LAUSANNE 2016

PROCEEDINGS & CONCLUSION

Conclusion - Marc Heppener

DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY JUNE 8TH

SESSION 1: WASTE PROCESSING

MELiSSA STATE OF ART. Waste recovery as a prerequisite for long term Space missions - Peter Clauwaert & Ruddy Wattiez, UGENT - UMONS Wattiez

How to discover and apply impossible anaerobic micro-organisms to recycle carbon and nitrogen in a sustainable way - Mike Jetten, Radboud University

Integrated omics provides unprecedented insights into microbial community structure and function - Shal-man Narayanasamy, University of Luxembourg

Engineering microbial communities for understanding and applications - Orkun Soyer, University of Warwick

Combination of a bioanode and a biocathode in a bioelectrochemical system allows biowaste oxidation and microbial electrosynthesis of carboxylic acids with a more than two-fold increase in energetic efficiency - Theodore Bouchez, IRSTEA-HBAN

Pyrolytic conversion of human waste an element of a closed-loop system - Andreas Schoenborn, Zurich University of Applied Science

From living cells to stable isotopes. An interdisciplinary approach for unravelling microbial interactions in ammonia-overloaded anaerobic digesters - Francesc Prenafeta, IRTA-UPC

Short and long term road map for the development of a robust mechanistic and dynamic model of the MELiSSA C1 compartment based on microbial community characterization - Nolla-Ardèvol, KUL

Water cycling for manned Space missions. State of the art within the MELiSSA concept - Siegfried Vlaemick, UGENT

SESSION 2: WATER RECYCLING

How to cope with so much food.challenges for nitrifying bacteria in urine - Kai Udert, EAWAG

Electrochemical systems as core engines of the MELiSSA loop - Korneel Rabaey, UGENT

Closed loop hydroponics for a novel crop cultivation system on the EMCS rotor - Silje Wolff & Sander van Delden, CIRIS & Wageningen University

Photobioreactor in space habitat. Status and challenges- Christel Paille, ESA

SESSION 3: AIR RECYCLING

Some insights on photobioreaction engineering - Jack Legrand

Cultivation of microalgae for advanced closed life support systems as a technical and biological challenge -Stefan Belz, university of Stuttgart

ModuLES PBR lessons learned through parabolic flight tests - Klaus Slenzka, OHB System

Heat Ventilation and Air Conditioning of a Greenhouse in Antarctica - Lorenzo Bucchieri, EnginSoft

MELiSSA State of art - Roberta Paradiso, UNINA

SESSION 4: FOOD PRODUCTION & PREPARATION

Climate factors and crop growth.Physiology and mechanistic modelling - Ep Heuvelink, Wageningen University

Emerging bioprocessing concepts for healthy and sustainable foods - Alexander Mathys, ETH Zurich

PFPU-Main Scientific criticalities of the Precursor of Food Production Unit in the MELiSSA framework - Giorgio Boscheri, Thales Alenia Space

NEMOs garden.Growing plants underwater - Elisabetta Princi, OCEAN REEF GROUP

Lessons learned from commercial scale urban Spirulina production - Saumil Shah, EnerGaia

DAY TWO - THURSDAY JUNE 9TH

SESSION 5: CHEMICAL & MICROBIAL SAFETY

Closed loop system. A safety challenge for the crew as well as for the life support processes - Christophe Lasseur, ESA

About Microbial hazard and risk for Humans in spatial habitats - Jean-Pierre Flandrois, University of Lyon

Application of ultraviolet LED systems for microbial control in air and water loops - Richard Simons, AquiSense technologies

Automated high-frequency flow cytometry enables in-situ process monitoring, control, and optimization of engineered water systems - Michael Besmer, EAWAG-ETH Zurich

The Characterization of Humidity Condensation and Associated effects using Image Processing Techniques - Akhilesh Tiwari, IIIT Allahabad

Understanding and Modelling of Airborne Bio-Contamination Process in Manned Spacecraft - Aku Karvinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

The peak of harvest a non destructive identification method. Streamlining the crop production for planetary missions by nutritional value indexes - R.M. Giurgiu, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine

Comprehensive modelling and simulation, reliable sensors and multilayer control strategy.The essential system tools for sustainable bioregenerative LSS- Claude-Gilles Dussap, UBP

SESSION 6: SYSTEM TOOLS

Model Predictive Control.State of the Art and Possible Opportunities for Life-Support Systems - Alberto Bemporad

A thermodynamic theory of microbial growth and its perspectives for modelling environmental biotechnology processes - Theodore Bouchez, IRSTEA-HBAN

Marine fish aquaculture in closed system. the couple Fish-algae - Cyrille Przybyla, IFREMER

European Platforms for Life-Support System development and validation - Peter Weiss, COMEX

Oïkosmos research agenda. Relevance of manned interplanetary missions to terrestrial sustainability - Theodore Besson, UNIL

How Space technology empowers the Transition towards a circular economy - Rob Suters, IPSTAR

Regenerative Life Support Systems for Long Term Space Missions