Britt-marie Wilen
Professor/Head of Division
Architecture and Civil Engineering
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden
Biography
Britt-Marie is a Professor and Head of Division at the Division of Water Environment Technology at Chalmers. She specializes in wastewater treatment, focusing on biological and chemical processes in activated sludge and biofilm processes. Britt-Marie researches separation processes with a main focus on disc filtration and activated sludge floc formation. She performs this work in collaboration with Gryaab to create a clearer water which meets the new guidelines that have been introduced regarding phosphorous. Britt-Marie also researches nitrogen removal processes, particularly the use of anammox when removing nitrogen during wastewater treatment. She also works with aerobic granular sludge. This work is carried out in collaboration with professor Malte Hermansson at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Göteborg.
Research Interest
Britt-Marie is the director of the International Master Programme Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering. It is possible to obtain a double degree with MPIEE & WAREM at the University of Stuttgart, Germany or a Nordic Master in Environmental Engineering at the Danish Technical University, Lyngby or at NTNU (the Technical University of Trondheim in Norway) Britt-Marie is responsible for the course Wastewater Engineering and teaches the courses: Wastewater engineering, BOM09 Drinking water engineering, BOM07 Water Resources Engineering, BOM150
Publications
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Jin B, Wilén BM, Lant P. A comprehensive insight into floc characteristics and their impact on compressibility and settleability of activated sludge. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2003 Sep 15;95(1):221-34.
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Jin B, Wilén BM, Lant P. Impacts of morphological, physical and chemical properties of sludge flocs on dewaterability of activated sludge. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2004 Mar 15;98(1):115-26.
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Wilén BM, Jin B, Lant P. The influence of key chemical constituents in activated sludge on surface and flocculating properties. Water research. 2003 May 31;37(9):2127-39.
