Staff profile

Dr Niall O'Luanaigh

Lecturer

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Civil Engineering and Physical Sciences

Building Applied Science 2, Room 4.07, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BA, B.Eng, PG Dip, PhD (TCD), MIEI

Area of study

Civil Engineering
Environmental Science
Sustainable Engineering

Brief profile

Dr O'Luanaigh's research interests include water and wastewater treatment processes with a keen focus on the attenuation of key chemical and microbial contaminants in effluent during transport through saturated and unsaturated media. His main fields of research are onsite wastewater treatment, constructed wetland systems and contaminated soils. 

Research interests

Environmental Chemistry, Waste Water and Sorption Processes

- Onsite wastewater treatment, soil science, constructed wetland systems

Teaching units

EMS1EP - Engineering Practice

CIV2HYD (Hydraulics) - Hydrostatics and Fluid Dynamics

CIV3HE1 (Hydraulic Engineering 1) - Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and Urban Catchment Drainage Design

CIV4HE2 (Hydraulic Engineering 2) - Water Resources, Water & Wastewater Treatment Processes

CIV4INV - Investigation

Recent publications

O’Luanaigh N., Russell, R., Johnston, P.J., Misstear, B.D.R., Gill, L.W. (2012). Investigation of pathogen removal in onsite wastewater during transport through unsaturated subsoil of high permeability. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.

Gill, L.W., O'Luanaigh, N. (2011). Nutrient removal from on-site wastewater in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands in Ireland. Water Practice and Technology, 6(3).

Gill L.W., O’Luanaigh N., Johnston P.J. (2011). On-site wastewater treatment using subsurface flow constructed wetlands in Ireland. Journal of Environmental Science and Health: Part A, 46(7):723-728 

O’Luanaigh N., Goodhue, R., Gill, L.W. (2010). Nutrient removal from on-site domestic wastewater in horizontal subsurface flow reed beds in Ireland. Ecological Engineering, 36(10):1266-1276.

Gill L.W., O’Luanaigh N., Johnston P.J., Misstear B.D.R., O'Suilleabhain C. (2009). Nutrient loading on subsoils from on-site wastewater effluent, comparing septic tank and secondary treatment systems. Water Research, 43:2739-2749.

Gill, L.W., Misstear, B.D.R., Johnston, P.J., O’Luanaigh N. (2009). Natural Attenuation of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in On-Site Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems. Journal of ASTM International, 6(3).

O’Luanaigh N., Johnston, P.M., Misstear, B.D.R., Gill, L.W. (2008). A comparative study on the treatment performance of a conventional septic tank system and reed bed-soil adsorption system receiving domestic effluent. Desalination and Water Treatment, 4:45-53.

Patel T., O’Luanaigh N., Gill, L.W. (2008). The efficiency of gravity distribution devices for on-site wastewater treatment systems. Water Science and Technology, 58(2):459-465.

O’Luanaigh, N.D., Misstear B.D.R., Johnston P.J., Gill L.W. (2008). A comparison of the treatment performance of freely-draining subsoils and horizontal subsurface-flow wetland systems receiving on-site wastewater effluent. 8th Specialised Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems & 2nd Specialised Conference Decentralised Water and Wastewater International Network (IWA), Coimbatore, India: 6th – 9th February 2008.