Dr Bruce Jefferson
Senior Lecturer
Location: Building 39
E: b.jefferson@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 754813
Sustainable Systems
Current activities
Current research projects include activities on various aspects of natural organic matter and algae treatment, membranes processes coupled to either biological or chemical reactors, water recycling for urban (grey and black water), industrial and aquifer recharge applications.
Bruce is also the Course Director of the Water and wastewater Engineering/Technology postgraduate programmes (full-time).
Clients
- American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AwwaRF, USA), Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA, UK), Department of Trade and Industry (DTi, UK), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, UK), European Union (EU), Environment Agency (EA, UK)
- Beit Trust, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, London Technology Network
- Aco Drainage, Air Products, British Petroleum (BP), Ceramem, Chirst Kennicot, Keppel Seggers, Hamworthy, Merpro, Orica, Shell Global Systems, Unilever, Water Innovate limited (WIL), WPL
- Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, Severn Trent Water, Thames Water, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water.
Background
Dr Bruce Jefferson is a chemical engineer with a BEng and PhD from Loughborough University and joined the staff in Water Sciences in 1997 and was subsequently appointed to the post of Senior Research Fellow in 2003 and the Senior Lecturer in 2006. He manages an active research team involved in areas of potable water treatment, water recycling and membrane bioreactors. Bruce has (co) authored three books across his different research areas as well as a number of patents and over 150 journal and referred conference papers.
Selected publications
- McAdam, E.,Jefferson, B., Cartmell, E. and Judd, S. J. (2007) Influence of substrate on fouling in anoxic immersed membrane bioreactors. Wat. Res., 41, 3859-3867.
- Sharp, E. L., Jarvis, P., Parsons, S. A. and Jefferson, B. (2006) The impact of zeta potential on the physical properties of NOM flocs. Environ. Sci. Technol., 40, 3934-3940.
- Brookes, A., Jefferson, B., Guglielmi, G. and Judd, S. J. (2006) Sustainable flux fouling in a membrane bioreactor: impact of flux and MLSS. Separat. Sci. Technol., 41, 1279-1291.
- Sharp, E. L., Parsons, S. A. and Jefferson, B. (2006) The impact of seasonal variations in DOC arising from a moorland peat catchment on coagulation with iron and aluminium salts. Environ. Pollut., 140, 436-443.
- van der Gast, C. J., Jefferson, B., Reid, E., Robinson, T., Judd, S. J. and Thompson, I. P. (2006) Bacterial diversity is determined by volume in membrane bioreactors. J. Environ Micorbiol., 8(6), 1048-1055.
- Jefferson, B., Pichon, A., Burgess, J., Quarmby, J. and Judd, S. (2001) Nutrient addition to enhance biological treatment of greywater. Water. Res., 35, 2702-2710.
