried out with the Agenda for the forestry–wood sector.

  1. Climate change: CO₂ capture – Monitoring and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
  2. Efficient and innovative water management in productive value chains, as well as in urban areas and their surroundings.
  3. Efficient and innovative management of waste and effluents generated in productive value chains and at the household level, promoting differential and innovative knowledge for their reuse.
  4. Renewable energies and bioenergies: Green hydrogen, solar energy, wind energy, methane, biomethane, biohydrogen.
  • Kelly Liesenfeld – Evaluation of intensive oxygen transfer technology (SDOX) applied to the aerobic co-digestion of sludge and fats
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: UTEC
  • Angela Cabezas – Production of hydrogen and methane in bioelectrochemical systems using agro-industrial waste
    Status: (not specified)
    Funding: —
    Participating institutions: —
  • Luis Ramirez – Development and optimization of microalgae biorefineries based on dairy processing agro-industry
    Status: (not specified)
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: —
  • Jose Sasias – Development of robotic components from sawmill residues
    Status: (not specified)
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: —
  • Raisi Lenz – Development of technology for waterbody treatment using sawmill residues
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: UTEC / UFN / UPEL / UDELAR
  • Iván Zapata – Johan Duque – Evaluation of carbon dynamics in silvopastoral systems for inclusion in national GHG inventories
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: UTEC
  • Johan Duque – Development of low-complexity models for hydrological prediction in forest basins using deep learning and remote sensing
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: —
  • Kelly Liesenfeld – Cassava peel and sawdust biochar: A sustainable alternative for arsenic removal from water
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: UTEC + UNIPAMPA + CENUR Noreste (UDELAR)
  • Jose Sasias – Early detection system for forest fires
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: —
  • Angela Cabezas – Novel application of Laser-Induced Graphene (LIG)
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: —
  • Kelly Liesenfeld – Solar drying and recovery of solid waste
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
    Participating institutions: UTEC
  • Luis Bahu – Agrivoltaics: Efficiency in the use of water, soil and energy for sustainable agricultural production in the face of climate change
    Status: Ongoing
    Funding: UTEC / GIE - GeSAS
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