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Dr Ian Brodie


Name : Dr Ian Brodie
Position : Senior Lecturer (Public Health Engineering)
Section : Faculty of Engineering and Surveying
Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office : Z315A
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : +61 7 4631 2519
Extension : 2519
E-mail :
Qualifications : BEng USQ
MEngSc UNSW
PhD USQ


Professional Memberships
Chartered Professional Engineer, Engineers Australia - CPEng

Professional Affiliations
Member of Australian Water Association
Member of Stormwater Industry Association, Queensland (Treasurer)

Research Interests
Stormwater treatment and re-use
Urban drainage management
Suspended solids in urban stormwater
Floodplain management

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Brodie, I., (2009). Australian examples of residential Integrated Water Cycle Planning – Accepted current practice and a suggested alternative. Desalination and Water Treatment, vol 12, pp. 324-330.

Brodie, I. and R.K. Misra, (2009). Evaluation of greenwaste mulch to control runoff quality from landfill sites during frequent storms. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, vol 201, no 1-4, pp. 75-85.

Brodie, I and P. Dunn. (2009) Suspended particle characteristics in storm runoff from urban impervious surfaces in Toowoomba, Australia. Urban Water Journal, 137-146, Vol 6, No 2, 2009
Most notable :
Brodie, I and Rosewell CJ 2007. Theoretical relationships between rainfall intensity and kinetic energy variants associated with stormwater particle washoff, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 340, Issues 1-2,40-47.

Brodie, I 2007. Investigation of stormwater particles generated from common urban surfaces. PhD thesis, Faculty of Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland, 297p.

Brodie, I (Editor), Simpson, J, Dowling, R, Muller, M, Breen, P, Anderson, R and Gross, P 2000. Guidelines for using free water surface constructed wetlands to treat municipal sewage. Queensland Department of Natural Resources, ISBN 0 7345 166614, 133p.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
ENV2102 Applied Hydrology
ENV3105 Hydrology
ENV4107 Water Resources Engineering

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 3 years
Other : 21 years