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Dr. Edgard Henrique Oliveira Dias

Head of the Post-Graduation Programme in Civil Engineering (PEC)

e-mail: edgard.dias@ufjf.br

fone: +55 (32) 2102-3419, ext. 208

 

I am an Environmental Engineer from the Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil), with research on municipal wastewater treatment and reuse. I have a MSc Degree in Civil Engineering (knowledge area: Sanitation and Environment) also from the Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil), with research on sewage sludge treatment (production of biosolids) and reuse. I also have a PhD degree in Environment from the University of Brighton (UK), with research on the removal of human enteric virus, bacteriophages and faecal indicator bacteria from municipal wastewater in traditional wastewater treatment systems. I am currently an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (ESA), and Head of the Post-Graduation Programme in Civil Engineering (PEC) at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) Brazil. Research focus on municipal wastewater and sewage sludge treatment and reuse, health-related water microbiology and risk assessment.

Knowledge Area: Sanitation and Environment

Lines of Research: Environmental Technologies / Natural Resources Monitoring and Management

Modules:

  • Fundamentals and Principles in Sanitation and Environment
  • Wastewater and Sewage Sludge Reuse
  • Processes and Techniques for Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Research Projects:

  • 2023 – Current. Technical support and research for the development of simplified operational systems for wastewater treatment plants in Juiz de Fora
    • Funding: Companhia Municipal de Saneamento de Juiz de Fora (CESAMA)
  • 2023 – Current. Development of a IOT System for the analysis of odorant emissions in wastewater treatment plants
    • Funding: Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology in Southeast Minas Gerais (IF Sudeste MG)
  • 2018 – Current. Application of bacteriophages as viral indicators in wastewaters
    • Funding: Minas Gerais State Agency for Research and Development (FAPEMIG)

Recent Outcomes:

  • KELMER GISELE, A.R. ; RAMOS ELLOÍS, R. ; DIAS EDGARD, H.O. . Coliphages as viral indicators in municipal wastewater: a comparison between the ISO and the USEPA methods based on a systematic literature review. WATER RESEARCH, v. 230, p. 119579, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119579
  • MOREIRA, F. D. ; SARAIVA, C. B. ; BOTREL, S. E. C. ; DIAS, E. H. O. . Feasibility study of constructed wetlands for the treatment of dairy effluents. REVISTA AIDIS DE INGENIERÍA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES, v. 14, p. 1, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/iingen.0718378xe.2021.14.1.70251
  • GOMES, A. C. R. ; DIAS, E. H. O. ; Pereira, R. O. . Desenvolvimento de lodo granular aeróbio e avaliação do desempenho de reator em bateladas sequenciais (RBS) a partir de dois inóculos distintos. REVISTA AIDIS DE INGENIERÍA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES, v. 16, p. 1, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/iingen.0718378xe.2021.14.1.70112
  • DE MATOS NASCIMENTO, ANDRESSA ; DE PAULA, VANESSA ROMÁRIO ; DIAS, EDGARD HENRIQUE OLIVEIRA ; DA COSTA CARNEIRO, JAILTON ; OTENIO, MARCELO HENRIQUE . Quantitative microbial risk assessment of occupational and public risks associated with bioaerosols generated during the application of dairy cattle wastewater as biofertilizer. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, v. 745, p. 140711, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140711
  • MOREIRA, FERNANDA DEISTER ; OLIVEIRA DIAS, EDGARD HENRIQUE . Constructed wetlands applied in rural sanitation: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 190, p. 110016, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110016

Current Supervisions:

MSc

  • CAROLINA DE OLIVEIRA RESENTE. Avaliação do desempenho de sistema UASB seguido de filtro biológico percolador preenchido com meio suporte baseado em espuma de poliuretano com foco na remoção de matéria orgânica e simplificação operacional. Início: 2022. Dissertação (Mestrado Acadêmico em Engenharia Civil) – Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. (Orientador).
  • GISELE APARECIDA RODRIGUES KELMER. Remoção de bacteriófagos em sistemas de desinfecção de esgotos domésticos. Início: 2022. Dissertação (Mestrado Acadêmico em Engenharia Civil) – Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. (Orientador).

Finished Supervisions:

MSc

  • ANA DÁVILA DE MAGALHÃES. Contaminação microbiológica de estruvita precipitada a partir de efluente misto. 2023. Dissertação (Mestrado Acadêmico em Engenharia Civil) – Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. (Orientador).
  • PEDRO BARREIROS SILVA DE SOUZA FAGUNDES. Avaliação da precipitação química de estruvita a partir de efluente misto formado por esgoto e lixiviado de aterro sanitário. 2022. Dissertação (Mestrado Acadêmico em Engenharia Civil) – Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. (Coorientador).