Centre of Excellence for Environmental Research (CoEER)

Welcome

Welcome to the Centre of Excellence for Environmental Research (CoEER).

Our vision & mission, research activities, students' and staff outreach initiatives, and its publications, and so on are published for the wider readership.

Please feel free to browse the pages, understand our core responsibilities and work with us, our students and staff at CoEER and the University.

Professor (Assoc.) Patrick S. Michael, PhD.
Director, CoEER.

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Establishment

The CoEER was established in 1993 by the PNGUoT Council to conduct multi-disciplinary researches on the broad environment, drawing from the pool of expertise University-wide.

Our dream is broad and practical. We are conducting research in a range of areas in the natural and built environment to address pressing issues while developing programs that give priority to biodiversity conservation and management for environmental sustainability and improved rural livelihood.

Our Vision & Mission

Vision

We are addressing critical issues affecting the general environment locally and contributing to regional and global agendas - climate change, food and nutritional insecurity, healthy living, and natural resources depletion.

Mission

The CoEER brings together leaders, practitioners, academics and students from the faculty of natural resources, engineering, built environment, sciences and humanities within the University to address critical issues and provide solutions.

Milestones

Our vision to become a leading regional multidisciplinary research and development hub for development has promoted and facilitated multidisciplinary problem-based researches that are significant to environmental and climate science, technology and innovation. We have strategized our goals to: (i) Conduct technology driven innovative research that would lead to broader community publicity and rural livelihood, (ii) Mentor and inspire students to be equipped with advanced knowledge and skills in environmental and climate sciences and allied fields, (iii) Provide scientific and technological advisory services to the government and stakeholders, and (iv) Promote innovative, entrepreneurial, and solution-driven research that would lead to product development.

Research focus

We are interested in wide areas of research interest: (a) Environmental and climate sciences, (b) Rehabilitation and management strategies for contaminated surface environments, (c) Public policy and awareness initiatives, (d) Sustainability in natural resources (soil, water, plants, microbes) and the built environment (agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and civic infrastructure), and (e) Biodiversity conservation and management.

Campus News/Updates

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MCS Weekly Seminars

Sphere

Sphere Presenter: Professor Hasan GumralDate: 07 May 2025Summary:Prof. Gumral led a seminar on the geometry and mathematical properties of spheres, integrating concepts from topology, physics, and higher-dimensional modeling.

May 21, 2025

MCS Weekly Seminars

Vibration Mode Analysis of a 100m Simply Supported Steel Beam Bridge via POD of FEM

Vibration Mode Analysis of a 100m Simply Supported Steel Beam Bridge via POD of FEM Presenter: Mr. Japath Tikil (et al.)Date: 30 April 2025Summary:Based on a PIURN conference paper, this seminar presented a case study using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Finite Element Methods (FEM) to analyze structural vibrations in

May 21, 2025

MCS Weekly Seminars

Fuzzy Set Theory (Fuzzy Mathematics)

Fuzzy Set Theory (Fuzzy Mathematics) Presenter: Dr. Mansooreh KazemilariDate: 16 April 2025Summary:This technical seminar delved into fuzzy set theory—covering mathematical foundations and applications in computer science, particularly in systems modeling and AI.

May 21, 2025