Professor Felicity Roddick

Position	Associate Dean Research & Innovation
School / Work Unit	College of SET Office
Contact Details	+(61 3) 9925 2080 felicity.roddick@rmit.edu.au
Location	Building: 7 Level: 2 Room: 7 City Campus
Portfolio	College of SET Office

Qualifications

1986 MAppSc in Environmental Engineering from the University of Melbourne
1976 BAppSc (Applied Biology) with Distinction from RMIT
1971 FRMIT- Fellowship Diploma in Applied Biology

Employment History

2004- Professor (Environmental Technologies)
2001-2004 Foundation Head, School of Civil and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University
1999- Professor (Environmental Technologies) Head, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, RMIT University
1998 Associate Head of Department, as above
1991- Associate Professor (Biochemical Engineering) in the Foundation Professoriate, as above

Affiliations / Professional Memberships

Institution of Engineers, Australia (Fellow)
Institution of Chemical Engineers (Fellow)
Environment Institute of Australia (Fellow)
Australian Society for Microbiology (Member)
Australian Water and Wastewater Association (Member)
International Society for Environmental Biotechnology (Founding Member, Regional Representative)

Educational Activities

Responsible for the establishment of biochemical engineering as an area of teaching and R&D at RMIT. This involved the development and teaching of two new undergraduate subjects to Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering students. Responsible for incorporation of environmental aspects into Chemical Engineering course through the development and delivery of environmental engineering subjects. Oversaw the restructuring of the Chemical Engineering course in 2000 and developed new biochemical and environmental engineering subjects for same. Played a major role in the development of the structure, philosophy and content of the Environmental Engineering course: developed a suite of 6 subjects and delivered 3 of these. Developed and delivered subject for the Master of Engineering Cleaner Production course for 7 years. Supervised 26 (as senior supervisor) and 8 (as second supervisor) postgraduate students.

Deputy Education Program Leader for CRC for Water Quality and Treatment, and Chairman of its Education and Training Committee since 1996.

Areas of Research and Consulting Expertise

Biochemical engineering
Fermentation technology
Potable and waste water treatment via physical, chemical and biological means

Industry Collaboration

Melbourne Water, mitigation of fouling of Western Treatment Plant desalination membranes
South East Water Limited, change in water quality in distribution system
Carlton and United Breweries, prevention of lightstruck formation
Department of Human Services, review of pathogen removal in wastewater treatment processes
Collaboration with potable water industry through CRC for Water Quality and Treatment

Conferences

Chemeca 2003, 2003, chaired plenary session, 4 presentations
9th APCChE, 2002, chaired 2 sessions, presentation
11th International Humic Substances Society Symposium, 2002, presentation
3rd International Water Association conference, 2002, 4 presentations
6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 2001, 2 presentations, technical program stream organiser

Selected Publications

More than 160, recent representative papers:

Nguyen T., Fan L., Roddick F.A. and Harris J. L. (2007) A comparative study of microfiltration and ultrafiltration of activated sludge-lagoon effluent, IMSTEC07, to be held in Sydney in November 2007 (accepted, and also for journal Desalination )

Soh, Y. C., Roddick, F. A. and Leeuwen, J. (2007) The potential effects of climate change and ozone depletion on Australian water quality, quantity and treatability, The Environmentalist (accepted 15 Jan 2007)

D. Stork, D., Nguyen, T., Roddick, F.A. and Harris, J.L. (2007) Membrane pretreatment of clarifier and lagoon effluents for reverse osmosis. Membranes Specialty Conference II Proceedings CD-ROM, Melbourne, February.

Malek, F, Harris, JL and Roddick, FA (2006) Interrelationship of photooxidation and microfiltration in drinking water treatment. Journal of Membrane Science, vol 281, pp 541-547

Buchanan, W, Roddick, FA and Porter, N (2006) Formation of hazardous by-products during natural organic matter removal by irradiation: Comparison between UV and VUV irradiation. Chemosphere, vol 63. pp 1130-1141

W. Buchanan, F. Roddick, N. Porter, and M. Drikas (2005)Fractionation of UV and VUV Pretreated Natural Organic Matter from Drinking Water Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 39(12),pp 4647-4654

Rojek, K, Roddick, F and Parkinson, A. (2004) Effect of environmental conditions on NOM decolourisation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, vol 4, no. 4, pp 175-182

Buchanan, W, Roddick, F and Porter, N (2004) Enhanced biodegradability of UV and VUV pretreated natural organic matter. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, vol 4, no.4, pp 103-111

Parkinson, A. and Roddick, F.A. (2004) Wastewater Treatment Effectiveness: A Review. Water, vol 31, no. 5, pp 63-68

Malek, F., Harris, J.L. & Roddick, F., (2004) Photooxidative pretreatment of water for flux improvement in microfiltration. Chemeca 2004 – 32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, Sydney.

Thomson, J. Parkinson, A and Roddick FA (2004) Depolymerization of chromophoric natural organic matter. Environmental Science and Technology, vol 38, no. 12, pp 3360-3369

Duan, W, Roddick, FA, Higgins, VJ and Rogers, PJ (2004) A parallel Analysis of H2S and SO2 formation by brewing yeast in response to sulfur-containing amino acids and ammonium ions. Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, vol 62, no.1, pp 35-41

Harris, J, Malek, F, Daley, M and Roddick F (2004) Investigation of pretreatment strategies for flux improvement in the microfiltration of drinking water. Proceedings of Enviro 04 Convention, March-April, 7 pages on CD-ROM

Fan L, Harris JL, Roddick FA and Booker N (2002) Fouling of microfiltration membranes by the fractional components of natural organic matter in surface water. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 2 (5-6): 313-320.

McCallum R, Roddick FA and Hobday M (2002) Adsorption of MIB by activated carbons produced using different activation techniques. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 2 (5-6): 265-270

Community Activities

2000-2003 Board Member EcoRecycle Victoria
1998-2002 Board Member Banksia Environmental Foundation
1997-2001 Judge Banksia Environmental Foundation Awards, including Prime Minister’s award in 2000-1