Research Support, Research & Innovation

Civil and Chemical Engineering

Book Chapters

Hadgraft, R., Muir, P., Jollands, M. C., Goricanec, J. L., Brown, A. and Bunting, A., 2004, ‘Shifting the ground - Sustainable engineering at RMIT’, in Protecting the Future: stories of sustainability from RMIT University, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 13-51, ISBN 0-643-090657.
Horan, E., 2004, ‘Queen Victoria Market - Communicating sustainable design solutions about rubbish’, in Protecting the Future: Stories of Sustainability from RMIT University, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 15-29, ISBN 0643-090657.
Piyatrapoomi, A., Kumar, A. and Setunge, S., 2004, ‘Framework for investment decision making’, in Economic Impacts of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 199-214, ISBN 0-7623-0978-4.

Journal Articles

Buchanan, W., Roddick, F. A., Porter, N. A. and Drikas, M., 2004, ‘Enhanced biodegradability of UV and VUV pre-treated natural organic matter’, in Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, IWA Publishing, UK, vol. 4, pp. 103-111, 4, ISSN 1606-9749.
Chaudhary, D. S. and Jollands, M. C., 2004, ‘Characterization studies of rice hull ash’, in Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Wiley Interscience, New York, vol. 93, pp. 1-8, ISSN 0021-8995.
Chaudhary, D. S., Jollands, M. C. and Cser, F., 2004, ‘Crystallinity of polypropylene-silica ash composites affected by the mixing conditions - DSC studies’, in Polymer and Polymer Composites, Rapra, UK, vol. 12, pp. 383-398, ISSN 0967-3911.
Chaudhary, D. S., Jollands, M. C. and Cser, F., 2004, ‘Recycling rice hull ash: Another filler materials for polymer composites?’, in Advances in Polymer Technology, Wiley Interscience, New York, vol. 23, pp. 147-155, ISSN 0730-6679.
Duan, W., Roddick, F. A., Higgins, V. and Rogers, P. J., 2004, ‘A parallel analysis of H(2)S and SO(2) formation by brewing yeast in response to sulfur-containing amino acids and ammonium ions’, in Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, American Society of Brewing Chemists, USA, vol. 62, pp. 35-41, ISSN 0361-0470.
Fahey, N., Swinbourne, D. R., Yan, S. and Osborne, J. M., 2004, ‘The solubility of Cr2O3 in calcium ferrite slags at 1573 K’, in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Minerals, Metals, Materials Society, Warrendale, USA, vol. 35B, pp. 197-202, ISSN 1073-5615.
Ivanov, I., Muke, S., Kao, N. and Bhattacharya, S. N., 2004, ‘Extensional rheology of polypropylene in relation of processing characteristics’, in International Polymer Processing Journal, Hanser Publishers, Munich, vol. 19, pp. 40-46, ISSN 0930-777X.
Kamphausen, A. and O'Donnell, J., 2004, ‘Plant-model mismatch analysis in deethyleniser simulation’, in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society, USA, vol. 43, pp. 6680-6693, ISSN 0888-5885.
Kamphausen, A. and O'Donnell, J., 2004, ‘Plant-model mismatch analysis in deethyleniser simulation. 2. Application to data-model selection and tuning’, in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society, USA, vol. 43, pp. 7888-7899, ISSN 0888-5885.
Kavuri, P., Ward, L. P., Brack, N., Pigram, P., Evans, P. J., Noorman, J. and Manory, R. R., 2004, ‘Wear behaviour of CrN coatings MEVVA ion implanted with Zr’, in Wear, Elsevier Science, Oxford, vol. 257, pp. 901-908, ISSN 0043-1648.
Kita, E., Toyoda, T., Tamaki, T. and Xie, M., 2004, ‘Application of cellular automata simulation to truss structure design’, in Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, vol. 11, pp. 321-335, ISSN 1232-308X.
Li, Q., Steven, G., Xie, M. and Querin, O., 2004, ‘Evolutionary topology optimization for temperature reduction of heat conducting fields’, in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, vol. 47, pp. 5071-5083, ISSN 0017-9310.
Lokuge, W. P., Sanjayan, J. and Setunge, S., 2004, ‘Constitutive model for confined high-strength concrete subjected to cyclic loads’, in ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, USA, vol. 16, pp. 289-390, 4, ISSN 0899-1561.
Majumdar, J., Cser, F., Jollands, M. C. and Shanks, R. A., 2004, ‘Thermal properties of polypropylene post-consumer waste (PP PCW)’, in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, vol. 78, pp. 849-863, ISSN 1388-6150.
Parkinson, A. and Roddick, F. A., 2004, ‘Wastewater treatment effectiveness: A review’, in Water - Journal of the Australian Water Association, Australian Water Association, Sydney, vol. 31, pp. 63-68, ISSN 0310-0367.
Piyatrapoomi, A., Kumar, A. and Setunge, S., 2004, ‘Framework for investment decision-making under risk and uncertainty for infrastructure asset management'’, in Research in Transportation Economics, JAI Press, USA, vol. 8, pp. 199-214, ISSN 0739-8859.
Prasad, R., Pasanovic-Zujo, V., Gupta, R., Cser, F. and Bhattacharya, S. N., 2004, ‘Morphology of EVA based nanocomposites under shear and extensional flow’, in Polymer Engineering and Science, Wiley Interscience, Hoboken, NJ, vol. 44, pp. 1220-1230, ISSN 0032-3888.
Rojek, K., Roddick, F. A. and Parkinson, A., 2004, ‘Decolorisation of natural organic matter by phanerochaete chrysosporium: The effect of environmental conditions’, in Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, IWA Publishing, UK, vol. 4, pp. 175-182, ISSN 1606-9749.
Smith, J. V., 2004, ‘Determining the size and shape of blocks from linear sampling of geotechnical rock mass classification and assessment’, in Journal of Structural Geology, Elsevier, Netherlands, vol. 26, pp. 1317-1339, ISSN 0191-8141.
Thomson, J., Parkinson, A. and Roddick F. A., 2004, Depolymerization of chromophoric natural organic matter, in Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society, USA, vol. 38, pp. 3360-3369, ISSN 1520-5851.
Thomson, J., Roddick, F. A. and Drikas, M., 2004, ‘Vacuum ultraviolet irradiation for natural organic matter removal’, in Journal of Water Supply, IWA Publishing, UK, vol. 53, pp. 193-206, ISSN 0003-7214.
Vanderstaay, E., Swinbourne, D. R. and Monteiro, M., 2004, ‘A computational thermodynamics model of submerged are electric furnace ferromanganese smelting’, in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, Maney Publishing, Leeds, UK, vol. 113, pp. 38-44, ISSN 0371-9553.

Conference Publications

Brumley, J. C., 2004, ‘Optimising sustainable use of groundwater: A challenge for science and water markets’, in Sustainability Engineering and Science, C. Boyle (ed.), New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science, Auckland (International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science).
Burry, J., Tang, J., Burry, M. C., Xie, M. and Peter, F., 2004, ‘Dynamical structural modelling: A collaborative design exploration’, in Architecture in the Network Society, B. Ruddiger et al. (ed.) eCAADe, Copenhagen (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe).
Bushnaq, Z., Othman, M. Z. and Roddick, F. A., 2004, ‘Evaluation of UVA, UVB and UVC photolysis for the removal of atrazine from polluted water’, in Enviro 04 Proceedings, P. Nadebaun (ed.), Australian Water Association, Sydney (Enviro 04 Convention and Exhibition).
Daver, F., Awaja, F., Kosior, E. I., Gupta, R. and Cser, F., 2004, ‘Characterisation of reactive extruded recycled poly(ethylene terphthalate)’, in ANTEC 2004 Plastics: Annual Technical Conference, R. T. Newman (ed.), Society of Plastics Engineers, USA (ANTEC 2004).
De Silva, S. P., 2004, ‘Comparative study - health research on traffic noise pollution vs. technical reserch on traffic noise mitigation’, in IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004, Y. Ge (ed.), International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Shanghai (Metropolitan Habitats and Infrastructure).
De Silva, S. P., 2004, ‘Defining boundaries of PBL in the context of engineering education’, in Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference for Australasian Association for Engineering Education and the 10th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum, C. Snook and D. Thorpe (ed.), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba (15th Annual Conference for Australasian Association for Engineering Education and the 10th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum - Creating Flexible Learning Environments).
De Silva, S. P., 2004, ‘Untutored minds and learning in engineering’, in Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference for Australasian Association for Engineering Education and the 10th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum, C. Snook and D. Thorpe (ed.), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba (15th Annual Conference for Australasian Association for Engineering Education and the 10th Australasian Women in Engineering Forum - Creating Flexible Learning Environments.
De Silva, S. P., Douglas, P., Li, C. and Peters, J., 2004, ‘Creating a proactive decision support environment in managing road traffic noise’, in Proceeding of Clients Driving Innovation International Conference 2004, K. Hampson (ed.), CRC for Construction Innovation, Brisbane (Clients Driving Innovation International Conference).
Douglas, P., De Silva, S. P., Li, C. and Peters, J., 2004, ‘A case study on cost/benefit assessment of road trafic noise amelioration within and outside the road reserve’, in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, D. J. Mee, Robert et al. (ed.), Australian Acoustical Society, Darlinghurst (Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society - Transportation Noise and Vibration - The New Millennium).
Gato, S., Jayasuriya, N., Roberts, P. and Hadgraft, R., 2004, ‘Understanding residential water use’, in Enviro 04, P. Howlett (ed.), Enviroaust Convention Limited, Willoughby, Sydney (Enviro 04).
Goldsmith, M., Rogers, P. J. and Roddick, F. A., 2004, ‘Reducing waste generation in beer production by the use of activated carbon’, in Sustainable Processes - Proceedings of the 32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, P. Le-Clech et al. (ed.), Institution of Chemical Engineers, Sydney (32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference).
Gupta, R., Prasad, R. and Bhattacharya, S. N., 2004, ‘Use of clay based nanocomposites of ethylene-vinyl acetate co-polymer (EVA) for packaging application’, in Sustainable Processes - Proceedings of the 32^nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, C. Barner-Kowollik (ed.), Institution of Chemical Engineers, Sydney (32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference).
Gupta, R., Tung, J., Bhattacharya, S. N., Simon, G. and Edwards, G., 2004, ‘Rheology and mechanical property of nylon 6-organoclay nanocomposites’, in Polymer Processing Conference (PPS-20), J. L. White et al. (ed.), University of Akron, Ohio (Polymer Processing Conference).
Hadgraft, R. and Goricanec, J. L., 2004, ‘Future engineering - Evolution or revolution?’, in 15th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education C. Snook and D. Thorpe (ed.), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba (15th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education - Creating Flexible Learning Environments).
Hadgraft, R., Xie, M. and Angeles, N. H., 2004, ‘Civil and infrastructure engineering for sustainability’, in Engineering Education reaches New Heights, T. Pierce et al. (ed.), American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City (2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition).
Harris, J. L., Malek, F., Daley, M. and Roddick, F. A., 2004, ‘Investigation of pretreatment strategies for flux improvement in the microfiltration of drinking water’, in Proceedings of Enviro 04, P. Nadebaum (ed.), Australian Water Association, Sydney (Enviro 04 Convention and Exhibition).
Khanna, N., Waters, M. T., Smith, J. V. and Lech, M., 2004, ‘Determination of temporal changes in the relationship between the chlorophyll level and the water quality parameters using an artifical neural network’, in Eighth Annual Environmental Research Conference., L. Nghiem et al. (ed.), University of Wollongong Press, Wollongong (Eighth Annual Environmental Research Conference - Environmental Change: Make It Happen).
Li, C., Douglas, P., De Silva, S. P. and Peters, J., 2004, ‘Evaluation of noise amelioration treatments within and outside the road reserve’, in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, D. J. Mee et al. (ed.), Australian Acoustical Society, Darlinghurst (Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society - Transportation Noise and Vibration - The New Millennium).
Mainville, D. M. and Brumley, J. C., 2004, ‘The sustainability of land uses in the Strzelecki Ranges in Victoria, Australia’, in Sustainability Engineering and Science, C. Boyle (ed.), New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science, Auckland (International Conference on Sustainability Engineering).
Malek, F., Harris, J. L. and Roddick, F. A., 2004, ‘Photooxidative pretreatment of water for flux improvement in the microfiltration’, in Proceedings of 32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, V. Gomes (ed.), Institution of Chemical Engineers, Sydney (32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference - Sustainable Processes)
Navaratne, C., Weerasinghe, K. D. and Jayasuriya, N., 2004, ‘Rainwater harvesting and roof runoff coefficients’, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Changing Enviroment of the Monsoon Region, S. Herath et al. (ed.), National Water Resources Secretariat, Colombo (International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management).
Nezamian, A. and Setunge, S., 2004, ‘Comparison between ACI 440 and FIB 14 design guidelines in using CFRP for strengthening of a concrete bridge headstock’, in Advance Composite Materials in Bridges Structures, M. El-Badry and L. Dunaszegi (ed.), Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, Montreal (Fourth International Conference on Advance Composite Materials in Bridges and Structures).
Nezamian, A. and Setunge, S., 2004, ‘Development of a user friendly guide for rehabilitation or strengthening of bridge structures using fiber reinforced polymer composites’, in Proceedings of Clients Driving Innovation International Conference 2004, K. Hampson (ed.), CRC for Construction Innovation, Brisbane (Clients Driving Innovation International Conference 2004).
Nezamian, A., Setunge, S. and Carse, A., 2004, ‘Effect of environmental conditions of degradation and lifetime performance of reinforded concrete piers strengthened using fiber reinforced polymer composites’, in Proceedings of the First International Conference of Asian Concrete Federation, S. Tangtermisirikul et al. (ed.), Thai Concrete Associations, Chiang Mai, Thailand (First International Conference of Asian Concrete Federation).
Nezamian, A., Setunge, S., Kumar, A. and Fenwick, J., 2004, ‘Decision support in using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in rehabilitation of concrete bridge structures’, in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Innovative Materials and Technologies for Construction and Restoration, A. La Tegola and A. Nanni, Liguori (ed.), Napoli (First International Conference on Innovative Materials and Technologies for Construction and Restoration).
Nezamian, A., Setunge, S., Lokuge, W. P. and Fenwick, J., 2004, ‘Reliability based optimal solution for rehabilitation of existing bridge structures’, in Proceedings of Clients Driving Innovation International Conference, K. Hampson (ed.), CRC for Construction Innovation, Brisbane (Clients Driving Innovation International Conference).
O'Donnell, J. and Kurt, N., 2004, ‘Review of channelling in batch sedimentation’, in Proceedings of 32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, Y.-K. Leong et al. (ed.), Institute of Chemical Engineers, Sydney (32^nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference - Sustainable Processes)
Parkinson, A. and Roddick, F. A., 2004, ‘The effectiveness of water treatment unit operations in pathogen reduction’, in Proceedings of Enviro 04, P. Nadebaun (ed.), Australian Water Association, Sydney (Enviro 04 Convention and Exhibition).
Pasanovic-Zujo, V., Gupta, R. and Bhattacharya, S. N., 2004, ‘Effect of temperature on extensional rheology of EVA/clay nanocomposites’, in Polymer Processing Conference (PPS-20), J. L. White et al. (ed.), University of Akron (Polymer Processing Conference).
Patnaikuni, I., 2004, ‘Quality control of high strength high performance concrete’, in Proceeings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete and Construction 2004, J. Rao et al. (ed.), Allied Publishers, New Delhi (International Conference on Advances in Concrete and Construction).
Perera, C., Setunge, S., Patnaikuni, I., Bhargava, S. and Akolekar, D., 2004, An experimental study of autogenous shrinkage of high-strength concrete, Proceedings of the First International Conference of Asian Concrete Federation, Thai Concrete Association, Chiang Mai, Thailand (First International Conference of Asian Concrete Federation).
Prasad, R., Gupta, R., Cser, F. and Bhattacharya, S. N., 2004, ‘Rheology and morphology of EVA based nanocomposites’, in Polymer Processing Conference, J. L. White et al. (ed.), University of Akron (Polymer processing Conference).
Raha, S., Kao, N. and Bhattacharya, S. N., 2004, ‘The effect of temperature on the rheology of PS/SEBS blends’, in Materials Processing for Properties and Performance, K. A. Khor et al. (ed.), Institute of Materials (East Asia), Singapore (Third International Conference on Materials Processing for Properties and Performance).
Rahman, S. S., Molyneaux, T. and Patnaikuni, I., 2004, ‘Compressive strength of modified reactive powder concrete’, in Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Concrete and Construction, P. J. Rao et al. (ed.), Allied Publishers, New Delhi (International Conference on Advances in Concrete and Construction).
Rajapakse, A., Parthasarathy, R. and Bhattacharya, S. N., 2004, ‘Effect of dispersed phase volume fraction on drop size distribution in a stirred reactor’, in 32^nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, M. Dureau et al., University of Sydney, Sydney (32nd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference - Sustainable Process).
Sanjayan, J. and Patnaikuni, I., 2004, ‘Use of fly ash in concrete: Australian perspective’, in Proceedings of NSF sponsored US-India Workshop, A. Patnaik et al. (ed.), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota (NSF sponsored US-India Workshop).
Smith, J. V., 2004, ‘A method for evaluating the complex anisotropy of strength and deformation modulus of discontinuous rock masses’, in Contribution of Rock Mechanics to the New Century, Y. Ohnishi and K. Aoki (ed.), Millpress, Netherlands (Third Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium).
Stephen, C., Khan, A., O'Shea, M. and Bhattacharya, S. N., 2004, ‘Bubble growth modelling in foam extrusion process’, in Polymer Processing Conference (PPS-20), J. L. White et al.. (ed.) University of Akron, Akron (Polymer Processing Conference).
Sullivan, C. M., Waters, M. T. and Roddick, F. A., 2004, ‘Heavy metals deposition in a wetland receiving urban stormwater runoff’, in Proceedings of Enviro 0, P. Nadebaun (ed.), Australian Water Association, Sydney (Enviro 04 Convention and Exhibition).
Tang, J., Xie, M. and Felicetti, P., 2004, ‘Form finding for compression-only or tension-only structures’, in IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004, Y. Ge (ed.), International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Shanghai (IABSE Symposium - Metropolitan Habitats and Infrastructure).
Ting, S. K. and De Silva, S. P., 2004, ‘Optimisation of embodied energy in domestic construction’, in IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004, Y. Ge (ed.), International association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Shanghai ( IABSE Symposium - Metropolitan Habitats and Infrastructure).
Tung, J., Gupta, R., Simon, G. and Edwards, G., 2004, ‘Weld lines behaviour in melt blended and in situ polymerised nylon 6 nanocomposites’, in ANTEC 2004 Plastics: Annual Technical Conference, R. T. Newman (ed.), Society of Plastics Engineers, USA (Annual Technical conference).
Webb, B., Nash, D., Hannah, M., Adeloju, S., Toifl, M. C., Roddick, F. A. and Porter, N. A., 2004, ‘Phosphorus between soil, soil water and overland flow for established and laser graded, border-check irrigation systems’, in Supersoil 2004: Proceedings of the Third Australian New Zealand Soils Conference, B. Singh (ed.), Regional Institute, Sydney (Third Australian New Zealand Soil Conference).
Wong, C. Y. and De Silva, S. P., 2004, ‘Time series modelling of high performance concrete column shortening due to creep and shrinkage’, in IABSE Symposium Shanghai 2004, Y. Ge (ed.), International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Shanghai ( IABSE Symposium - Metropolitan Habitats and Infrastructure).
Young, D., Goricanec, J. L. and Hadgraft, R., 2004, ‘Embedding continuous cycles of research and innovation into our practice’, in International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education, A. Halstead and P. Lister (ed.), University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton (International Conference on Innovation, Good Practice and Research in Engineering Education).