WtERT Global Academic Partners

Worldwide chapters of the Global WtERT Council include universities and/or research institutions from over 30 countries that actively contribute to our WtERT research, technology and innovation.

Below is a list of all sister organizations of the global WtERT network. Some countries may be represented by more than one university or other research institution.

WtERT Brasil

Mr Yuri Schmitke A. Belchior Tisi
President ABREN & WtERT Brasil
yuri@abren.org.br
abren.org.br

WtERT Canada

Concordia Institute for Water, Energy and Sustainable Systems
Dr. Catherine Mulligan
Mr. Reda M. Kabbaj
info@wtert.ca
wtert.ca

WtERT China

College of Energy Engineering
Zhejiang University
Prof. Qunxing Huang
hqx@zju.edu.cn
wtert.zju.edu.cn

WtERT Chile

Centro de Investigación en Sustentabilidad y Gestión Estratégica de Recursos (CiSGER)
Universidad del Desarrollo
Prof. Alex Godoy
alexgodoy@ingenieros.udd.cl
website

WtERT Czech Republic

University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO)
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Prof. Dr. Ing. Dagmar Juchelková
Dagmar.juchelkova@vsb.cz

WtERT France



Prof. Ange Nzihou
ange.nzihou@mines-albi.fr

WtERT Germany

Dipl.-Ing.(TU) Werner P. Bauer
bauer@wtert.net
wtert.net

WtERT Greece


National Technical University of Athens
Prof. Maria Loizidou
mloiz@chemeng.ntua.gr
wtert.gr

WtERT India

IPCA Centre for Waste Management and Research
Dr. Atul Kumar
atul.kumar2@terisas.ac.in
Website

WtERT Indonesia


Center of Waste Management Indonesia
Dr. Eng. Bayu Indrawan
info@cwm.or.id
website

WtERT Israel

WtERT Italia


MatER (Materials and energy recovery)
Department of Energy – School of Industrial Engineering
Prof. Stefano Consonni
stefano.consonni@polimi.it
mater.polimi.it

WtERT Japan


Kyoto University
Department of Environmental Engineering
Prof. Masaki Takaoka
takaoka.masaki.4w@kyoto-u.ac.jp
website

WtERT Jordan


The Jordan University of Science and Technology
Dr. Hani Abu Qdais
hqdais@just.edu.jo 

WtERT Kazakhstan

School of Engineering and Digital Sciences,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prof. Jong Ryeol Kim
jong.kim@nu.edu.kz


Kazakh National University of Water Management and Irrigation
Prof. Raikhan Beisenova
raihan_b_r@mail.ru

WtERT Korea


Prof. Yong-­Chil Seo
seoyc@yonsei.ac.kr
wtert.kr

WtERT Morocco

Point of contact:
Mr Reda Kabbaj
kabbajreda@gmail.com
um6p.ma

WtERT Paraguay

Centro de Tecnología Apropiada
Universidad Católica
“Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”
Dr. Roberto Andrés Lima Morra
roberto.lima@uc.edu.py
website

WtERT Russia

The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RUDN
Institute of Environmental Engineering
Prof. Anna Kurbatova
kurbatova-ai@rudn.ru
website

WtERT Serbia

University of Belgrade – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. Aleksandar Jovovic
ajovovic@mas.bg.ac.rs
website

WtERT Singapore

Nanyang Environment And Water Research Institute (NEWRI)
Prof. Grzegorz Lisak
g.lisak@ntu.edu.sg
website

WtERT Thailand

Faculty of Engineering – Kasetsart University
Prof. Dr. Chinnathan Areeprasert
fengcta@ku.ac.th
webiste

WtERT Türkiye

Department of Environmental Engineering
Prof. Samet Oturk
samet.ozturk@btu.edu.tr
webiste

WtERT U.K.

WtERT Emirates


Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Mohamed Abdallah
mabdallah@sharjah.ac.ae
website

WtERT USA

Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University
Prof. A.C. (Thanos) Bourtsalas
ab3129@columbia.edu
website

Earth Engineering Center, City College of New York (CCNY)
Prof. Marco J. Castaldi
mcastaldi@che.ccny.cuny.edu
website

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