Poor access to safe drinking water is a major issue for a third of the world s population, especially for those living in rural areas. Because of the abundant sunlight in many of these regions, solar disinfection technology has great promise. It’s unclear, though, which form of solar disinfection would work best.
Using sunlight to disinfect water could be an effective method to providing clean drinking water to people in poorer countries with less access, researchers from Yale School of Engineering have said.
By Jenny Blair
April 23, 2021
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The Ecological Living Module. (Photo by: David Sundberg / Esto Photographics)
Imagine a small house whose exterior is covered with planters full of ripe radishes, carrots, and lettuce. Indoors, another wall of plants stretches floor to ceiling. Their microbe-rich roots capture harmful air pollutants. If you touch the plants, beneficial microbes cross to you, possibly prompting a subtle shift of your own microbiome toward better health.
The house captures rainwater, purifying it on-site with solar energy. The entire structure is made of flaked-wood slabs that are strong enough to replace steel. Unlike steel, though, these slabs sequester carbon. The building can be taken apart, the slabs re-used elsewhere, or their carbon released to other organisms that keep it from re-entering the atmosphere.
The Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral research associate with an expertise in electrochemical techniques in environmental applications, electrochemistry, electrocatalytic material synthesis, and electrocatalytic reactor design. Applicants with an outstanding record in other areas of research under the broad theme of, and preferably at the intersection of, material science and environmental engineering are also encouraged to apply. The postdoctoral research associate will work under the direction of Professor Jaehong Kim. For more information, please visit Prof. Kim’s website at http://www.yaleseas.com/jaehongkim/.
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, and the names and email addresses of three references to jaehong.kim@yale.edu. Review of applications will commence immediately and will continue until the position is filled.