WATER is an international school aimed at training MSc and PhD students in Chemical Sciences and Chemical Engineering on modern topics of water treatment technologies. WATER is a school focused on modern water treatment issues. The student will be accompanied in a guided and interactive path aimed at the development of a water purification process starting from the most modern techniques of synthesis and characterization of solid materials useful as sorbents or catalysts. The different treatment technologies (e.g., adsorption, photodegradation) will be discussed, contemplating the use of alternative energy sources (e.g., ultrasound).

 

The school will be held in Naples, at the conference center of the Department of Chemical Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II, from the 15th to the 19th of September 2025.

The registration is mandatory using a dedicated GForm (link).

All the material of the school will be available on GDrive folder (link).

 

Important dates

  • Registration: 15/07/2025 deadline
  • School: 15-19/09/2025

 

Benefits of the school

  • No subscription fee*
  • Blended teaching modality

 

What will you learn

  • the latest experimental and theoretical concepts on water treatment
  • the latest concepts related to the development of solid materials in order to make processes more effective (greater production and energy savings)
  • the implementation of non-conventional forms of energy in purification processes
  • concepts and implementation of design and optimization of adsorption and photodegradation plants

 

What will you develop

  • creative thinking in the innovation of water treatment processes
  • multinational and multidisciplinary interaction and networking skills

 

WATER Programme

Date Session title Activity Time Lesson
15/09/2025 WATER Overture Info 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome, institutional greetings, WATER overture
15/09/2025 New trends in sorbends and catalytic materials for water treatment Lecture 09:30 – 11:00 Synthesis of heterogeneous materials for water treatment
Lecture 11:00 – 12:30 Characterization of heterogeneous materials for water treatment
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
Workshop 13:30 – 15:00 From wastewater to the material a multidisciplinary approach
Activity 16:00 Walking in Napoli Downtown and Social Dinner: meeting point Piazza Bovio
16/09/2025 Emerging contaminants: classification and regulation Lecture 09:00 – 10:30 Emerging contaminants: classification and regulation
Lecture 10:30 – 12:00 Analytical methods for emerging contaminants detection
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
Lab 13:30 – 17:00 Analysis of a wastewater
17/09/2025 Innovative techniques for wastewater treatment Lecture 09:00 – 10:30 Classical processes for wastewater treatment
Lecture 10:30 – 12:00 Alternative processes for wastewater treatment
Info 12:00 – 12:15 Assigning tasks for Saturday
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
Lecture 13:30 – 15:00 AOP for wastewater treatment
Activity 16:00 Napoli Sotterranea: meeting point Piazza del Gesù Nuovo
18/09/2025 Design of wastewater treatment apparatus Lecture 09:00 – 10:30 Numerical methods and modeling
Lecture 10:30 – 12:00 Alternative sources of energy (microwaves, ultrasounds, plasma)
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
Workshop 13:30 – 15:30 How to chose the right technology for wastewater treatment
19/09/2025 Student Session Activity 09:00 – 11:30 Flash presentations of real research
Lecture 11:30 – 12:30 How to write a scientific article
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
Activity 13:30 – 15:30 Journal Club: become the reviewer of a famous author
Info 15:30 – 16:00 Conclusions and Take Home messages

Download the programme here.

Organizing institutions

University of Naples Federico II (Prof. Vincenzo Russo)

Universidade da Coruña (Prof. Moises Canle Lopez)

University of Amsterdam (Prof. Stefania Grecea)

 

WATER was organized in the frame of Erasmus+ KA131 Blended Intensive Programme and SULILEIA project.

 

* Erasmus+ covers the expenses of the students/docents belonging to the consortium UniNa/UVA/UDC