STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Linhua Fan
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399253692
Email:
linhua.fan@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Linhua Fan is an Associate Professor in Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Linhua's research interests and consulting expertise cover the following areas:
- Water quality and management
- Drinking water and wastewater treatment
- Wastewater reclamation
- Membrane technology
- Advanced oxidation processes
- Waste minimisation/resource recovery
Linhua teaches the following Chemical and Environmental Engineering courses:
- PROC2086 Environmental and Hazard Analysis (Course coordinator)
- PROC2087 Chemical Engineering Specialisation
- PROC2094 Advanced Chemical Engineering Specialisation 2 (Course coordinator)
- CIVE1252 Advanced Technologies for Wastewater Reclamation (Course coordinator)
His other teaching activities include supervising undergraduate and postgraduate Capstone projects, and Higher Degree by Research projects.
- PhD (RMIT)
- BEng in Chemical Engineering (Sichuan University, China)
- Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching & Learning (RMIT)
Linhua has been a chemical process engineer for 9 years and has over 20 years of experience in conducting R&D projects funded by the water industry. He is currently the member of the following professional organisations:
- International Water Association (IWA)
- International Desalination Association (IDA)
- Engineers Australia (EA)
- Widhiastuti, F.,Fan, L.,Paz-Ferreiro, J.,Chiang, K. (2022). Oxidative treatment of bisphenol A by Fe(VI) and Fe(VI)/H2O2 and identification of the degradation products In: Environmental Technology & Innovation, 28, 1 - 14
- Widhiastuti, F.,Fan, L.,Paz-Ferreiro, J.,Chiang, K. (2022). Oxidative degradation of bisphenol A in municipal wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate (ROC) using ferrate(VI)/hydrogen peroxide In: Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 163, 58 - 67
- Kube, M.,Fan, L.,Roddick, F.,Whitton, R.,Pidou, M.,Jefferson, B. (2022). High rate algal systems for treating wastewater: A comparison In: Algal Research, 65, 1 - 9
- Medeiros Militao, I.,Roddick, F.,Bergamasco, R.,Fan, L. (2022). Rapid adsorption of PFAS: Application of Moringa oleifera seed powder encapsulated in alginate beads In: Environmental Technology and Innovation, 28, 1 - 13
- Liu, S.,Fan, L.,Ge, Z.,Gao, L., et al, . (2022). Independent response of soil DOM to MAT and MAP: Evidence from a large-scale survey of moss crusts in mainland China In: Ecological Indicators, 142, 1 - 9
- Liu, Q.,Roddick, F.,Fan, L.,Wang, Y., et al, . (2021). A review of the current in-situ fouling control strategies in MBR: Biological versus physicochemical In: Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 98, 42 - 59
- Widhiastuti, F.,Fan, L.,Paz-Ferreiro, J.,Chiang, K. (2021). Oxidative treatment of bisphenol A in municipal wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate using Ferrate(VI) In: Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 9, 1 - 12
- Callingham, T.,Ooi, D.,Fan, L.,Roddick, F. (2021). A triple bottom line approach to optimising odour removal from a residential water supply In: H2Open Journal, 4, 63 - 76
- Gao, L.,Zhang, X.,Fan, L.,Gray, S.,Li, M. (2021). Algae-Based Approach for Desalination: An Emerging Energy- Passive and Environmentally Friendly Desalination Technology In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 9, 8663 - 8678
- Mehrab Mohseni, A.,Fan, L.,Roddick, F. (2021). Impact of microalgae species and solution salinity on algal treatment of wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate In: Chemosphere, 285, 1 - 10
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
11 PhD Completions and 5 Masters by Research Completions5 PhD Current Supervisions and 2 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Drinking water and wastewater treatment. Membrane technology. Water recycling. Waste minimisation/recovery in chemical processes.
- Assessment of the efficacy of ozone disinfection in ultra-filtered water by the WS 108 system. Funded by: Water Source Australia - contract research from (2017 to 2018)
- Protozoan mimics: Cryptosporidium surrogates for validation of granular media filtration. Funded by: Water Research Australia Grant 2014 from (2014 to 2017)
- Reducing and monitoring blue-green algal blooms. Funded by: Smart Water Fund from (2009 to 2010)
- Removing Effluent Colour by Advanced Treatment. Funded by: Smart Water Fund from (2009 to 2011)