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DR DAVID DIXON



Contact Details

Organization: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
Email:
Homepage: http://www.chemeng.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/dixon.html
Work: 83448288
Fax: 83446233
Room: 1.9
Level: 01
Building: Chemical Engineering #2
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Water and wastewater treatment Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Research
France Universite de Poitiers Research
United Kingdom Cranfield University Research
Denmark Aalborg University Research
United States Johns Hopkins University Research
Ireland Institute of Technology, Sligo Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1967
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1975

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) International Water Association International Water association publication award 01-Jan-2008

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
ADVANCED WASTE SLURRY PROCESSING IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY Chief Investigator FONTERRA COOPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2005
New approaches to the treatment of potable water in the presence of algal blooms Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2009

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
SLUDGE PROCESSING:THEORY & PRACTICE Chief Investigator YORKSHIRE WATER,
UNITED UTILITIES WATER PLC		 01/01/2003
UNITED WATER - SCALES 06 - TRACEABLE FLOCCULENT Chief Investigator UNITED WATER INTERNATIONAL P/L 30/11/2005
OCCURRENCE, IMPACTS AND REMOVAL OF MANGANESE IN BIOFILTRATION PROCESSES Chief Investigator CAMP DRESSER & MCKEE INC,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE		 07/12/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Fundamental dewatering properties of wastewater treatment sludges from filtration and sedimentation testing


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Chemical Engineering Science
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 21
    Page numbers: 5283-5290
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Scaling filtration time initial dependencies of wastewater sludges
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Water Research
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 206-216
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  • The role of natural organic matter in suspension stability 2. Modelling of particle-particle interaction
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
    Volume: 295
    Issue: 1-3
    Page numbers: 67-74
    Author(s):
    URL - restricted access doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.08.032
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  • The role of natural organic matter in suspension stability: 1. Electrokinetic–rheology relationships
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
    Volume: 295
    Issue: 1-3
    Page numbers: 38-48
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • Interface Science in Drinking Water Treatment: Theory and Applications
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Book Chapters

  • Cryptosporidium/sand interactions during filtration
    Year: 2006
    Book: Interface Science in Drinking Water Treatment: Theory and Applications
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Detection of polyelectrolytes at trace levels in water by fluorescent tagging
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Reactive and Functional Polymers
    Volume: 60
    Issue: July 2004
    Page numbers: 183-193
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    URL - restricted access doi:10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2004.02.022%20
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  • Fundamental dewatering characteristics of potable water treatment sludges
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology - AQUA
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 29-36
    Publisher: IWA Publishing(London)
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  • Ion Exchange for the Removal of Natural Organic Matter
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Reactive and Functional Polymers
    Volume: 60
    Issue: July 2004
    Page numbers: 171-182
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  • The effect of alum dose on the consolidation behaviour of coagulated clay dispersions
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology - AQUA
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 545-552
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  • The fundamentals of wastewater sludge characterization and filtration
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Water Science and Technology
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 67-72
    Publisher: IWA Publishing(London)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • The fundamentals of wastewater sludge characterization and filtration
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Biosolids 2003: Wastewater Sludge as a Resource
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Conference
    Page numbers: 97-102
    Publisher: IWA Publishing(London)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • The effect of natural organic matter (NOM) on the rheology of concentrated suspensions - a water treatment sludge perspective
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Characterisation and Treatment of Natural Organic Matter NOM 1
    Conference Publication: Characterisation and Treatment of Natural Organic Matter NOM 1
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Cranfield University(Bedforshire)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Thickening
    Year: 2001
    Book: Sludge into Biosolids, Processing Disposal Utilization
    Publisher: IWA Publishing(Colchester)
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Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Prediction of the dewatering of selected inorganic sludges
    Year: 2001
    Event name: IWA Conference "Sludge Management entering the 3rd Millennium - Industrial, Combined, Water and Wastewater Residuals"
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the IWA Conference on 2001
    Volume: 288
    Page numbers: 104-110
    Publisher: IWA Publishing(London)
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