Water Infrastructure Ressources (Institute)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heidrun Steinmetz

Address

Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 14
Building: 14, Room: 313
67663 Kaiserslautern

Contact

heidrun.steinmetz@rptu.de

Office Hours

By agreement O `clock

since 2016Professor and Holder of the Department Resource Efficient Wastewater Technologies at the University of Kaiserslautern, from 2016 until 2020 as endowed chair of Carl-Zeiss Foundation
2007 - 2015Professor and Holder of the Chair of Sanitary Engineering and Water Recycling at the University of Stuttgart
Head and Co-founder of the Wasserforschungszentrum (Water Research Centre) Stuttgart
2003 - 2006Managing Director of the Center for Innovative Wastewater Technology at the University of Kaiserslautern
2000 - 2002Head of Department Water and Environmental Technology in the Consultant´s office WPW Ingenieure GmbH, Saarbrücken
1997 - 2000Head of Department Wastewater, Water and Biotechnology, Farmatic Anlagenbau GmbH (plant engineering company)
1990 - 1996Research Assistant at the Institute of Urban Water Management, University of Kaiserslautern
1996Dr.- Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.), University of Kaiserslautern
1981 - 1989Study of Biology, University of Kaiserslautern
Diploma: Dipl.-Biol.
  • German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA):
    • Deputy spokeswoman of the technical committee KA 1 “resource orientated sanitation”
    • Member of the task group KA 1.4 “system integration”
    • Member of the task Group KA 1.8 “research and development”
    • Member of the task group KA 6.2 “SBR –technology”
    • Member of the technical committee KA 8 “advanced wastewater treatment”
    • Member of the technical committee ES 2 “system oriented planning”
    • Member of the coordination group energy in the water and waste management
    • Member of FA BIZ 6 “Ausbildung an Hochschulen”
    • Member of the advisory committee of the German Water Association (DWA) in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg
  • International Water Association (IWA)
  • Society of Engineers for water resources, solid waste management and land reclamation (BWK)
  • German Society for Limnology (DGL)
  • Program Committee of the IWA Austrian Young Water Professional Conference 2010
  • Scientific board Shanghai Chongming Eco- Island International Forum 2010
  • Scientific board “Aqua Urbanica” (since 2013)
  • Editorial Board “gwf-Wasser/Abwasser” (since 2012)
  • Editorial board „Wasser und Abfall“ (since 2012)
  • Managing Director „Research and Development Institute for Urban and Industrial Water Management and Solid Waste Management e.V. Stuttgart (FEI) (2009 – 2015)
  • Foundation Council Willy- Hager Foundation
  • Chairperson of the technical expert board Willy- Hager Foundation
  • Jury of Ernst-Kunze Preis (DWA)
  • Jury of Aqua-Preis (University of Stuttgart) (2007 - 2015)
  • Jury Karl-Heinz Hunken Preis (University of Stuttgart) (2013 - 2015)
  • concepts and Technologies for a resource efficient wastewater management
  • nutrient recovery
  • energy on wastewater treatment plants
  • anaerobic technologies
  • production of biopolymer (biopastic) from wastewater and sewage sludge
  • optimisation of processes on waste water treatment plants
  • black water treatment
  • Elimination of micropollutants

Zukunftspreis Re-Water Braunschweig 2013 (together with partners): prize worth 10.000 € about “Recycling, quality and global considerations” for the work “Phosphate recovery from wastewater with engineered superparamagnetic composite particles using magnetic separation”

HerrM. Sc. AttaallahAbusafia2024Developing Monitoring Strategies for Quantifying and Examining the Fate of Microplastic Emissions in Urban Wastewater Drainage SystemsBand 13, Schriftenreihe wir, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
HerrDipl.-Ing., M.Sc.CarloGottardo Morandi2023Anpassung des Bodenfilterverfahrens zur nutzungsorientierten Grauwasseraufbereitung und Auswirkungen der Grauwasserseparation auf zentrale AbwasserbehandlungsanlagenBand 12, Schriftenreihe wir, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
HerrM. Sc. ThomasUhrig2023Eignung von kommunalen und industriellen Abwasserstömen für die PHA-Produktion und Ansätze zum Up-Scaling des ProzessesBand 10, Schriftenreihe wir, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
FrauDipl. biolMónicaVergara-Araya 2022Development and Evaluation of Strategies for Improving Norm Compliance for Nitrogen Compounds and Reducing Energy Consumption in Wastewater Treatment via Dynamic SimulationBand 9, Schriftenreihe wir, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
HerrDipl.-Ing.ManuelKrauß2022Entwicklung einer Methodik zur Bewertung von Trinkwassertarifen für Privathaushalte in DeutschlandStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft
FrauM.Sc./M.Eng.JovanaHusemann2021Development of the Decision Support Tool for Integrated Wastewater and Organic Material Flows Management in the Scope of Circular EconomyStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft
HerrDipl.-Ing.StephanWasielewski2020Ammoniumrückgewinnung aus Schlammwasser mittels Ionenaustausch an KlinoptilolithStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft
HerrM.Sc.MichaelSeeger2020Entwicklung und Valisierung eines CSB basierten und temperatursensitiven Bemessungsansatzes für Tropfkörper - Untersuchungen an techknischen und halbtechnischen Tropfkörpern in warmen KlimazonenStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 247
FrauM.Sc.KarenMouarkech2018Combined Energy and Nutrients Recovery from Blackwater and Urine and its Potential Integration in LebanonStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 243
FrauDipl.-Ing., M.Sc.AsyaDrenkova-Tuhtan2018Phosphate elimination and recovery from wastewater and process water with reusable, superparamagnetic adsorbent microparticlesStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 240
FrauDipl.-Ing.Marie AlexandraLaunay2017Organic micropollutants in urban catchments: Occurence, dynamics and quantification of fluxes during borth dry and wet weather conditionsStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 239
FrauM.Sc.PengfeiWang2017Phosphorus recovery from wastewater via struvite crystallization in a fluidized be reactor: Influence of operating parameters and reactor design on effiency and product qualityStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 346
HerrDipl.-Ing.EduardRott2016Verfahren zur Bestimmung und Elimination von Phosphaten aus AbwasserStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 233
HerrM.Sc.HaileMehari Goitom2016Accounting for uncertanties in the modeling of CSO emissions (Feststofftransport in der Kanalisation)Stuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 232
HerrM.Sc.KenanGüney2016Water Reuse in Cotton Processing Textile Dye-Hause By Application of Appropriate Membrane Filtration TechnologiesStuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft 234

List of Publications of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heidrun Steinmetz

Presentations of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heidrun Steinmetz