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Treatment Systems

Research topic "Treatment Systems" is further divided into following sections:

Involved research staff

Godwin Ayoko - Faculty of Science / Physical and Chemical Sciences
telephone: 07 3138 1206 fax: 07 3138 1804 e-mail: g.ayoko@qut.edu.au
Richard Brown - Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering / Engineering Systems
telephone: 07 3138 5157 fax: 07 3138 1516 e-mail: richard.brown@qut.edu.au
Kerry Brown - Faculty of Business / Management
telephone: 07 3138 2939 mobile: 0407 591 127 fax: 07 3138 1313 e-mail: ka.brown@qut.edu.au
Ray Frost - Faculty of Science / Physical and Chemical Sciences
telephone: 07 3138 2407 mobile: 0414 84 2407 fax: 07 3138 1804 e-mail: r.frost@qut.edu.au
Craig Furneaux - Faculty of Business / Management
telephone: 07 3138 1890 mobile: 0412 003 346 fax: 07 3138 1313 e-mail: c.furneaux@qut.edu.au
Ashantha Goonetilleke - Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering / Urban Development
telephone: 07 3138 1539 fax: 07 3138 1170 e-mail: a.goonetilleke@qut.edu.au
Louise Hafner - Faculty of Science / Life Sciences
telephone: 07 3138 1305 fax: 07 3138 1534 e-mail: l.hafner@qut.edu.au
Megan Hargreaves - Faculty of Science / Life Sciences
telephone: 07 3138 2244 mobile: 0409 069 963 fax: 07 3138 8388 e-mail: m.hargreaves@qut.edu.au
Serge Kokot - Faculty of Science / Physical and Chemical Sciences
telephone: 07 3138 2472 fax: 07 3138 1804 e-mail: s.kokot@qut.edu.au
Wayde Martens - Faculty of Science / Physical and Chemical Science
telephone: 07 3138 2265 mobile: 0421 320 377 fax: 07 3138 1804 e-mail: w.martens@qut.edu.au
James J Smith - Faculty of Science / School of Life Sciences
telephone: 61 7 3138 4238 fax: 61 7 3138 1534 e-mail: jj.smith@qut.edu.au

Related research projects

Experimental and theoretical study of the formation of nanomaterials under reduced gravity
project time frame: 2006-2008
project budget: $140 000
project participants: Wayde Martens
The Construction Industry Business Environment (CIBE) project
- has been funded by the CRC for Construction Innovation to examine the regulatory environment of the construction sector in Australia. One of the case studies of the project is on a sustainable built environment. In collaboration with CSIRO.
project participants: Kerry Brown, Craig Furneaux
Assessment of environmental risk due to urbanisation in subtropical environments in South East Queensland
- The project developed reliable predictive models to evaluate the pollutant generation potential of urban developments. The project was funded by Gold Coast City Council
project participants: Ashantha Goonetilleke
Development of novel highly selective sorbents and controlled release carriers based upon designed clay surfaces
project time frame: 2007-2009
project participants: Ray Frost
Novel Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Water Purification – Science and Application
project time frame: 2008-2010
project participants: Wayde Martens, Ray Frost, Richard Brown, Ashantha Goonetilleke
Superior Selective Sorbents from Mesoporous Hybrids, Layered Clays, and Titanate Nanofibres for Removal of Highly Hazardous Pollutants
project participants: Ray Frost
Superior selective sorbents from titanate nanofibres, alumina nanofibres, and layered clays for removal of highly hazardous pollutants in water
project time frame: 2009-2011
project participants: Ray Frost
Smectite clays pillared with layered double hydroxides as a new nano-material for water conservation and purification
project time frame: 2009-2009
project participants: Ray Frost

Publications

Dawes, L.; Goonetilleke, A.: An Investigation into the Role of Site and Soil Characteristics in Onsite Sewage Treatment - Journal of Environmental Geology, 44, (4): 467 - 477, 2006
Carroll, S; Goonetilleke, A.; Hargreaves, M.: Assessment of environmental and public health risk form on-site treatment of wastewater - In: On-site Wastewater Treatment X: Proceedings of the Tenth National Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems. ASAE, Sacramento, California, USA. pp. 368-376, 2004
Carroll, S; Goonetilleke, A.: Assessment of High Density of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems on a Shallow Groundwater Coastal Aquifer using PCA - Environmetrics 16(3): 257-274, 2004
Vari, K; Tamate, J; Ayoko, G.; Singh, K: Assessment of Pollutant load of Some Industrial Wastewater in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - In Chitrakar Ramesh ed., Proc. Int. Semin. Water Environ. Nepal Chemical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal. pp 126-130; Chemical Abstract 125:307920, 1994
Carroll, S; Goonetilleke, A.; Khalil, W.A-S; Frost, R.: Assessment via discriminant analysis of soil suitability for effluent renovation using undisturbed soil columns - Geoderma, 2006. 131(1-2): p. 201-217
Zhou, Q; Frost, R.; He, H; Xi, Y: Changes in the surfaces of adsorbed p-nitrophenol on methyltrioctadecylammonium bromide organoclay-An XRD, TG, and infrared spectroscopic study. - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2007. 314(2): p. 405.
Zhou, Q; Frost, R.; He, H; Xi, Y: Changes in the surfaces of adsorbed para-nitrophenol on HDTMA organoclay - the XRD and TG study. - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2007. 307(1): p. 50.
Martens, W.; Will, G; Frost, R.; Bell, J; Kloprogge, T; Vezzoli, M; Zamboni, M: Fluid purification using photocatalysis - (Queensland University of Technology, Australia). Application: WOWO, 2007; pp. 22pp.
Carroll, S; Goonetilleke, A.; Thomas, E; Hargreaves, M.; Frost, R.; Dawes, L.: Integrated Risk Framework for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems - Environmental Management, 38(2): p. 286-303, 2006.
Daniel, L; Frost, R.; Zhu, H: Laponite-supported titania photocatalysts. - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2008. 322(1): p. 190.
Carroll, S; Hargreaves, M.; Goonetilleke, A.: Sourcing fecal pollution from onsite wastewater treatment systems in surface waters using antibiotic resistance analysis - Journal of Applied Microbiology Vol 99 Issue 3, Page 471-482, Sep 2005
Ede, S; Hafner, L.; Frost, R.; Will, G: Structural changes of E.cloacae and B.subtilis spores during infrared laser water treatment probed by fourier transform infrared - Manuscript in preparation
Daniel, L; Frost, R.; Zhu, H: Synthesis and characterization of clay-supported titania photocatalysts. - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2007. 316(1): p. 72.
Al Kahlil, W; Goonetilleke, A.; Kokot, S.; Carroll, S: Use of chemometrics methods and multicriteria decision - making for site selection for sustainable on-site sewage effluent disposal - Analytica Chim. Acta, 506, 41-56, 2004
Frost, R.; Musumeci, A; Adebajo, M; Martens, W.: Using thermally activated hydrotalcite for the uptake of phosphate from aqueous media. - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2007. 89(1): p. 95.