Entries by kristaps

Cyber-physical systems, ontologies and biophotonics for safe&smart city and society

On 7th October 2015, were National Research Programme «Cyber-physical systems, ontologies and biophotonics for safe&smart city and society» meeting, where participants shared their results of first phase. In this meeting Sandis Dejus presented Rigas Technical university part in this project – development of urban drinking water supply systems biological quality control system. He said «We want […]

Project WATERCHAIN

In October 2015th our team will start working on a new Project WATERCHAIN Pilot watersheds as a practical tool to reduce the harmful inflows into the Baltic Sea. Project is approved under Central Baltic Programme INTEREG and helps to reduce inflows of nutrients and hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea from all types of land-based […]

Honorary Consul of Mexico in Latvia Mr. Carlos Arredondo Martinez

On Friday September 11th members of Water research laboratory Talis Juhna and Janis Rubulis together with Honorary Consul of Mexico in Latvia Mr. Carlos Arredondo Martinez were in Skype meeting with several representatives of State of Puebla in Mexico (M.Sc. Luis Banck Serrato, Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport of the of the State of Puebla; Omar Viveros Hernandez, Assistant to […]

Project POMACEA

In October 2015th our team will start working on a new Project POMACEA (Affordable technology for mitigation of membrane (bio)fouling through oPtimizatiOn of pre- treatMent And ClEAnIng methods). Project is approved under INNO INDIGO Joint Call 2014 – Clean Water and Health and addressed to the challenge of «Development and applications of membrane technology in […]

Strategic research collaboration between Wetsus

On June 25th 2015, an Memorandum of Understanding was penned between Wetsus, European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology (The Netherlands) and RTU which marked a strategic research collaboration between Wetsus, one of the leader in water technology and innovation and RTU, the oldest technical university in the Baltics. Read more

Decontamination of water supply systems after deliberate pollution

Kamila Gruskevica successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled «Decontamination of water supply systems after deliberate pollution» on 18th June 2015, with Tālis Juhna as her supervisor. The jury of the defense was: Anatolijs Borodiņecs (RTU), Oļģerts Nikodemus (LU), Illkka Miettinen (Kuopio University). Summary of PhD thesis

The EuroNanoForum 2015

On 10th to 12th June Linda Mezule, Brigita Dalecka presented them ideas  and Talis Juhna were co-chair on Euro Nano Forum 2015. The EuroNanoForum 2015 is a meeting point for industry, science and policy. Read more Euro Nano Forum 2015 home page

WIRE 2015

From 3 till 5 of June senior researcher Jānis Rubulis attended conference WIRE 2015, which was held on Riga Latvian Society house. Conference brings together policy makers, entrepreneurs, and researchers from Europe. One of the main goals discussed in WIRE 2015 was solutions for better opportunities for research and innovation collaboration between Regions and to […]

Research slam

Like every year bachelor and doctorate students in «Research slam» presents new scientific ideas in simply way. This year finalists presents «pink glasses of augmented reality», «peculiarities of our thinking», «false memory effect on witnesses», smart fabric, perspectives of stem cell and Hippocampus. Video and article Photo gallery from previously years