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)
- Ab Aziz, N.,Jayasuriya, N.,Fan, L.,Al-Gheethi, A. (2021). A low-cost treatment system for underground water using Moringa oleifera seeds and Musa cavendish peels for remote communities In: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 96, 680 - 696
- Mehrab Mohseni, A.,Fan, L.,Roddick, F.,Li, H.,Gao, Y.,Liu, Z. (2021). (In Press) Cationic starch: an effective flocculant for separating algal biomass from wastewater RO concentrate treated by microalgae In: Journal of Applied Phycology, , 1 - 12
- Mehrab Mohseni, A.,Kube, M.,Fan, L.,Roddick, F. (2021). Treatment of wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate using alginate-immobilised microalgae: Integrated impact of solution conditions on algal bead performance In: Chemosphere, 276, 1 - 12
- Medeiros Militao, I.,Roddick, F.,Fan, L. (2021). Removing PFAS from aquatic systems using natural and renewable material-based adsorbents: A review In: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9, 1 - 15
- Kube, M.,Fan, L.,Roddick, F. (2021). Alginate-immobilised algal wastewater treatment enhanced by species selection In: Algal Research, 54, 1 - 10
- 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
10 PhD Completions and 5 Masters by Research Completions6 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 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)