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Dr

Shane Usher

Research Fellow
Chemical Engineering
science & technology
technology
engineering
engineering, chemical
flocculated suspensions
physical sciences
sedimentation
hindered settling function
filtration
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Dr

Shane Usher

 
Division
Engineering and IT
 
Primary Interest
Space Analogues
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Projects

Displaying the 3 most recent projects by Shane Usher.

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Wastewater Sludge Rheology Characterisation

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Reducing Land and Infrastructure Requirements for Water Evaporation from Biosludge through Dry Stacking

Melbourne's wastewater treatment plants have limited capacity in their evaporation pans to dry residual solids from wastewater treatment pro..

2013 - 2016
Completed
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Reducing Land and Infrastructure Requirements for Water Evaporation from Biosludge through Dry Stacking

Melbourne's wastewater treatment plants have limited capacity in their evaporation pans to dry residual solids from wastewater treatment pro..

2013 - 2016
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

2

Research Grant

1

Research Contracts

Additional Information

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Shane Usher.

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Modeling the agglomeration of settling particles in a dewatering process

Amin Rahmat, Daniel Weston, Daniel Madden, Shane Usher, Mostafa Barigou, Alessio Alexiadis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Physics of Fluids

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Development of a method for determining the maximum van der Waals force to analyze dispersion and aggregation of particles in a suspension

K Kushimoto, S Ishihara, S Pinches, ML Sesso, SP Usher, GV Franks, J Kano

Journal article  |  2020  |  Advanced Powder Technology

A new method for determining the maximum value of the van der Waals force, Fv,max, has been developed to analyze the dispersion an..

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Compartmentalization of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) solubilization and cake microstructure in relation to wastewater sludge dewatering behavior assisted by horizontal electric field: Effect of operating conditions

Bingdi Cao, Weijun Zhang, Youjing Du, Ruilu Wang, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales, Dongsheng Wang

Journal article  |  2018  |  Water Research

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Analysis of Centrifugal Settling of Strongly Flocculated Suspensions

SJ Skinner, A STICKLAND, LR White, DR Lester, SP Usher, PJ Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

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Quantification of wastewater sludge dewatering

Samuel J Skinner, Lindsay J Studer, David R Dixon, Peter Hillis, Catherine A Rees, Rachael C Wall, Raul G Cavalida, Shane P Usher, Anthony D Stickland, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2015  |  Water Research

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Designing thickeners by matching hindered settling and gelled suspension zones in the presence of aggregate densification

Yi Zhang, Paul Grassia, Alastair Martin, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2015  |  Chemical Engineering Science

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Mathematical modelling of batch sedimentation subject to slow aggregate densification

Yi Zhang, Paul Grassia, Alastair Martin, Shane P Usher, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2015  |  Chemical Engineering Science

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COMPRESSIONAL DEWATERING OF FLOCCULATED MINERAL SUSPENSIONS

Peter J Scales, Ashish Kumar, Ben BG van Deventer, Anthony D Stickland, Shane P Usher

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

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Aggregate densification in the thickening of flocculated suspensions in an un-networked bed

Rudolf Spehar, Anat Kiviti-Manor, Phillip Fawell, Shane P Usher, Murray Rudman, Peter J Scales

Journal article  |  2015  |  Chemical Engineering Science

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Determination of Breakthrough Concentration and Cracking Time during Drying of Wastewater Sludge

S Chellappan, CA Rees, M Devadas, SP Usher, A STICKLAND, PJ Scales

Conference Proceedings  |  2015

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Chemical Engineering
Expanding Knowledge
Waste Management and Recycling
Non-Oriented Research
First Stage Treatment of Ores and Minerals
Land and Water Management
Prevention and Treatment of Pollution
Water and Waste Services
Mining Environments
Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2007

The University of Melbourne - City of Melbourne Competition: Issues for Melbourne 2020

University of Melbourne - City of Melbourne

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Credentials

Positions

Research Fellow

Chemical Engineering

Member - Space Association Of Australia

Space Association of Australia

Member - Mars Society Australia

Mars Society Australia

Committee Member - Australian Society Of Rheology

Australian Society of Rheology

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Engineering

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science

University of Melbourne

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