Professor Will Mayes' Projects (16)

StormFlux: Effect of Storm Babet on Pollution Fluxes from Remobilised Mine Wastes Jan 31, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025
Historical wastes disposed in coastal zones are increasingly vulnerable to remobilisation via erosion and seawater inundation including ~2000 Ha of unprotected mining wastes dumped along the Northumbrian River Basin District Coast. Storm Babet, 18-21... Read More about StormFlux: Effect of Storm Babet on Pollution Fluxes from Remobilised Mine Wastes.

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).

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.

Accelerated Supergene Processes in Repository Engineering Mar 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
EPSRC responsive mode led by Cardiff and Leeds

Legacy wastes in the coastal zone: environmental risks and management futures Jan 6, 2020 - Jul 5, 2024
Bid for NERC Highlights Round 5. Project led by Newcastle University with partner organisations - Exeter, Leeds, Cardiff, Hull, Glasgow, CEH Edinburgh.

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.

Greenhouse Gas removal in the Iron and Steel Industry Sep 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2022
This is a GGR Topic-specific proposal

Up to 200 billion tonnes of slag may be produced over the next century as a by-product of the iron and steel industry, which could theoretically sequester up to 90 to 155 billion tonnes of CO2 through enhanced... Read More about Greenhouse Gas removal in the Iron and Steel Industry.

Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes Aug 31, 2014 - Mar 31, 2019
This project addresses environmental problems and potential benefits posed by alkaline waste materials. These are generated in large quantities by many industrial processes around the world. The project will provide fundamental scientific understandi... Read More about Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes.

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.