Dr Robert G J Edyvean
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, Dip Ed., FIMMM CEng., FICorr, FI Biol.
Deputy Head of Department
Director of Student Support
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 7506
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 7501
email : r.edyvean@sheffield.ac.uk
Chemical and Biological Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Research Interests
- Waste water treatment (particularly metal removal)
- Corrosion (particularly microbial influenced corrosion)
- Anaerobic digestion
- Waste recycling
- Environmental Biotechnology
Biography
Following a first degree from the University of Wales (Bangor) in Marine Biology and Zoology, I specialised with a MSc. In The Biodeterioration of Materials from Portsmouth.
I then began my links with Industry with a PhD sponsored by BP studying the corrosion and fouling of North Sea oil platforms and a short postdoctoral position where I concentrated more on the problems of filtration systems on the rigs.
I then moved to the (then) metallurgy Department at the University of Sheffield to take up the Royal Society Sorby Research Fellowship during which time, amongst others, I worked with British steel investigating environmental effects on corrosion-fatigue of steels.
This was followed by my first post in Chemical Engineering at The University of Leeds as a lecturer and then Senior Lecturer.
I returned to The University of Sheffield in 1996 to take up a Readership in Environmental Biotechnology in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Recent Papers
Zhenyu Zhang, Yu Pen; Robert G Edyvean, Steven A Banwart, Robert M Dalgliesh, Mark Geoghegan. (2010) Adhesive and conformational behaviour of mycolic acid monolayers. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. Volume 1798, Issue 9, September 2010, Pages 1829-1839
Martinez-Garcia, G., Johnson, A.C., Bachmann, R.T., Williams, C.J., Burgoyne, A. & Edyvean, R.G.J. (2009) Anaerobic treatment of olive mill wastewater previously fermented with Candida tropicalis and piggery effluents. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 164 (2), p.1398-1405, May 2009
Geoghegan, M., Andrews, J.S., Biggs, C.A., Eboigbodin, K.E., Elliott, D.R., Rolfe, S., Scholes, J., Ojeda, J.J., Romero-González, M.E., Edyvean, R.G.J., Swanson, L., Rutkaite, R., Fernando, R., Pen, Y., Zhang, Z., and Banwart,S.A. 2008. The polymer physics and chemistry of microbial cell attachment and adhesion. Faraday Discuss., 2008, DOI: 10.1039/b717046g
Bachmann, R.T. and Edyvean, R.G.J. (2006) AFM study of the colonisation of stainless steel by Aquabacterium commune. International Journal of Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 58 112-118
Iqbal, M. and Edyvean, R.G.J. 2004. Alginate coated loofa sponge discs for the removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions. Biotechnology Letters 26: pp165-169.
Song Z., Edyvean R. G. and Willams C. Coagulation and anaerobic digestion of tannery wastewater. Transactions IChemE. Vol 79 Part B 23–28. 2001
Percival, S., Knapp, G., Wales, D.S. and Edyvean, R.G.J. Biofilms, mains water and stainless steel.- Water Research 32(7), 2187-2201 1998
Williams C J and Edyvean R G J. Ion exchange in nickel biosorption by seaweed materials. Biotechnology Progress. 13, 4. 424-432. 1997
Williams C J and Edyvean R G J. The effect of organically loaded feedstreams on the operation of cartridge filters. Water Research -30.(4). 972-980. 1996
Thomas, C.J., Edyvean, R.G.J., Brook, R. & Austen, I.M., The effects of Microbially-produced Hydrogen Sulphide on the Corrosion fatigue of offshore Structural steels. Corrosion Science. 27 1197-1204. 1988.
Terry, L.A. & Edyvean, R.G.J. Microalgae and Corrosion. Botanica Marina. XXIV pp. 177-183. 1981.