University of Tasmania, Australia

Description

Modern analytical techniques are being used to assess the environmental impact of anthropogenic activities on urban, terrestrial and aquatic environments. Research includes development of environmental sampling techniques, such as passive samplers, and studies into the fate and provenance of contaminants in the environment.

Methods to cleanup industrial and agricultural effluents are also under development.

Members

• Assoc Prof Greg Dicinoski
• Dr Trevor Lewis
• Dr Andrew Seen

Projects

• Optimisation of an industrial activated sludge wastewater treatment plant (Doctorate)

• Increasing reuse and recycling of water in the paper industry (Doctorate)

• Esk catchment sediment source chemical fingerprinting study. (Doctorate)

• Correlation between groundwater chemistry and growth performance of hybrid eucalypt plantations in northern Tasmania (Honours)

• Analysis of trace bromate in seawater for the aquaculture industry

• Analysis of glass fractionators in 0.22 calibre ammunition.

• Extraction of wood resins from process waters in the paper industry (Doctorate)

• Determination of Indoor Air Quality using an Electronic Nose (Honours)

• Correlation of selenium in soil and vegetables grown in the northern Tasmania (Honours)

• Development and application of alternative diffusion layers and binding phases for DGT passive sampling devices. (Honours or Doctorate)

• Development and application of passive sampling devices for sampling herbicides in the environment. (Honours or Doctorate)