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)
- Lin, Y.,Hu, E.,Sun, C.,Li, M.,Gao, L.,Fan, L. (2023). Using fluorescence index (FI) of dissolved organic matter (DOM) to identify non-point source pollution: The difference in FI between soil extracts and wastewater reveals the principle In: Science of The Total Environment, 862, 1 - 9
- Ma, S.,Wu, X.,Fan, L.,Wang, Q.,Hu, Y.,Xie, Z. (2023). Effect of Different Draw Solutions on Concentration Polarization in a Forward Osmosis Process: Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Validation In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, 3672 - 3683
- Um, M.,Weerackody, D.,Gao, L.,Mehrab Mohseni, A.,Evans, B.,Murdoch, B.,Schmidt, J.,Fan, L. (2023). Investigating the fate and transport of microplastics in a lagoon wastewater treatment system using a multimedia model approach In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 446, 1 - 10
- Medeiros Militao, I.,Roddick, F.,Fan, L.,Cueva Zepeda, L.,Parthasarathy, R.,Bergamasco, R. (2023). PFAS removal from water by adsorption with alginate-encapsulated plant albumin and rice straw-derived biochar In: Journal of Water Process Engineering, 53, 1 - 11
- Fan, L.,Mehrab Mohseni, A.,Schmidt, J.,Evans, B.,Murdoch, B.,Gao, L. (2023). Efficiency of lagoon-based municipal wastewater treatment in removing microplastics In: Science of The Total Environment, 876, 1 - 7
- Zhang, X.,Koirala, R.,Pramanik, B.,Fan, L.,Date, A.,Jegatheesan, J. (2023). Challenges and advancements in membrane distillation crystallization for industrial applications In: Environmental Research, 234, 1 - 14
- Liu, S.,Hao, Z.,Gao, L.,et al, . (2023). Spatial variation and relationship between soil dissolved organic matter and bacterial community in urban greenspaces In: Carbon Research, 2, 1 - 10
- Rathod, N.,Mishra, S.,Mishra, S.,Upadhyay, P.,Fan, L.,Jegatheesan, V.,Kulshrestha, V. (2023). Fabrication of efficient bipolar membranes with functionalized MOF interfacial layer for generation of various carboxylic acids via electrodialysis In: Chemical Engineering Journal, 477, 1 - 14
- 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
- Brooke, R.,Fan, L.,Khayet, M.,Wang, X. (2022). A complementary approach of response surface methodology and an artificial neural network for the optimization and prediction of low salinity reverse osmosis performance In: Heliyon, 8, 1 - 10
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
12 PhD Completions and 6 Masters by Research Completions6 PhD Current Supervisions and 3 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Drinking water and wastewater treatment. Membrane technology. Water recycling. Waste minimisation/recovery in chemical processes.
- Micro-plastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants: identification, classification and quantification (PhD student Sirajum Monira). Funded by: Barwon Water Contract from (2023 to 2025)
- 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)