MEMBRANE FILTRATION RESEARCH GROUP

School of Civil Mining and Environmental Engineering
University of Wollongong, NSW 2522
Office: 61-2-4221-4590 - Fax: 61-2-4221-3238 - Email: longn@uow.edu.au

 

The Membrane Research Group

Staff members

  • Dr Jinguo Kang (ARC-DP project; Co-supervised with Prof Will Price): Trace analysis of organic contaminants by GC/MS.
  • Dr Laura Banasiak (ARC-DP project; Co-supervised with Prof Buddhima Indraratna): Investigation of chemical clogging in a permeable reactive barrier installed for remediating groundwater from acid sulphate soils.
  • Dr Linda Tie (Laboratory manager).

Research students

  • Takahiro Fujioka (PhD candidate): Assessment and Optimisation of n-Nitrosamine Rejection by RO for planned potable water recycling applications.
  • Ming Xie (PhD candidate): Removal of trace organics by FO membranes
  • Mohamed Roomi Mohamed Subair (PhD candidate): Development of a solar thermal membrane distillation system
  • Abdulhakeem Alturki (PhD candidate): Trace Organic Removal by Hybrid MBR-FO System.
  • Alexander Simon (PhD candidate): Optimising the Removal of Micropollutants by NF/RO in Indirect Potable Water Recycling.
  • Le Kha Tu (PhD candidate): Enhancing Boron Removal by RO Membranes.
  • Nurul Syazana Binti Abdul Halim (PhD candidate): Extraction of Metallic Ions From Mining Impacted Water Using PIM Technology.
  • Mohamed Roomi Mohamed Subair (PhD candidate): Development of a solar thermal membrane distillation system
  • Rajab Abousnina (Master of Engineering by Research): Treatment of oily co-produced water using forward osmosis.
  • Shufan Yang (Master of Engineering by Research): Trace organic removal by fungous-MBR.
  • Luong Nguyen ((Master of Engineering by Research): Sequential and simultaneous application of activated carbon with membrane bioreactor for an enhanced removal of trace organics.

Recent graduates

  • Xueqing Li (Master of Engineering by Research – Completed March 2011): Removal of trace organic contaminants by activated carbon amended MBRs.
  • Le Kha Tu (Master of Engineering by Research – Completed December 2010): Boron Removal by NF/RO Membranes.
  • Nichanan Tadkaew (PhD – Completed October 2010): Removal of Trace Contaminants by Membrane Bioreactors.
  • Melanie Werner (Master of Engineering by Research – Completed March 2010): Water and Wastewater Systems Sustainability in Remove Australia.

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