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Mariya graduated with an MSc in Chemical with Biochemical Engineering from UCL. She joined UCL at their Adelaide campus on a BHP Billiton scholarship award to pursue a PhD focusing on the synthesis and optimisation of water purification processes through techno-environmental modelling.
Prior to joining UCL, Mariya undertook internships in the chemical engineering departments of P&G, Czech Republic and Nestle, Bulgaria.
Research project
Title: Optimal synthesis of water treatment processes.
Water shortages, increasing population and climate change challenge the safe and affordable availability of water for the generations yet to come. Designing efficient and economically advantageous water purification processes is assigned a key role in solving the present concerns.
This research focuses on developing a methodology for overall water treatment flowsheet synthesis along with optimising the product quality, quantity and net cost. The project objectives are addressed through three main domains – technical, economic and environmental. The ultimate outcome of the research is to deliver a tool that has a significant benefit in time and cost effectiveness in early stage water treatment design.
Education
Beng in Industrial Engineering, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 2010
Meng in Chemical with Biochemical Engineering, UCL, 2012
