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  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Tom Stephenson is affiliated with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with notable focus on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Building and Construction, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics related to environmental and wastewater treatment technologies. Key areas include Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, Phosphorus and Nutrient Management, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, as well as Botany and Plant Ecology Studies.

Recent publications by Tom Stephenson encompass diverse studies addressing nutrient recovery, ammonia removal, and sludge treatment. Selected papers include:

  • Predicting the potential of sludge dewatering liquors to recover nutrients as struvite biominerals (2020) published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
  • Techno-economic analysis of sidestream ammonia removal technologies: Biological options versus thermal stripping (2022) published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
  • Ammonia removal from thermal hydrolysis dewatering liquors via three different deammonification technologies (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Evaluation of a Full-Scale Suspended Sludge Deammonification Technology Coupled with an Hydrocyclone to Treat Thermal Hydrolysis Dewatering Liquors (2021) published in Processes
  • Nutrient Removal and Recovery from Urine Using Bio-Mineral Formation Processes (2024) published in ACS Sustainable Resource Management

Tom Stephenson frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors including Ana Soares, Pascal Ochs, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Benjamin D. Martin, and Eve Germain. This collaborative network reflects an active engagement in interdisciplinary research within environmental and wastewater treatment domains.

Their publications appear primarily in journals such as Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, The Science of The Total Environment, Processes, ACS Sustainable Resource Management, and Environmental Science Water Research & Technology.

Among their professional recognitions, Tom Stephenson was awarded the title Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment

    T. Stephenson;K. Brindle;S. Judd;B. Jefferson

  • Growth and nutrient removal in free and immobilized green algae in batch and semi-continuous cultures treating real wastewater

    Alejandro Ruiz-Marin;Leopoldo G. Mendoza-Espinosa;Tom Stephenson

  • Characterisation of textile wastewaters ‐ a review

    Venceslau M. Correia;Tom Stephenson;Simon J. Judd

  • The application of membrane biological reactors for the treatment of wastewaters.

    Keith Brindle;Tom Stephenson

  • The removal of phosphorus during wastewater treatment: A review

    S Yeoman;T Stephenson;J.N Lester;R Perry

  • Production of nitrogen oxide and dinitrogen oxide by autotrophic nitrifiers.

    B.B. Colliver;T. Stephenson

  • Technologies for domestic wastewater recycling

    B Jefferson;A Laine;S Parsons;T Stephenson

  • Phosphorus removal by chemical precipitation in a biological aerated filter

    T. Clark;T. Stephenson;P.A. Pearce

  • A study of the microbial quality of grey water and an evaluation of treatment technologies for reuse

    Gideon P. Winward;Lisa M. Avery;Ronnie Frazer-Williams;Marc Pidou

  • Municipal wastewater sludge dewaterability and the presence of microbial extracellular polymer.

    J. J. Houghton;J. Quarmby;T. Stephenson

  • Chlorine disinfection of grey water for reuse: Effect of organics and particles

    Gideon P. Winward;Lisa M. Avery;Tom Stephenson;Bruce Jefferson

  • Bacteriophages—potential for application in wastewater treatment processes

    S. Withey;Elise Cartmell;L. M. Avery;Tom Stephenson

  • The effects of media size on the performance of biological aerated filters.

    Rebecca Moore;Joanne Quarmby;Tom Stephenson

  • Chemical solutions for greywater recycling.

    Marc Pidou;Lisa Avery;Tom Stephenson;Paul Jeffrey

  • Effect of influent organic content on digested sludge extracellular polymer content and dewaterability.

    Jennifer I Houghton;Tom Stephenson

  • A Review of Biological Aerated Filters (BAFs) for Wastewater Treatment

    Leopoldo Mendoza-Espinosa;Tom Stephenson

  • Rotating biological contactors for wastewater treatment - a review.

    Francis Hassard;Jeremy R. Biddle;Elise Cartmell;Bruce Jefferson

  • Nitrous oxide emissions and dissolved oxygen profiling in a full-scale nitrifying activated sludge treatment plant.

    Amina Aboobakar;Elise Cartmell;Tom Stephenson;Mark Jones

  • Effect of influent nutrient ratios and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on simultaneous phosphorus and nitrogen removal in a two-sludge sequencing batch reactor process

    Yayi Wang;Yongzhen Peng;Tom Stephenson

  • Biomass effects on oxygen transfer in membrane bioreactors.

    Eve Germain;F. Nelles;A. Drews;P. Pearce

  • Nitrification and oxygen utilisation in a membrane aeration bioreactor

    Keith Brindle;Tom Stephenson;Michael J Semmens

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Jefferson
Bruce Jefferson Cranfield University
John N. Lester
John N. Lester Cranfield University
Elise Cartmell
Elise Cartmell Cranfield University
Simon Judd
Simon Judd Cranfield University
Roger Perry
Roger Perry Imperial College London
Simon A. Parsons
Simon A. Parsons Scottish Water (United Kingdom)
Richard M. Stuetz
Richard M. Stuetz University of New South Wales
Simon J. T. Pollard
Simon J. T. Pollard Cranfield University
Anthony G. Fane
Anthony G. Fane University of New South Wales
Frederic Coulon
Frederic Coulon Cranfield University

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