STAFF PROFILE
Professor Jega Jegatheesan
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399250810
Email:
jega.jegatheesan@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Kayathi, A.,Chakrabarti, P.,Bonfim-Rocha, L.,Filho, L.,Bollampalli, A.,Jegatheesan, J. (2021). Extraction of ?-Oryzanol from defatted rice bran using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2): Process optimisation of extract yield, scale-up and economic analysis In: Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 148, 179 - 188
- Enfrin, M.,Hachemi, C.,Hodgson, P.,Jegatheesan, J.,Vrouwenvelder, J.,Callahan, D.,Lee, J.,Dumee, L. (2021). Nano/micro plastics – Challenges on quantification and remediation: A review In: Journal of Water Process Engineering, 42, 1 - 28
- Hakimi, M.,Jegatheesan, V.,Navaratna, D. (2020). The potential of adopting struvite precipitation as a strategy for the removal of nutrients from pre-AnMBR treated abattoir wastewater In: Journal of Environmental Management, 259, 1 - 11
- Sakarkar, S.,Muthukumaran, S.,Jegatheesan, J. (2020). Polyvinylidene Fluoride and Titanium Dioxide Ultrafiltration Photocatalytic Membrane: Fabrication, Morphology, and Its Application in Textile Wastewater Treatment In: Journal of Environmental Engineering, 146, 1 - 12
- Kayathi, A.,Chakrabarti, P.,Bonfim-Rocha, L.,Filho, L.,Jegatheesan, J. (2020). Selective extraction of polar lipids of mango kernel using Supercritical Carbon dioxide (SC–CO2) extraction: Process optimization of extract yield/phosphorous content and economic evaluation In: Chemosphere, 260, 1 - 10
- Pramanik, B.,Asif, M.,Roychand, R.,Shu, L.,Jegatheesan, J.,Bhuiyan, M.,Hai, F. (2020). Lithium recovery from salt-lake brine: Impact of competing cations, pretreatment and preconcentration In: Chemosphere, 260, 1 - 10
- Pramanik, B.,Roychand, R.,Monira, S.,Bhuiyan, M.,Jegatheesan, J. (2020). Fate of road-dust associated microplastics and per- and polyfluorinated substances in stormwater In: Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 144, 236 - 241
- Sakarkar, S.,Muthukumran, S.,Jegatheesan, V. (2020). Factors affecting the degradation of remazol turquoise blue (RTB) dye by titanium dioxide (TiO2) entrapped photocatalytic membrane In: Journal of Environmental Management, 272, 1 - 8
- Sakarkar, S.,Muthukumaran, S.,Jegatheesan, V. (2020). Evaluation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) loading in the PVA/titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin film coating on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane for the removal of textile dyes In: Chemosphere, 257, 1 - 15
- Du, X.,Ma, Y.,Wei, X.,Jegatheesan, J. (2020). Optimal parameter estimation in activated sludge process based wastewater treatment practice In: Water (Switzerland), 12, 1 - 20
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
7 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions7 PhD Current Supervisions
Water (Treatment, Distribution, modelling) Wasterwater (MBR, Membranes in Agriculture, Aquaculture), Salt Water Intrusion, Resource Recovery (Mine Tailing Ponds, Dye and Salt from Textile Effluent), Novel Technologies (FO, MD)
- Integrated water management through the application of advanced wastewater treatments (Research Exchange with the Universidad Estuado de Maringa). Funded by: Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions - Competitive from (2018 to 2019)
- Advancing research cooperation through joint workshops between Australia and India: water scarcity and ways to reduce the impact. Funded by: Australia India Council Grant 2015 from (2015 to 2016)