Research
In the past I have carried work using probabilistic models for estimation. One publication used Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment for estimating the risk of illness by wastewater sludge for agricultural practices in Uganda 1 and cholera for Thai aquaculture workers2. A similar stochastic model was used for a different type of estimate while at ICIMOD to quantify the costs and benefits from spring water revival activities in mid-hill Nepal3.
1 Butte, G., C. Niwagaba, and A. Nordin. Assessing the Microbial Risk of Faecal Sludge Use in Ugandan Agriculture by Comparing Field and Theoretical Model Output’. Water Research 197 (1 June 2021)
2 Acharya, Kishor, Giacomo Butte, and David Werner. ‘Environmental DNA Sequencing for Sustainable Aquaculture and Other Technologies for Water Quality Management’. Conference at Kung Krabaen Bay Royal Development Study Center, 3-6 July 2023, 2023.
3 Butte, Giacomo, Karishma Khadka, and Sanjeev Buchar. ‘Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mountain Spring Water Revival: A Case from Nepal’. (To Be Submitted), 2024
While at Newcastle University I proposed a framework for data gatering for Water Security4. I was also involved in different research done by colleagues in Ethiopia5 and in Nepal6.
4 Butte, Giacomo, Yady Tatiana Solano-Correa, Maria Valasia Peppa, Diana Marcela Ruíz-Ordóñez, Rachael Maysels, Nasser Tuqan, Xanthe Polaine, Carolina Montoya-Pachongo, Claire Walsh, and Thomas Curtis. A Framework for Water Security Data Gathering Strategies**. Water 14, no. 18 (January 2022)
5 Hiruy, Andualem Mekonnen, Jemila Mohammed, Mihret Mersha Haileselassie, Kishor Acharya, Giacomo Butte, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, Claire Walsh, and David Werner. ‘Spatiotemporal Variation in Urban Wastewater Pollution Impacts on River Microbiomes and Associated Hazards in the Akaki Catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’. Science of The Total Environment 826 (20 June 2022)
6 Pantha, Kalyan, Kishor Acharya, Sanjeeb Mohapatra, Santosh Khanal, Niroj Amatya, Carolina Ospina-Betancourth, Giacomo Butte, Suman Dhun Shrestha, Prajwal Rajbhandari, and David Werner. Faecal Pollution Source Tracking in the Holy Bagmati River by Portable 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing. Npj Clean Water 4, no. 1 (18 February 2021): 1–10.
Reporting
Coursework / What COVID recovery policies for Ladakh? A preliminary screening
Coursework / Analysis of migration patters in the italian Alps
Coursework / Report on basic characterisation of Ladakh
Coursework / Preliminary design for a 22 storey tower
Coursework / Financial appraisal for the construction of a temporary bridge