Dr David Lewis

Senior Lecturer

PhD BE CEng FIChemE

Location: Room N212b Engineering North
Email: david.lewis@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 5503
FAX: + 61 8 8303 4373

Interests

• Microalgal Biotechnology - Aquaculture; Wastewater treatment; Secondary metabolites
• Environmental applications of microalgae,
• Water quality Modelling
• Reservoir hydrodynamics
• Commercial scale biochemical processes.

Recent Publications

• Lewis, D.M., Lambert, M.F., Burch M.D., Brookes J.D. (2009). Field measurements of mean velocity characteristics of a large-diameter swirling jet. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, (in press).
• Pahl, S.L., Lewis, D.M., Chen F. and K.D. King (2009). Growth dynamics and the proximate biochemical composition and fatty acid profile of the heterotrophically grown diatom Cyclotella cryptica. Journal of Applied Phycology. (in press). DOI 10.1007/s10811-009-9436-7.
• Pahl, S.L., Lewis, D.M., Chen, F. and K.D. King (2009). Heterotrophic growth and nutritional aspects of the diatom Cyclotella cryptica (Bacillariophyceae); Effect of environmental factors. Journal of Bioscience and Biotechnology (in press).
• Yongabi, K.A., Harris, P.L., Lewis, D.M. and M.O. Agho (2009). Preliminary study on the effect of anaerobically digested cow dung slurry on the antimicrobial activity of three medicinal plants. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 3 (4) pp. 168-174.
• Yongabi, K.A., Harris, P.L. and D.M. Lewis (2009). Poultry faeces management with a simple low cost plastic digester. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8 (8), pp. 1560-1566
  Lee, A.K., Lewis, D.M., Ashman, P.J. (2008). Microbial flocculation, a potentially low-cost harvesting technique for marine microalgae for the production of biodiesel. Journal of Applied Phycology (In Press).
• Chen, X.X., Lewis, D.M. and K.D. King (2008). Heterotrophically Grown Centric Diatom Cyclotella cryptica (Bacillariophyceae) for the Spat of Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg). Journal of Applied Phycology (In Press).
• Reid, N., Hill, S.M., and Lewis, D.M. (2008). Biogeochemical expression of buried Au-mineralisation in semi-arid northern Australia: Penetration of transported cover at the Titania Gold Prospect, Tanami Desert Australia. Geochemistry Exploration, Environment, Analysis (in press)
• Reid, N., Hill, S.M., and Lewis, D.M. (2008). Spinifex biogeochemical expressions of buried gold mineralisation: The great mineral exploration penetrator of transported regolith. Applied Geochemistry, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 76-84
• Wittholz, M.K., O'Neill, B.K., Colby, C.B. and Lewis, D.M. (2007) Estimating the cost of desalination plants using a cost database. Desalination 229, 10-20.
• Wang, H.X., Ho, L., Lewis, D.M., Brookes, J.D., and Newcombe, G. (2007) Discriminating and assessing adsorption and biodegradation removal mechanisms during granular activated carbon filtration of microcystin toxins Water Research, 41 (18), 4262-4270.
• Wang, H.X., Lewis, D.M., Newcombe, G., Brookes, J.D. and Ho, L. (2007). Separated adsorption and bacterial degradation of microcystins in GAC filtration. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, (in press).

International Refereed Conference Publications:

• Wang, H.X., Lewis, D.M., Newcombe, G., Brookes, J.D. and Ho, L. (2006). Separated adsorption and bacterial degradation of Microcystins in GAC filtration. CHEMECA 2006, Auckland, New Zealand. (17-20 September).

National or Local Refereed Conference Publications:

• Wittholz, M., O'Neill, B. and D.M. Lewis (2007) Forward Osmosis: Experimental investigation of a new desalination process. AWA Membrane Conference, Melbourne. 

National Conference Proceedings:

• Reid, N., Hill, S.M., Lewis, D.M., and Worrall, L. (2006). Geobotanical and Biogeochemical Associations of snappy gum (Eucalyptus brevifoia): Tanami Region, W.A. Regolith 2006, CRC LEME, Regolith. 

Consultancy Reports:

• Lewis, D.M. (2007) Life Cycle Assessment of the existing wastewater treatment process at Yalumba Winery. Prepared for Yalumba Wine Company.
• Lewis, D.M. (2007) HMAS Waller Potable Water Supply Contamination C01443. Prepared for the Australian Submarine Corporation.