Dr Matthew Brannock

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• Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, 1998.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Thesis title: "Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Tools for the Design of Mixed Anoxic Wastewater Treatment Vessels", School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Queensland, 2003.

• 2006 - present: Senior Research Associate, UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. DEST/EU Project: "Evaluation of membrane bioreactor (MBR) performance via residence time distribution analysis and process modelling". This is a sub-project participating within the €5.9m EU MBR research project AMEDEUS "Accelerate Membrane Development for Urban Sewage Purification" (see http://www.mbr-network.eu)
• 2004 - 2006: Chemical Engineer, Mott MacDonald, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Projects: Process selection/design for 11 water treatment sites, evaluation of wastewater process using CFD, process engineering & project management of the commissioning of a small MBR and medium sized sludge treatment centre, econometric analysis of Scottish water/wastewater industry.

• Membrane bioreactor (MBR) performance characterisation using modelling and experimental tools.
• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling of wastewater treatment processes at macro- and meso-scales (i.e. process unit level).
• Hydrodynamics characterisation of wastewater processes using experimental techniques such as tracer studies and velocimetry.

• Brannock, M W D. (2003) Computational fluid dynamics tools for the design of mixed anoxic wastewater treatment vessels, PhD Thesis, The University of Queensland, Division of Environmental Engineering, October 2003. (ISBN 186 499 741 9)
• Howes, T; Brannock, M; Corre, G. (2003) Development of simplified flow models form CFD simulations, Third International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, 10-12 December 2003.
• Brannock, M.W.D., Howes, T., Johns, M.R., De Clercq, B. and Keller, J. (2002) CFD Modelling of Particle Transport and Biological Reactions in a Mixed Wastewater Treatment Vessel. Presented at International Conference Scientific & Engineering Computation, Singapore, 2-5 December, 2002.
• Brannock, M.W.D., Howes, T., Johns, M.R., Jansons, K. and Keller, J. (2002) Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Design Technique For Mixed Wastewater Treatment Vessels. Presented at Environmental Engineering Research Event 2002, Sydney, 18-21 November 2002.
• De Clercq, B., Brannock, M.W.D., Lant P. and Vanrolleghem., P. (2001) In-situ Particle Size Characterization on a Secondary Clarifier of a Wastewater Treatment Plant. Presented at World Congress on Particle Technology IV, Sydney, July 15-18 July 2001.