Associate Professor David Shallcross

BE (Melb) 1982
PhD (Melb) 1987

Head of Department

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Telephone: (61) 3 8344 6614
Fax: (61) 3 8344 4153

Room 331, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Building 1

Current Research Activities

• Chemical Engineering Education
• Environmental Engineering
  • Water purification
  • Sustainable Technologies
• Bioprocess Engineering
  • Separations Technology

The research interests of Associate Professor David Shallcross are in three broad areas: chemical engineering education, ion exchange and psychrometry. Ion exchange is an important separation process with applications ranging from water treatment in power station to the preparation of high-value dairy products.

Associate Professor Shallcross is editor of Education for Chemical Engineers. This journal is published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers and is the official journal of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering. His education research interests focus on the development of chemical engineering concept inventories.

He is also active in the areas of modeling and simulation of ion exchange processes. Psychrometry is the study of behaviour of gas mixtures in which one component is a condensing vapour and one or more components are non-condensing gases. Humid air is an example of such a system.

Associate Professor Shallcross is active in the preparation of psychrometric charts for non-conventional systems. His recent work includes the study of water vapour in Martian atmosphere for use in the design of hydroponic systems for Mars.

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers
• Fellow, Engineers Australia
• Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education
• Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
• Member, Mathematical Association of Victoria
• Member, European Federation of Chemical Engineering Working Party on Education.

Honours/Awards

• 2006: Frank Morton Medal
• Universitas 21 Fellow

• Excellence in Teaching Awards Supporting Information [ppt]

Selected Recent Publications

Books

• Shallcross D.C., 1997, `Handbook of Psychrometric Charts', Chapman-Hall, London.
• Shallcross D.C., 2004, ‘Physical Property Data Book’, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby.

Selected refereed journals

1. Mehablia M.A., Shallcross D.C., Stevens G.W., 1994, `Prediction of Multicomponent Ion Exchange Equilibria', Chemical Engineering Science, 49(14), pp 2277-2286
2. Shallcross D.C., Low S.L., 1994, `Construction of Psychrometric Charts for Systems Other Than Water Vapour in Air', Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 72(A6), pp 763-776
3. Mehablia M.A., Shallcross D.C., Stevens G.W., 1996, `Prediction of Ion Exchange Equilibria for the H+ - Na+ - K+ and H+ - Na+ - K+ - Ca2+ Systems', Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 14(2), pp 309-322
4. Kisler J.P., Shallcross D.C., 1996, `The Effects of Metallic Catalysts on Light Crude Oil Oxidation', In Situ, 20(2), pp 137-160
5. Shallcross D.C., 1996, `Psychrometric Charts for Hydrocarbon Vapours in Nitrogen', CALPHAD, 20(3), pp 273-288
6. Kisler J.P, Shallcross D.C., 1997, `An Improved Model for the Oxidation Processes of Light Oil', Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 75, pp 392-400
7. Tsaur Y., Shallcross D.C, 1997, `Comparison of Simulated Performance of Fixed Ion Exchange Beds in Linear and Radial Flow', Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 15(4), pp 689-708
8. Lukey G.C., Van Deventer J.S.J., Shallcross D.C., 2000, ‘The Effect of Functional Groups on the Elution of Metal Cyanide Complexes from Ion Exchange Resins Using Zinc Cyanide or Potassium Thiocyanate’, Separation Science and Technology, 35(15), pp 2393-2413
9. Lukey G.C., Van Deventer J.S.J., Shallcross D.C., 2001, ‘Equilibrium model for the sorption of gold cyanide and copper cyanide on trimethylamine ion exchange resin in saline solutions, Hydrometallurgy, 59, pp 101-113
10. Shallcross D.C., 2003, ‘Modelling Multi-Component Ion Exchange Equilibrium Behaviour’, Journal of Ion Exchange, 14(Supplement), pp 5-8
11. Vo B.S., Shallcross D.C., 2003, ‘Multi-Component Ion Exchange Equilibria Prediction’, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 81(10), pp 1311-1322
12. Provis J.L., Lukey G.C., Shallcross D.C., 2004, ‘A single-parameter model for binary ion exchange equilibria’, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 43(24), 7870-7879
13. Shallcross D.C. , 2005, ‘Psychrometric charts for organic vapours. 1. Ketones in air’, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 44(2), 197-209
14. Azapagic A., Perdan S., Shallcross D.C., 2005, ‘How much do engineering students know about sustainable development? The findings of an international survey and possible implications for the engineering profession’, European Journal of Engineering Education, 30(1), 1-19
15. Provis J.L., Lukey G.C., Shallcross D.C., 2005, ‘Modeling multicomponent ion exchange - application of the single-parameter system model’, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 44(7), 2250-2257
16. Shallcross D.C. , 2005, ‘Preparation of psychrometric charts for water vapour in Martian atmosphere’, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48(9), 1785-1796
17. Duong H.M., Shallcross D.C., 2005, ‘Modeling Radial Flow Ion Exchange Bed Performance’, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 44(10), 3681-3691
18. Shallcross D.C., 2005, ‘Building the Bell Rock Lighthouse’, Australian Mathematics Teacher, 61(2), 36-40
19. Vo, S.B., Shallcross D.C., 2005, ‘Modeling Solution Phase Behaviour in Multi-Component Ion Exchange Equilibria Involving H +, Na +, K +, Mg 2+ and Ca 2+ Ions’, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 50(6), 1995-2002