Professor Will Mayes' Projects (18)

DEFRA: National Assessment to explore Methodologies to tackle Erosion and Flooding of Historic Coastal Landfill Sites Jan 31, 2024 - Oct 6, 2025
Defra call released on 27th Feb for R&D around risk assessment of coastal landfill sites. Hull will be a subcontractor from Royal Haskoning DHV who are leading the bid. Hull asked to lead on Tasks 2 and 3 of call plus contribute / review throughout... Read More about DEFRA: National Assessment to explore Methodologies to tackle Erosion and Flooding of Historic Coastal Landfill Sites.

nutrient analysis on Winestead Drain (EA partnership) 2 Sep 1, 2022 - Apr 1, 2023
Project will run July 2022 to 1st April 2023

A follow on project to gain a deeper understanding of the nutrient dynamics affecting Winestead drain.
Analysis water samples for nutrient levels, particularly focusing on phosphate levels to understan... Read More about nutrient analysis on Winestead Drain (EA partnership) 2.

NERC Discipline Hopping - Bridging the gap from waste to novel materials Mar 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022
Substantial stockpiles of historical wastes have been disposed of and remain within the environment, where enduring pollution occurs. There is commercial interest in accessing these wastes for resource recovery and for generation of value-added produ... Read More about NERC Discipline Hopping - Bridging the gap from waste to novel materials.

nutrient analysis on Winestead Drain (EA partnership) Jan 25, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022
Analysis sediment core samples nutrient levels, particularly focusing on phosphate levels to understand nutrient sources. Excess phosphates lead to eutrophication, to inform mitigation of this sources of phosphates need to be determined. Historic ph... Read More about nutrient analysis on Winestead Drain (EA partnership).

Advice and support on the development of a Sustainable Drainage Sensor array to of the DIG Consortium Dec 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
DIG is a £6m sustainable drainage project in Doncaster, Immingham and Grimsby being delivered by North East Lincolnshire Council, Doncaster Council, Yorkshire Water and Anglian Water. DIGSense will work in partnership with the DIG project to support... Read More about Advice and support on the development of a Sustainable Drainage Sensor array to of the DIG Consortium.

Digital resources for practical learning in the GEES disciplines Jun 1, 2021 - May 31, 2023
Geography and Environmental Sciences (G&ES) programmes have diverse skill and method requirements needing specialized training ranging from spatial methods such as computer cartography and GIS via field and laboratory methods to qualitative and quant... Read More about Digital resources for practical learning in the GEES disciplines.

ECPE PPF: To investigate a plastic free alternative to single use plastic sacks for co-mingled recyclate reflecting technical, social economic and environmental constraints Jan 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020
Scarborough Borough Council like other councils across England provide a single use plastic sack for residents to store and present their recycling in. This is because the density of housing and space available does not permit the use of a wheeled bi... Read More about ECPE PPF: To investigate a plastic free alternative to single use plastic sacks for co-mingled recyclate reflecting technical, social economic and environmental constraints.

GCRF 2019 PPF15: Source Identification and Monitoring of Emerging Contaminants in Ground and Drinking Waters in India. Feb 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2019
The objective of this project is to recruit a research assistant to undertake a study involving water
sampling and analysis to obtain water quality data on emerging contaminants in ground and drinking
water samples, using locations in Chandigarh as... Read More about GCRF 2019 PPF15: Source Identification and Monitoring of Emerging Contaminants in Ground and Drinking Waters in India..

CAMS PostDoc Nov 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2022
Pollution of freshwaters from industry, agriculture and urban settings is a major pressure on human and ecological health. Effective and robust monitoring of water quality is vital to safeguard supplies but traditional monitoring has relied on expens... Read More about CAMS PostDoc.

Evolving a Circular Plastics Economy Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2020
Project website: http://circularplastics.hull.ac.uk/

Citizen-led pre-concentration and analysis of water pollution at the point-of-need Jun 4, 2018 - Jul 27, 2018
ACTF summer studentship (eight weeks, £200 stipend per week).

Ensuring everyone across the globe has access to clean water and sanitation is one of UN Sustainable Development Goals. The contamination of water by toxic metals (such as As, Pb, Cu, C... Read More about Citizen-led pre-concentration and analysis of water pollution at the point-of-need.

Impact of an extreme rainfall event on solute and sediment dynamics in a mineralised river system Mar 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2016
The proposed research relates to quantifying the changes in spatial and temporal metal dynamics in an upland mineralised catchment, following the flash flooding from intense rainfall (FFIR) event of 5 - 6 December 2015. The research, which will focus... Read More about Impact of an extreme rainfall event on solute and sediment dynamics in a mineralised river system.

Interreg - Sullied Sediments Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2020
Our inland waterway ecosystems provide a circulatory system for both our urban and rural communities: a transport system bringing goods and removing waste; while in parallel also providing ‘oxygen’ promoting health of the wildlife and humans, whether... Read More about Interreg - Sullied Sediments.