Department Head – prof. Katarzyna Ignatowicz, DSc, PhD, Eng.
k.ignatowicz [at] pb.edu.pl
Department Office:
Elżbieta Stachniewicz, MSc, Eng.
Wiejska 45E street, 15-351 Białystok, Poland
room: 3/10
+48 85 746 95 63
wb.ktwis [at] pb.edu.pl
Scientific and didactic employees:
| Degree/title, Name and surname |
Room |
Phone/mobile |
Email |
| Prof. Katarzyna Ignatowicz, DSc, PhD, Eng. |
3/9 |
+48 85 746 95 63
+48 571 443 148 |
k.ignatowicz [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Prof. Iwona Skoczko, DSc, PhD, Eng. |
3/8 |
+48 571 443 151 |
i.skoczko [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Assoc. Prof. Dariusz Boruszko, DSc, PhD, Eng. |
3/3 |
+48 571 443 146 |
d.boruszko [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Assoc. Prof. Aleksander Kiryluk, DSc, PhD, Eng. |
3/33 |
+48 797 995 919 |
a.kiryluk [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Assoc. Prof. Janina Piekutin, DSc, PhD |
3/4 |
+48 571 443 147 |
j.piekutin [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Assoc. Prof. Mirosław Skorbiłowicz, DSc, PhD, Eng. |
3/30 |
+48 797 996 001 |
m.skorbilowicz [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Jacek Leszczyński, PhD, Eng. |
3/5 |
+48 571 443 148 |
j.leszczynski [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Adam Łukowski, PhD |
3/6 |
+48 571 443 149 |
a.lukowski [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Piotr Ofman, PhD, Eng. |
3/32 |
+48 571 443 155 |
p.ofman [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Joanna Struk-Sokołowska, PhD, Eng. |
3/6 |
+48 571 443 149 |
j.struk [at] pb.edu.pl |
| Ewa Szatyłowicz, PhD, Eng. |
3/8 |
+48 571 443 151 |
e.szatylowicz [at] pb.edu.pl |
Didactic employees:
Technical employees:
Works for the development of young scientists and participants of doctoral studies
| No. |
Title |
Work manager |
| 1. |
Research on the use of activated carbons with increased porosity |
Remigiusz Gumiński, MSc, Eng., doctoral student |
| 2. |
Influence of car transport on the content of heavy metals in road dust from an urban area |
Łukasz Trybułowski, MSc, Eng., doctoral student |
| 3. |
Advanced technological solutions in engineering and environmental protection systems |
Prof. Katarzyna Ignatowicz, DSc, PhD, Eng. (Skoczko I., Boruszko D., Kiryluk A., Piekutin J., Skorbiłowicz M., Skorbiłowicz E., Leszczyński J., Łukowski A., Ofman P., Szatyłowicz E., Struk-Sokołowska J.) |
| 4. |
Research on the regeneration process of the sorption and strength properties of selected activated carbons |
Łukasz Winconek, MSc, Eng., doctoral student |
Services and research offer
Technical, chemical, ecological judgments and environmental opinions in the field of:
- wastewater treatment technology using hydrophytic deposits for industrial wastewater treatment with particular emphasis on wastewater from food processing;
- sludge management on wastewater treatment plants with the use of vermicompost, including the transformation of carbon compounds and selected micropollutants;
- Water treatment technologies using membrane methods in terms of their applicability for removal of micropollutants from surface and underground waters
- processes of deepened oxidation, taking into account the efficiency of removal of selected organic pollutants from industrial wastewater and leachates from landfills, as well as the evaluation of post-process residues
- Mechanisms of transformation, immobilization and degradation of selected pesticides in wastewater treatment technology and aquatic and groundwater environment;
- wastewater treatment technologies for municipal and industrial wastewater in SBR reactors including transformations of carbon compounds expressed as COD fractions and selected micropollutants;
- further use of waste materials in waste management systems and assessment of potential environmental risks in terms of heavy metals and organic micropollutants;
- air protection, including determination of the impact of stationary emission sources on the ambient air quality in settlement units on the basis of field studies and solid fuel combustion technologies
- filtration process applied to water treatment for household and industrial purposes with the use of innovative filtration materials and water magnetisation process;
- monitoring the amounts of heavy metals in agricultural crops and agricultural soils of non-urbanised areas
- Determination of the degree of anthropopression in rural areas and landscape of lowland rivers;
- determination of the degree of urban dustiness and communication routes as elements of human impact on the quality of the urban environment;
- monitoring of surface water quality as regards the influence of anthropopressure factors;
- monitoring of surface waters and groundwaters taking into account physical and chemical parameters, including among others microplastics and selected micropollutants
- systems of municipal and industrial waste management, methods of utilization and recycling of waste materials, taking into consideration development of waste management plans
- Wastewater treatment technologies using aerobic granulated activated sludge and methods of aerobic granulated sludge production in SBR reactors;
- low-cost methods of nitrogen removal from treated wastewater;
- condition assessment and advisory services in detailed and basic drainage systems.
In addition, the Department offers the following services:
- scientific consulting in the field of selection of appropriate apparatus, method of performing analyses and interpretation of obtained results;
- expert opinions and technical opinions on environmental protection;
- expert opinions and technical opinions on water and wastewater management;
- technological supervision of environmental engineering facilities, including water treatment stations, sewage treatment plants and water and sewage networks
- drawing up of water-legal reports in the field of environmental engineering;
- preparation of environmental impact assessments;
- chemical analyses of pollutants contained in water, sewage, sludge and solid waste (e.g. determination of heavy metals) and microbiological analyses
- execution of sanitary projects and technological concepts for environmental engineering objects
- technological research of water treatment and sewage treatment, both on laboratory and semi-technical scale.