Among the concrete measures taken have been the endowment of six CEI professorships in the fields of Sustainable Energy Systems, Green Chemistry, Design for Sustainable Urban Development, Environmental Systems Technology, Global Environmental Measurements, and Sustainable Industrial Metabolism. Thus far, the first three positions are still under review while the latter three have already been appointed: Prof. Anne-Marie Tillman, Prof. Donal Murtagh and Prof. Christian Azar, respectively.

Furthermore, the cross-disciplinary Center for Environment and Sustainability (Göteborgs MiljöVetenskapliga centrum- GMV) has been established (July 2000). This center is intended primarily as a collaborative network for supporting environmentally related research and education at Göteborg University and Chalmers.

The environmental education activities at Chalmers span from singular courses to entire programs of study. For example, Chalmers’ International Master’s Programs (taught entirely in English) consist of one year of classroom studies plus a half year of thesis work, and they lead to a Master of Science in Engineering degree. Of these twelve programs, a few are environmentally related, such as Applied Environmental Measurement Techniques, Complex Adaptive Systems, and Environmentally Sustainable Production Technologies.

A wide spectrum of environmental research is performed at Chalmers and at neighboring Göteborg University. The School of Environmental Sciences’ list of publications provides some examples of doctoral research that could interest IEES members:

• “Assessment of the Environmental Sustainability of Urban Water Systems” (Margareta Lundin, Dept. of Technical Environmental Planning, 1999),
• “Treatment of domestic wastewater by aquaculture” (Dr. Marie Adamsson, Dept. of Applied Environmental Science, 1999), and
• “Constructed Vertical Flow Wetland Technology for the Recycling of Nutrients”, Dr. Neda Farahbakhshazad, Dept. of Environmental Science, 2000).

More information on Chalmers’ environmental activities may be found at the web site for the School of Environmental Sciences (http://www.miljo.chalmers.se/).

Contact persons:

• Dr. Helen Bergsten, Environmental Coordinator, +46 (0)31-772 4950
• Prof. Oliver Lindqvist, Dean of the School of Environmental Sciences at Chalmers.
• Prof. Greg Morrison, Vice Dean of the School of Environmental Sciences at Chalmers.

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Albert Chan was formerly a Ph.D. candidate at the Dept. of Inorganic Environmental Chemistry at Chalmers. His research focused on aging factors for automotive catalytic converters. Previously, Al was affiliated with the Stensund Wastewater Aquaculture, located in Trosa, Sweden.