Paraschos Melidis

Education:

• 1991: University of Stuttgart Germany, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Ph.D. in Chemistry.
• 1988: University of Stuttgart Germany, Department of Chemistry, BSc degree in Chemistry (5 years) (Diplom-Universität), April 1988.

Research interests: 

Current research activity is the development of innovative technologies that complement and improve the performance of conventional wastewater treatment technologies. It covers topics such as:

• Research, development, optimisation and control of aerobic and anaerobic biological processes for wastewater treatment.
• Research and development of methods for biological nutrient removal.
• Enhanced biogas production by Anaerobic Sludge Digestion and Co-digestion with agricultural wastewaters (olive mill effluents, wastewater from biodiesel production) by mechanical (ultra sound), chemical and biological processes.
• Development and implementation of microbial sensors for efficient process control in wastewater treatment plants.
• Solar drying of sewage sludge and its reuse in the ceramic industry.
• Solids Handling and Processing.
• Enhanced wastewater treatment by membranes for water reuse.
• Dewatering of primary settled urban sludge in vertical flow wetland Filters.
• Identification, quantification and treatment of micro-pollutants in sewage treatment plants
• Treatment and management of municipal landfill leachate.

Teaching courses:

Graduate courses

1. Water treatment technologies, 8th semester mandatory course
2. Wastewater management and treatment technologies I
3. Wastewater management and treatment technologies II
4. Process optimization and control of wastewater treatment plants, 9th semester, optional course
5. German language Ι, 2th semester optional course
6. Laboratory courses
   • Wastewater management and treatment technologies I
   • Wastewater management and treatment technologies II
   • Environmental microbiology

Post graduate courses

1. Program for postgraduate studies (MSc) “Environmental Engineering and Science”, Department of Environmental Engineering of the Democritus University
2. Wastewater treatment, 1st semester, mandatory course
3. Advanced technologies in wastewater treatment and reuse, 2nd semester, optional course
4. Modeling and automatic process control of biological processes, 2nd semester, optional course
5. Program for postgraduate studies (MSc) “Environmental technologies in the legislation on the Environment”, Department of Environmental Engineering of the Democritus University
6. Treatment technologies in the drinking water regulation
7. Inter-University and inter-departmental Post Graduate Program “Systems Engineering Management”, organized from the Department of Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering and Environmental Engineering of the Democritus University in collaboration with the Department of Business Management & Administration of the University of Macedonia
8. Course C3 (Water and Wastewater Treatment): “Water and wastewater treatment”
9. Course C1 (Environmental Systems Management and Modeling):«Modeling of wastewater treatment plants»
10. Inter-departmental Post Graduate Program “Hydraulic mechanic” organized from the

Department of Civil Engineering, Section of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering of the Democritus University

1. “Nutrient removal from wastewater – Biosolids treatment”