B Chemical Engineering, B Economics, M Business Administration, PhD
Lecturer and Research Fellow, Griffith School of Engineering
Contact details for Dr James Ness
Research expertise
Life Cycle Assessment; Membranes for Advanced Wastewater Treatment Processes; Biomass and renewable energy systems.
Current teaching areas
- 2115EVE Introduction to Renewable Energy Technologies
- 2155EVE Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
- 1075EVE Physics for the Environment (Topic on fluids)
- 2245EVE Urban Infrastructure and Pollution
- 7135EVE/4155EVE Environmental Management Systems
Publications
- EF Pidgeon and JN Ness, "Enhancing the performance of a wastewater treatment plant processing wheat starch factory tailings", Paper presented at Third International Conference Waste Management and the Environment, Malta, 21-23 June, and published in Waste Management and the Environment III, Edited by V Popov, A Kungolos, CA Brebbia and H Itoh, WIT Press, Southampton, Pages 181-190, 2006.
- EF Pidgeon and JN Ness, "Membrane Filtration of Wheat Starch Solutions Using Tubular Ceramic Membranes", Chemeca 2005, 33rd Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 25-28 September , 2005.
- EF Pidgeon, JN Ness and AJ Scott, "The App lication of Membrane Filtration Technology for a Wheat Starch Processing Industry", National Environment Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 18 - 20 June, 2003.
- J Scott, V Narayanaswamy and JN Ness, "Resource Flow and Product Chain Analysis as Practical Tools to Promote Cleaner Production Initiatives", Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 11, 375-387, 2003.
- R Hyde, D Prasad, AJ Scott, J Kraatz, M Watt and JN Ness, "Green Globe Design Phase Assessment for Tourism Facilities and Infrastructure", Sustainable Building 2002 Conference, Oslo, Norway, 23-25 September, 2002.
- J Scott, JN Ness, V Narayanaswamy, I Levy and B Silvey, "Material Flow Analysis with Life Cycle Assessment for Promoting Sustainable Industry/Community Interactions - A Practical Demonstration with Gold Mining", InLCA International Conference & Exhibition on Life Cycle Assessment: Tools for Sustainability, Arlington, Virginia, The United States of America, 25-27 April, 2000.