JULY NEWS 2009

Congratulations to Pajaree Kewcharoenwong on winning THE 2009 PhD poster competition

Congratulations are in order AGAIN for Pajaree Kewcharoenwong.  Her poster 'Delicious Diesel: Value Recovery from Waste Cooking Oils using Ionic Liquids' has won frst prize  in the college wide GSEPS competition that took place in the Great Hall on 15th July.  Well done Pajaree!!!
 

 Congratulations to Pajaree Kewcharoenwong on winning the 2009 PhD poster competition with her poster entitled 'Delicious Diesel: Value Recovery from Waste Cooking Oils using Ionic Liquids'.
Piet Kenabatho poster 'Rainfall uncertainty, climate change and water resources in the Limpopo basin, Botswana' was also highly recommended and they both now automatically go forward to the GSEPS Poster Competition on Wedenesday 15th July in the Great Hall
 

 Prof Cedo Maksimovic was invited to lecture at the Intenational Course "Advances in Knowledge of Urban Drainage" held in Guadria, Peiemonte Terme and Organised by the University of Calabria, Italy. The topic of his lecture was: " Advanced integrated Urban Drainage Management with and Emphasis on Urban Pluvial Flood Management"

He has also been invited to give a lecture on the WCWF (World City Water Forum) that will be held in Incheon (Seoul), Soth Korea between 18-21 August 2009. The topic of his lecture is: Water Quality Issues for Navigation Canals, Case study of Danube-Tisa-Danube canal in Serbia.

And lastly he has been invited to deliver a lecture at the Send RAinWater Harvesting Management Conference , to be held in Tokyo, Japan 7-12 September 2009. The topic is Advanced Urban Drainage Modelling.

Professor Howard Wheater ran the Water Ideas Lab workshop on the 8th July.  35 delegates from the College and industrial partners attended. 
He also ran a joint Ecology and Hydrology workshop at Silwood park on 25th June

 Congratulations to Dr Neil McIntyre for receiving an award from the college for Pastoral Care. These awards are extremely competitive, only a small number of people are nominated. It says much for the abilities, professionalism and dedication of Neil that he has been singled out in this way. It also reflects well on the educational and pastoral climate within the Department.

 The EWRE section welcomes Dr Brad Clarke from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Victoria, Australia who is working with Dr Stephen Smith as a Visiting Academic for three months on the risk assessment of organic contaminants in relation to the agricultural recycling of urban wastewater biosolids.

Congratulation to Dr Stephen Smith on his recent promotion to Professor of Bio Resource Systems.

At IOA World Congress 2009 in Tokyo, former PhD student Dr Bo Ning took third place in the Willy Masschelein Prize  for the best PhD thesis that has been issued within the past 4 years (2006, 2007, 2008 and up to 31st March 2009).  Well done Bo! 

Recent Publications

Smith, KM, Fowler, GD, Pullket, S, Graham, N, et al , Sewage sludge-based adsorbents: A review of their production, properties and use in water treatment applications, WATER RES, 2009, Vol: 43, Pages: 2569 - 2594, ISSN: 0043-1354.

Tsang, DCW, Graham, NJD, Lo, IMC, Humic acid aggregation in zero-valent iron systems and its effects on trichloroethylene removal, CHEMOSPHERE, 2009, Vol: 75, Pages: 1338 - 1343, ISSN: 0045-6535.

Huang, J, Graham, N, Templeton, MR, et al , A comparison of the role of two blue-green algae in THM and HAA formation., Water Res, 2009, Vol: 43, Pages: 3009 - 3018, ISSN: 0043-1354.

Graham, N, Fang, G, Fowler, G, et al , Evaluation of a tannin-based cationic polymer as a coagulant for coloured humic water, J WATER SUPPLY RES T, 2009, Vol: 58, Pages: 75 - 84, ISSN: 0003-7214.

Chun, KP, Wheater, HS, Onof, CJ, Streamflow estimation for six UK catchments under future climate scenarios, HYDROL RES, 2009, Vol: 40, Pages: 96 - 112.

Elshamy, ME, Wheater, HS, Performance assessment of a GCM land surface scheme using a fine-scale calibrated hydrological model: an evaluation of MOSES for the Nile Basin, HYDROL PROCESS, 2009, Vol: 23, Pages: 1548 - 1564, ISSN: 0885-6087.

Marshall, MR, Francis, OJ, Frogbrook, ZL, Wheater, HS, et al , The impact of upland land management on flooding: results from an improved pasture hillslope, HYDROL PROCESS, 2009, Vol: 23, Pages: 464 - 475, ISSN: 0885-6087.

Ireson, AM, Mathias, SA, Wheater, HS, et al , A model for flow in the Chalk unsaturated zone incorporating progressive weathering, J HYDROL, 2009, Vol: 365, Pages: 244 - 260, ISSN: 0022-1694.

Smith, SR, Jasim, S, Small-scale home composting of biodegradable household waste: Overview of key results from a three year research programme in West London., Waste Manag Res, 2009, ISSN: 0734-242X .

Smith, SR, A critical review of the bioavailability and impacts of heavy metals in municipal solid waste composts compared to sewage sludge, ENVIRON INT, 2009, Vol: 35, Pages: 142 - 156, ISSN: 0160-4120 .

Mathias, SA, Butler, AP, Atkinson, TC, et al , A parameter sensitivity analysis of two chalk tracer tests, Q J ENG GEOL HYDROGEOL, 2009, Vol: 42, Pages: 237 - 244, ISSN: 1470-9236.

Butler, AP, Mathias, SA, Gallagher, AJ, et al , Analysis of flow processes in fractured chalk under pumped and ambient conditions, HYDROGEOL J, 2009, Vol: In Press, ISSN: 1431-2174.

Rani, DA, Roether, JA, Gomez, E, C heeseman, CR, et al , Glass-ceramics from plasma treated air pollution control (APC) residues, GLASS TECHNOL-PART A, 2009, Vol: 50, Pages: 57 - 61, ISSN: 0017-1050.

Bou, E, Quereda, MF, Lever, D, Cheeseman, CR, et al , Production of pulverised fuel ash tiles using conventional ceramic production processes, ADV APPL CERAM, 2009, Vol: 108, Pages: 44 - 49, ISSN: 1743-6753.

Lampris, C, Stegemann, JA, Cheeseman, CR, Solidification/stabilisation of air pollution control residues using Portland cement: Physical properties and chloride leaching, WASTE MANAGE, 2009, Vol: 29, Pages: 1067 - 1075, ISSN: 0956-053X .

Segond, ML, Onof, C, Modelling of space-time rainfall for three UK regions, P I CIVIL ENG-WAT M, 2009, Vol: 162, Pages: 147 - 158, ISSN: 1741-7589.  

Matthews, RL, Templeton, MR, Tripathi, SK, et al , Disinfection of waterborne coliform bacteria by Neem oil, Environmental Engineering Science (accepted for publication), 2009.

Temple ton, MR, Oddy, F, Leung, WK, et al , Chlorine and UV disinfection of ampicillin-resistant and trimethoprim-resistant Escherichia coli, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2009, Vol: 36, Pages: 889 - 894.

Templeton, MR, Antonakaki, M, Rogers, M, UV dose-response of Acinetobacter baumannii in water, Environmental Engineering Science, 2009, Vol: 26, Pages: 697 - 701.

Templeton, MR, Cantwell, RE, Quinn, C, et al , Pilot-scale assessment of the impacts of transient particulate water quality events on the UV disinfection of indigenous total coliform bacteria in drinking water treat ment, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA, 2009, Vol: 58, Pages: 11 - 20.