International Projects

Title: Hydrogen Economy Cooperation Network for Research - Public Awareness - Business Opportunities Across Greek-Bulgarian Borders - Acronym HYDECON - Contract B1.33.01
Project manager: Dr. Lori Nalbandian - Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute - Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CPERI - CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece
Financing organization: European Territorial Cooperation Programme "Greece-Bulgaria 2007-2013"
Duration: 2011 - 2013

Participants: Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute - Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CPERI - CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece; Municipality of Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece; Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - South-West University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria; Eco Energy Foundation, Bulgaria; Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - South-West University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria - Prof. Mario Mitov (team leader), Assoc. Prof. Velichka Dimitrova, Assist. Prof. Elitsa Chorbadzhiyska, Roza Boyadzhieva, Ivan Bojkov, Rumjana Popovska.

National projects

Title: Sediment-based Bioelectrochemical Systems - Self-powered Devices for Bioremediation and Ecological Monitoring
Project manager: Prof. Mario Mitov
Financing organization: National Science Fund
Duration: 2014 - 2017
Participants: Assoc. Prof. Yolina Hubenova (IEES - BAS), Prof. Dragomir Yankov (IEC-BAS), Assoc. Prof. Nina Dimcheva (Plovdiv University), Assoc. Prof. Petko Mandjukov, Assist. Prof. Elitsa Chorbadzhiyska, PhD student Ivo Bardarov.

Title: Novel Fuel Cells, Based on Chemical and Microbial Processes
Project manager: Assoc. Prof. Elena Razkazova (IEC-BAS)

Financing organization: National Science Fund
Duration: 2014 - 2017
Participants: research teams from IEES-BAS, IEC-BAS and SWU "Neofit Rilski" - Prof. Mario Mitov (team leader), Assist. Prof. Elitsa Chorbadzhiyska, PhD student Ivo Bardarov.

Projects of SWU "Neofit Rilski"

Title: Increasing the capacity of the Laboratory of bioelectrochemical systems to the Innovative Center for Eco Energy Technologies (ICEET) of South-West University "Neofit Rilski"
Project manager: Prof. Mario Mitov
Financing organization: SWU "Neofit Rilski"
Duration: 2015
Participants: Assoc. Prof. Petko Mandjukov, Assist. Prof. Elitsa Chorbadzhiyska, PhD student Ivo Bardarov.