Pollution Research Group at the UKZN Postgraduate Research Day 2016

Each year, the University of KwaZulu-Natal organizes the Postgraduate Research Day in order to give an opportunity to the postgraduate students to exhibit their work, share experiences and interact with students and research staff from other disciplines. Usually, the representative from public and private institutions of interest assist to the event. The 2016 edition of the Postgraduate Day was held on November the 29^th, in Howard College campus at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

As every year, the Pollution Research Group (PRG) was present into this event with an exhibition stand, poster and oral presentations. The exhibition stand, held by our master and PhD students, attracted the attention of the participants and lead to numerous discussions about the activities of the group. Many students seemed very interested in the PRG, so maybe next year we can expect a bunch of interested people to join us!

The poster and oral presentations gave the opportunity to our students to show their work with the UKZN community. The works presented in the Postgraduate Research Day with the respective name of the brave student are listed below. Please give a click if you want to see the presentation!

Poster presentation

• William Musazura: Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Effluent Fertigation: Technical assessment
• Ismaeel Ally: Simulation tests for the operation of a water main with break pressure tanks
• Keke Mehlomakhulu: “Investigation into the improvement of payment for water services within a peri-urban area in eThekwini
• Nigel Chikore: Lignocellulosic carbon flow analysis in the South African paper, paperboard and tissue industry
• Surabhi Srivastava: Factors affecting the rate of scum formation in wastewater pump stations: a case study of eThekwini municipality

Poster presentation

• Benjamin Chapeyama: Analysing the cost-effectiveness of Latrine Dehydrated and pasteurization (“LaDePa”) agricultural pellets and struvite as new fertilizers: experimental evidence for maize, wheat and sugarcane in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Sharon Migeri: Perennial rye grass (Lolium perenne) and maize (Zea mays) response to urine-based plant nutrient sources

The Postgraduate Research day finished with an excellent news for the PRG. Sharon Migeri, one student from Agriculture studies that work closely with us, won the second prize for best presentation from the School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences. Bravo Sharon Migeri!

Here below are some photos to relieve the Postgradute Research Day with us!