Master-level study projects
Ongoing
Ola Ezzedine, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Water for Sustainable Development in the Arab States: The underlying challenges & the role of the W-E-F Nexus. MSc Environmental Engineering
Lisa Holler, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar, co-supervisor: M.Sc. Kwadwo Asamoah: Assessment of socio-economic impacts of reforestation projects in Tunisia from a Water-Energy-Food Nexus perspective. MSc Environmental Engineering
Dario Baccalaro, supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar, co-supervisor: M.Sc. Johannes Winklmaier: Comparative analysis of village-level renewable energy potentials in Zimbabwe. MSc Environmental Engineering
Completed
Andre Hilpert (10/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Open-access, city-scale Urban WEF Nexus analysis tools – a review. MSc Environmental Engineering
Andrej Kuzmenko (10/23), supervisor; co-supervisors: Dr. Lina Escheverri, Circular Munich: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Circular City Munich: Assessmet of Greenhouse gas reduction potentials and circularity in the food retail sector of Munich. MSc Sustainable Resource Management
Buse Yildiz (05/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Tobias Michl, TUM Sustainability Office: TUM is great - now let's make it COOL: Impact of making the lighting systems at TUM campuses more efficient in terms of GHG emissions. MSc Environmental Engineering
Peng Siang Ng (05/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Circular City Singapore: Impact of Nutrient Recovery on Carbon Footprint for Singapore’s Wastewater Treatment System. MSc Environmental Engineering
Saniv Gupta (01/23), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Dr. Peter Schad, Landesamt für Geology und Bergbau Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz: Soil and water, climate change, and water balance. MSc Environmental Engineering
Nasrat Noormal (10/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Dr. Abishek Narayan, Eawag, Switzerland: Evolution and challenges of biogas as a sanitation technology in Sub-Saharan Africa. MSc Environmental Engineering
Burak Meti (10/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Dr. Pamela Duran-Diaz: Systemically review to identify the system components of the Ice Stupa and to obtain insight into the technical challenges. MSc Environmental Engineering
Massihullah Asefi (10/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Design of ASTR system as rainwater harvesting strategy for groundwater recharge using GIS in Dar, Niger. MSc Environmental Engineering
Nasrat Maiwand Noormal (10/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Dr. Abishek Narayan, Eawag: Evolution and challenges of biogas as a sanitation technology in Sub-Saharan Africa. MSc Environmental Engineering
Mohannad Melhem (09/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Mr Mohsin Atiq, Ravi Urban Development Authority, Lahore: Assessing the sustainable and unsustainable water utilization in various sectors in Lahore, Pakistan. MSc Environmental Engineering
Claudia Rendon-Velazquez (07/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor Dr. Pamela Duran-Diaz: Site Assessment and Project Proposal Development with a WEF Nexus Approach in Sub-Sahara Areas: Case Study in Rwanda. MSc Environmental Engineering
Veronika Hofmeier (07/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Review of drinking water treatment technologies State-of-the-Art in Sub-Saharan Africa. MSc Environmental Engineering
Islam Gadalla (07/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Tobias Michl, TUM Sustainability Office: Reviewing GHG emissions measuring methods for universities: recommendations for Net Zero Carbon Campus TUM taking a WEF Nexus approach. MSc Environmental Engineering
Angelina Atanova (01/22), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: C40 Students Reinventing Cities Competition – Urban Structure and Mobility of Balvanera Sur, Buenos Aires. MSc Environmental Engineering
Felix Bruckmaier (12/21), supervisors: Prof Markus Disse & M.Tech. Soham Adla. Quantification of yield loss due to water and temperature stress with AquaCrop for wheat in Northern India. MSc Environmental Engineering
Marina Kaperoni (11/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: C40 Students Reinventing Cities Competition – Sustainable Buildings in Balvanera Sur, Buenos Aires. MSc Environmental Engineering
Jiwon Kim (11/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: C40 Students Reinventing Cities Competition – Reviving Balvanera Sur, Buenos Aires: Water, Green Infrastructure, and Mobile Application. MSc Environmental Engineering
Areeba Saeed (11/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: C40 Students Reinventing Cities Competition – Integrating Waste Management and Recycling Concepts for a Resilient and Liveable Balvanera Sur, Buenos Aires. MSc Environmental Engineering
Nirjhar Basak (11/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Renewable energy potential in Leh, India: an assessment using the Water-Energy-Food Nexus framework. MSc Environmental Engineering
Andrea Ortega (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Identification and Classification of Water-Energy-Food Nexus Hubs in Latin America. MSc Environmental Engineering
Alejandro Castillo-Nolte (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Monika Egerer, Chair of Urban Productive Ecosystems: Urban Community Gardens as a strategy for climate change attenuation in the context of urban food production. MSc Environmental Engineering
Saba Shadab (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Decarbonising public buses with biogas in the city of Lille, Växjö and Augsburg: A WEF case scenario. MSc Environmental Engineering
Arsa Pakta (06/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Tobias Michl, TUM Sustainability Office: Collaboration with Greening Campus Initiative of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to make Technical University of Munich (TUM) sustainable. MSc Environmental Engineering
Eva Gega (02/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Mitigation strategy and monitoring of control measures for developing a Water Safety Plan for Leh, India. MSc Environmental Engineering
Camila Lang (02/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Identification of Hazards and Assessment of Risks for Leh‘s Water Safety Plan. MSc Environmental Engineering
Andrijana Colina (01/21), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Developing use of unpotable water from the Natural Decentralized Wastewater Treatment pilot plant in Leh, India, with focus on agricultural opportunities, water reuse efficiency and economic potential. MSc Environmental Engineering
Veronica Becker (01/21), supervisor: Dr. Pamela Duran: Plant a Seed – Growing towards a sustainable future. MSc Environmental Engineering
Kwadwo Asamoah (12/20), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Proposed Water Energy Food Nexus scheme for Boki, Niger. MSc Environmental Engineering
Taiwo Bamgboye (12/20), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Operationalizing the WEF Nexus: Quantifying Trade-Off and Synergies between the Water, Energy, And Food Sectors. A Case Study Of Lagos, Nigeria. MSc Environmental Engineering
Lucas Franco (09/20), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Review of water tariff effectiveness and recommendations for Leh town, Ladakh, India. MSc Environmental Engineering
Lisa Hergeth (05/19), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Development of a preliminary indicator set for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. MSc Environmental Engineering
Clara Stoll (05/19), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Analysis of Water-Energy-Food Nexus Tools for Simulation and Visualization. MSc Environmental Engineering
Julia Gottfriedsen (05/19), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Jörg Drewes, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Embedding Entrepreneurship Education in the TUM curriculum for Environmental Engineering with regards to the WEF Nexus: TUM Nexus Hackathon. MSc Environmental Engineering
Nazmul Hasan (04/19), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Fecal Sludge Management and Resources Recovery: A case study in Dhaka, Bangladesh. MSc Environmental Engineering
Dinithi Amarawardana (04/19), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Integrating rainwater harvesting with water reclamation, nutrient recovery and energy production potential for the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL), Phyang, Leh, Ladakh, India. MSc Environmental Engineering
Carolina Feickert- Fenske (05/18), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Scenarios for decentralized wastewater management in Leh Town, India using a trickling filter or horizontal flow constructed wetland. MSc Environmental Engineering
Bryndis Hallsdotir (05/18), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar: Design of a Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System in Leh Town, India Using a Vertical Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland. MSc Environmental Engineering
Mohammed Al-Azzawi (11/17), supervisor: Dr. Daphne Gondhalekar; co-supervisor: Prof. Jörg Drewes, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering: Decentralization of wastewater treatment in Munich, Germany: a pipe dream or a reality? MSc Environmental Engineering