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Dr Vasanthadevi Aravinthan

Name :	Dr Vasanthadevi Aravinthan
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Environmental Water Engineering)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office :	Z406
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2299
Extension :	2299
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BScEng Peradeniya MEng, PhD Tokyo

Professional Memberships

Member of the Engineers, Australia (EA)
Member of Australian Water Association (AWA)
Committee Member of Water Efficiency Specialist Network, Australian Water Association (AWA)
Member, Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AaeE)
Associate Member, Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)
Member, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLASS)

Research Interests

Advanced wastewater treatment processes
Bio-diesel production from algae grown in different wastewaters
Investigation of domestic water end-use using smart metering systems
Harnessing energy from organic waste
Engineering Education

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Aravinthan, V and Hoque, MA (2011), “Development and Calibration of Bio-kinetic Model for Surfactant Biodegradation with Combined Respirometric and Titrimetric Measurements”, Bioresource Technology, In Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biotech.2010.08.101.

Mead, N and Aravinthan, V (2009), “Investigation of Domestic Water Consumption using Smart Metering System”, Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol.11, No. 1-3, pp. 115-123.

Pufelski, N, Aravinthan, V and Yusaf, T (2010), “How Effective is Microalgae Treatment of Nursery Wastewater for Simultaneous Nutrient Removal and Fatty Acid Production for Bio-fuel?”,”Proc. of Southern Region Engineering Conference 2010, 11-12 Nov 2010, Toowoomba.

Most notable :

Hoque, MA, Aravinthan, V and Pradhan, NM (2010), “Calibration of Biokinetic Model for Acetate Biodegradation using combined Respirometric and Titrimetric measurements”, Bioresource Technology, Vol. 101, No. 5, pp. 1426-1434.

Aravinthan, V and Worden, J (2010), “Animations as a Tool for Enhancing Teaching and Learning Outcomes in Civil Engineering Courses”, Proc. of Frontiers in Education, 27-30 October 2010, Virginia, USA, http://fie-conference.org/fie2010/

Aravinthan, V (2005), “Reclaimed Wastewater as a Resource for Sustainable Water Management”, Proc. Southern Engineering conference on “Managing Resources for a Sustainable Future”, pp 3-13, October 2005, Toowoomba.

Aravinthan, V, Mino, T, Takizawa, S, Satoh, H and Matsuo T (2000), “Sludge Hydrolysate as a Carbon Source for Denitrification”, Water Science Technology, Vol. 43, No.1, pp. 191-199.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

Examiner, ENV4203 - Public Health Engineering
Examiner, CIV2702 - Municipal Services
Examiner, ENV3904 - Environmental Engineering Practice
Moderator, ENV5205 - Solid and Liquid Waste Treatment
Moderator, ENV4204 – Environmental Technology

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 8 years
Other : 9 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Program Coordinator for Bachelor of Engineering Technology (BETC)