Research area
Eberhard Morgenroth’s research is focused on process engineering in urban water management with emphasis on:

· Membranes and membrane bioreactors for water reuse: Mechanisms of soluble EPS production, aggregate structure of flocs and granules in MBR, biofilm formation and structure on membrane,

  combination of biological treatment with sorptive media, energy recovery in MBR. 

· Control of biofilms and biofilm reactors: Monitoring biofilm development in-​situ in reactors and distribution systems, process development, mathematical modeling for the practitioner. 

· Biological drinking water treatment: Combined removal of macro and micropollutants, combined biological removal and sorption. 

· Decentralized wastewater treatment: Process development, monitoring and control, social and economic aspects.
2014 IWA Global Project Innovation Award for Blue Diversion Toilet (Global Honour Award for the Applied Research Category)
2007 Harold E. Babbitt Faculty Scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering
2004 Xerox Awards for Faculty Research from the College of Engineering recognizing outstanding research during the past year.
2003 Beckman Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Illinois (www.cas.uiuc.edu) to study "Mechanisms of Coexistence in Binary Culture Biofilms".
2003 C-​FAR Donald A. Holt Achievement Award as part of the Livestock and Urban Waste Recycling Research Team awarded by the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research
2003 "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students"
2002 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award.
1998 Ulrich-​Finsterwalder-Award sponsored by Dykerhoff & Widmann and presented by the department of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Munich for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis.