Max' student life

Since March 1st, 2000 I take part in the postgraduate study programme "Material Flow Management" at the University of Applied Sciences Nordostniedersachsen, Suderburg division. It is planned as a 3 term study programme. After terminating of the former postgraduate study programme "Waste Management" and a one-year-break then, some idealists, a geologist, a chemistry engineer, an architect, a landscape architect and a process engineer amongst them, gathered to follow new ways of sustainable design of products as well as metabolism engineering by the guidance by Prof. Michael Braungart. At the moment we are into plans to found a company resp. an engineering office concerning to those issues. Up to now our main occupation is to attend the lessons and join excursions for plants and projects to prepare us well for our future business.

At the first picture is shown the "hard core" of our student group "EAS" with Christina (standing besides me), Gerald, Britt and Wenly (Roland is missing because of illness).

Student group EAS

On my birthday party at the students residence (March 2000).

Chill out

EAS - students on the way to the sugar factory Uelzen

On the 22nd of March (Day of Water!) our first excursion brought us to the Nordzucker AG, Uelzen branch.
By an invitation of the Sewage Society Uelzen we attended a non-public licencing conference for a planned storage
pond for the factory sewage.

Sand trap of the sewage plant Steinhof/Braunschweig

On the 29th of March another excursion took us to the sewage plant Steinhof near Braunschweig,
this time with Prof. Mennerich.

© Britt Schumacher

With Prof. Mennerich at the model of the sewage plant, far left Roland (above).
Max, Gerald, Wenly und Christina at an old pump (below).

On the same day later on we got information about methods of close-to-nature sewage treatment at the Lahstedt Local Authority. This is a registered project for the EXPO 2000 in Hannover.
[more information about the EXPO project]

sewage sludge dewatering and mineralisation bed

Reed bed treatment system for sewage water

© Britt Schumacher

Far above is shown a sewage sludge dewatering and mineralisation bed. The picture above is showing one of the 4 basins of the reed bed treatment system for sewage water. Left a putrefaction tower in the background, in front Willi, Gerald, Roland and a emplyee of Lahstedt Council.

© Britt Schumacher

On 18th April we inspected the areas of our future engagements in the Wolfenbüttel district. We want to take soil samples near the rivers Oker and Innerste, e.g. for heavy metals.

The Pürckhauer - testing

© Britt Schumacher

Checking the layers of the soil after Pürckhauer, left Roland, Willi and Gerald, right Max with hammer (above).
Taking a view to the river landscape around river Oker, links Gerald and Roland, an employee of the County Council,
then Mrs. Prof. Urban, Max und Wenly (picture below).

View from a bridge of river Oker

This page is last updated on May 08, 2000.