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Dr Ian Brodie


Name : Dr Ian Brodie
Position : Lecturer (Public Health Engineering)
Section : Faculty of Engineering and Surveying
Agriculture, 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
Editorial Board Member - Open Environmental and Biological Monitoring Journal

Research Interests
Stormwater treatment and re-use
Urban drainage management
Environmental impact of waste flows in receiving waters
Floodplain management

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
Brodie, I. and C.J. Rosewell, 2008. Using soil loss models to estimate suspended solids concentrations in stormwater runoff from pre-urban areas, Australian Journal of Water Resources, Vol 12, No 1, pp 49-60

Brodie, I 2007. Prediction of stormwater particle loads from impervious urban surfaces based on a Rainfall Detachment Index, Water Science and Technology. Vol 55, No 4,49-56.

Brodie, I and Young, F 2007. Case studies of applying spatial urban surface data in evaluating stormwater management issues, Journal of Spatial Hydrology, Fall 2007 (in press).
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
ENV4107 Water Resources Engineering

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 1 year
Other : 21 years