A student-led project to investigate a productive use for an intractable aquatic pest will be the first project in a collaborative relationship between Thailand’s Kasetsart University and the University of Sydney (UTS).
Dr Greg Heness, UTS student John Forbes and dean of engineering at Kasetsart University, Professor Nontawat Junjareon,
spearheaded by Dr Greg Heness, Senior Lecturer of Physics and Advanced Materials in the UTS Faculty of Science, the project will centre on a major ecological problem affecting both Australia and Thailand: water hyacinth.
The free-floating aquatic plant is considered the world’s worst water weed, with its fast growth and extreme tolerance to pollution.
The project will involve Thai and Australian students working together to investigate the use of the water weed in building materials in rural and remote areas.
The project will also involve a student exchange component.
A scholarship will be awarded to the participating students, funded by the Australia-Thailand Institute, an Australian government body dedicated to promoting bilateral relations with Thailand.
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