Postgraduate Thesis Abstracts

Since 1995 the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment has provided full or partial scholarships to more than 100 postgraduate students working on a diverse range of projects in our nine member universities. This page lists students who have completed their studies and graduated. Links to the full thesis via the Australian Digital Theses Program are available for some theses.

Last revised 18 May 2009

Student name University and Year Program area Thesis title
Javeed Mohammed Abdul (Masters) University of New South Wales 2006 2D Water Treatment Technology   Development of the Modified Fouling Index for the Assessment of Membrane Fouling Propensity (PDF file)
Peter Bain University of Queensland 2007 1B Toxicology   Gene Expression Profiling of Cylindrospermopsin Toxicity (PDF file)
Lyndon Berwick Curtin University 2009 2C Measurement  Characterisation of Aquatic Natural Organic Matter by Micro- Scale Sealed Vessel Pyrolysis (PDF file)
Jim Black Monash University 2002 1A Epidemiology

Applications of artificial neural networks in epidemiology prediction and classification (PDF file)

Sean Blasdall University of New South Wales 2005 2A Catchments Sub-species molecular typing of Cryptosporidium parvum
Justin Blythe Curtin University 2007 2C Measurement  The Chemistry of Halophenol Tastes in Drinking Water (PDF file)
Samuel Brooke University of South Australia 2009 2D Water Treatment Technology   The destruction of cyanobacterial toxins with oxidants used in drinking water treatment (PDFfile)
Will Buchanan RMIT University 2005 2D Water Treatment Technology Biological Removal of UV and VUV Pre-treated Natural Organic Matter (PDF file)
Rebecca Campbell University of South Australia 2009   Molecular and Evolutionary Investigations into the Cyanotoxin Clindrospermopsin  (PDF file)
Kylie Catterall Griffith University 2007 2C Measurement  Development of a rapid microbial-based toxicity assay employing ferricyanide as an artifical respiratory electron acceptor (PDF file)
Katrina Charles University of New South Wales 2A Catchments Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment: a catchment
management tool to delineate buffer distances for on-site sewage treatment and disposal systems in Sydney’s drinking water catchments
(PDF file)
Paul Chuo
University of New South Wales 2003 2E Distribution

An investigation of a modelling system for assessing the impact of stratification on mixing in drinking water service reservoirs (PDF file)

Kathy Cinque RMIT University 2A Catchments A quantitative approach to assessing the effectiveness of catchment management for the improvement of drinking water quality (PDF file)
Robert Considine
University of South Australia 2002 2D Water Treatment Technology

An investigation of fluorocarbon, silica and cryptosporidium parvum surfaces by atomic force microscopy

Jodi Dong Griffith University 2008 2F Sustainable Water Sources Splintering Urbanism and Sustainable Urban Water
Management in Sydney and Melbourne
(PDF file)
Linhua Fan
RMIT University 2002 2D Water Treatment Technology

Interactions of natural organic matter and microfiltration membranes in potable water treatment (PDF file)

Christobel Ferguson University of New South Wales 2005 2A Catchments Deterministic model of microbial sources, fate and transport: a quantitative tool for pathogen catchment budgeting (PDF file)
Kim Fergusson (nee Wilson)
University of South Australia 2003 2B Storages

Rapid methods for the detection of toxic cyanobacteria (PDF file)

Suzanne Froscio University of Adelaide 2001 1B Toxicology Investigation of the mechanisms involved in cylindrospermopsin toxicity : hepatocyte culture and reticulocyte lysate studies (PDF file)
Matthew Gibbs University of Adelaide 2E Distribution   Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm Parameter Setting for Water Distribution System Optimisation (PDF file)
Shane Haydon Monash University 2006 2A Catchments  A Simplified Process-based Model for Predicting Pathogen Transport in Catchments (PDF file)
Margaret Hellard Monash University 1999 1A Epidemiology

The prevalence and transmission of community gastroenteritis (PDF file)

Chris Hepplewhite University of South Australia 2000 2D Water Treatment Technology

The isolation, fractionation and characterisation of natural organic matter from water and its effect on the adsorption of taste and odour compounds by activated carbon

Melissa Hewett (nee Todd) University of South Australia 2006 2E Distribution Characterisation of bacterial symbionts in amoebae (PDF file)
Andrea Hinwood Monash University 1999 1A Epidemiology

Environmental inorganic arsenic exposure, human absorption and cancer incidence (PDF file)

Lionel Ho University of South Australia 2004 2D Water Treatment Technology The removal of cyanobacterial metabolites from drinking water using ozone and granular activated carbon (PDF file)
Daniel Hoefel University of South Australia 2004 2B Storages Rapid detection and molecular profiling of water-borne bacteria (PDF file)
Andrew Humpage
University of Adelaide 1998 1B Toxicology Tumour Promotion by the Cyanobacterial Toxin Microcystin (PDF file)
Anna Hurlimann University of South Australia 2005 1C People's Perspective An Exploration of Community Attitudes to Recycled Water Use – An Urban Australian Case Study (PDF file)
Tanya Jankovic-Karasoulas University of Adelaide 2003 2B Storages A Case Study of the Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors Affecting Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Warren Reservoir, South Australia (PDF file)
Melanie Kaebernick University of New South Wales 2001 2B Storages

Regulation and function of microcystin production in Microcystis aeruginosa (PDF file)

Christine Kaucner (Masters) University of New South Wales 2007 2A Catchments Factors Influencing Overland Mobility of Cryptosporidium Oocysts (PDF file)
Chris Kostakis (Masters) University of South Australia 2001 2D Water Treatment Technology Impact of ozone on disinfection by-products: comparison of three surface waters with differing character (PDF file)
Ina Kristiana Curtin University 2007 2C Measurement  Disinfection By-Products in Chlorinated and Chloraminated Potable Water Systems: Effects of Precursors and Environmental Factors (PDF file)
Andrew Lee University of New South Wales 2004 2D Water Treatment Technology  The effect of floc properties on the performance of microfiltration membranes for water treatment
David Lewis University of Adelaide 2003 2E Distribution Surface Mixers for Destratification and Management of Anabaena Circinalis (PDF file)
Leon Linden University of Adelaide 2007 2D Water Treatment Technology   Impact of destratification on the treatability of natural
organic matter in drinking water reservoirs
(PDF file)
Daniel Livingston University of New South Wales 2008 2F Sustainable Water Sources Institutions and Decentralised Urban Water Management (PDF file)
Rodney Magazinovic University of South Australia 2004 2D Water Treatment Technology The interaction of ozone with natural organic matter (NOM) in Australian drinking water Treatment and its effect on the formation of bromate and assimilable organic carbon (AOC) (PDF file)
Farhana Malek (Masters) RMIT University 2006 2D Water Treatment Technology Investigation of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photooxidation to reduce flux loss in microfiltration of drinking water
Robert May The University of Adelaide 2009   Developing Artificial Neural Networks for Water Quality
Modelling and Prediction
(PDF file)
Rebecca McCallum RMIT University 2001 2D Water Treatment Technology

Evaluation and production of brown coal-based adsorbents with specific adsorption properties for water treatment (PDF file)

Bridget McDowall University of Adelaide 2008 2D Water Treatment Technology Removal of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol from Drinking Water Through Biologically Active Sand Filters (PDF file)
Anthony Moeller University of South Australia 2001 1A Epidemiology

Best practices in drinking water quality regulation : elements of an Australian model (PDF file)

Michelle Moffitt University of New South Wales 2002 2C Measurement

Non-ribosomal biosynthesis of the cyanobacterial toxin nodularin (PDF file)

David Moore University of Queensland 2005 1B Toxicology

Life Cycle Studies of the cyanobacterium C.raciborskii: Focusing on Akinete Differentiation and Germination (PDF file)

Joanne O'Toole Monash University 2008 1A Epidemiology  Exposure assessment for recycled and alternative water use (PDF file)
Declan Page University of South Australia 2000 2D Water Treatment Technology

The characterisation of terrestrially-derived dissolved organic matter before and after water treatment (PDF file)

Adele Parkinson RMIT University 2001 2D Water Treatment Technology

Evaluation of the effect of photooxidation and enhanced photooxidation on aquatic NOM

Leanne Pearson University of New South Wales 2006 2B Reservoirs Characterisation of the Tailoring and Transport Enzymes involved in the Microcystin Biosynthesis Pathway (PDF file)
Jasper Pengelly University of New South Wales 2009

1B Toxicology

Molecular characterisation of membrane transporters associated with saxitoxin biosynthesis in cyanobacteria (PDF file)
An Ninh Pham University of New South Wales 2007 2B Reservoirs   Kinetics and Mechanism of Various Iron Transformations in Natural Waters at Circumneutral pH (PDF file)
Phil Pope Griffith University 2007 1B Toxicology   Metagenomics of Cyanobacterial Blooms (PDF file)
Geetha Ranmuthugala The Australian National University 2001 1A Epidemiology Disinfection by-products in drinking water and genotoxic changes in urinary bladder epithelial cells (PDF file)
Rudi Regel
University of Adelaide 2003 2E Distribution

Phytoplankton and turbulence at selected sites (PDF file)

Brent Robertson Monash University 2001 1A Epidemiology

The epidemiology of sporadic cryptosporidiosis (PDF file)

Shelly Rodrigo Monash University 2010 1A Epidemiology Health risk associated with consumption of untreated rainwater in metropolitan South Australia (PDF file)
Katarzyna Rojek
(Masters)
RMIT University 2003 2D Water Treatment Technology Decolourisation of aquatic NOM with the white rot fungus Phaneroachaete chrysosporium (PDF file)
David Ruebhart Griffith University 2008   Alternative Bioassays for the Detection of Cyanotoxins (PDF file)
Andrea Schaefer University of New South Wales 1999 2D Water Treatment Technology Natural Organics Removal using Membranes (PDF file)
Nyree Stenekes University of New South Wales 2006 2F Sustainable Water Sources Sustainability and Participation in the Governing of Water Use: The Case of Water Recycling (PDF file)
Ian Stewart
University of Queensland 2004 1B Toxicology Recreational Exposure to Freshwater Cyanobacteria: Epidemiology, Dermal Toxicity and Biological Activity of Cyanobacterial Lipopolysaccharides (PDF file)
Michael Storey University of New South Wales 2002 2E Distribution

The ecology of enteric viruses within distribution pipe biofilms (PDF file)

Benjamin Tan Griffith University 6 Wastewater Chemical and Biological Analyses of Selected Endocrine Disruptors in Wastewater Treatment Plants in South East Queensland, Australia (PDF file)
Shaun Thomas University of South Australia 2004 2D Water Treatment Technology

A study of aluminium, its indirect electrochemical detection and interaction with natural organic matter in water treatment (PDF file)

James Thomson RMIT University 2002 2D Water Treatment Technology

Combinations of UV, VUV, and H2O2 treatments facilitating the biological removal of NOM from drinking water (PDF file)

Carolina Tillet (nee Beltran) University of New South Wales 2001 2B Storages

Taxonomy and molecular genetics of the saxitoxin producing cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis (PDF file)

Daniel Tillett University of New South Wales 2000 2B Storages

Microcystin : genetics, biosynthesis and evolution

John Varcoe University of Adelaide 2006 2B Storages A study on the transport of natural organic matter (NOM) and phosphorus in gypsum treated soils of the Mt Bold catchment and impacts on water quality (PDF file)
Todd Wallace University of Adelaide 2006 2B Reservoirs    Composition and bioavailability of DOC across a rural-urban gradient (PDF file)
Amber Welk University of Adelaide 2008 2B Reservoirs / 2C Measurement Early Warning for Algal Blooms in Drinking Water
Reservoirs by Real-Time Forecasting
(PDF file)
Karen Westwood University of Adelaide 2003 2B Storages Growth of Anabaena circinalis in the Lower Murray River, South Australia (PDF file)
Shiromi Wijesundara: University of Queensland 2008 1B Toxicology   Biological Filtration Processes for Removal of the
Cyanobacterial Toxin, Cylindrospermopsin
(PDF file)
Hugh Wilson University of Adelaide 2004 2B Storages Short term forecasting of algal blooms in drinking water reservoirs using artificial neural networks (PDF file)
Cunli Xiang (Masters) RMIT University 2000 2D Water Treatment Technology

The development of a hybrid membrane process for the treatment of potable water (PDF file)

Huimin Zhou RMIT University 2003 2E Distribution

Knowledge-based decision support tool for water quality assessment in water distribution systems (PDF file)