Bernadette McCabe

Experience

• –present
  Professor, University of Southern Queensland

Education

• 2006 
  University of Southern Queensland, Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning
• 1999 
  University of Western Sydney, PhD
• 1992 
  University of Sydney, BSc(Hons)

Publications

• 2024
  Advancing a food loss and waste bioproduct industry: A critical review of policy approaches for application in an Australian context, Heliyon 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32735
• 2024
  Biochemical methane potential of dairy manure residues and separated fractions: An Australia-wide study of the impact of production and cleaning systems, Bioresource Technology 391, 129903.
• 2024
  Technical evaluation of steam sterilisation coupled with gasification to improve circularity of Australian hospital waste management: A case study, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 207 107680.
• 2023
  Land Application of Biosolids-Derived Biochar in Australia: A Review, Sustainability 15 (14), 10909
• 2023
  Two-phase anaerobic digestion in leach bed reactors coupled to anaerobic filters: A review and the potential of biochar filters. , Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113187
• 2023
  Biosolids-derived fertilisers: A review of challenges and opportunities, Science of the Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162555
• 2023
  Food and Garden Organic Waste Management in Australia: Co-Benefits for Regional Communities and Local Government, Sustainability 10.3390/su15139901
• 2023
  Design and analysis of a low-cost potentiostat for application with microbial electrochemical sensors., Electrochimica Acta 468, 143201
• 2022
  Field measurements of fugitive methane emissions from three Australian waste management and biogas facilities, Waste Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.11.012
• 2022
  Resource recovery for environmental management of dilute livestock manure using a solid separation approach, Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116254
• 2021
  Biogas recovery by anaerobic digestion of Australian agro-industry waste: A review, Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126876
• 2020
  Microbial electrochemical sensors for volatile fatty acid measurement in high strength wastewaters: A review, Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 165; 112409
• 2020
  Toward profitable and sustainable bioresource management in the Australian red meat processing industry: A critical review and illustrative case study, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2020.1712310
• 2020
  Process optimisation of anaerobic digestion treating high strength wastewater in the Australian Red Meat Processing industry. , Applied Sciences. DOI: 10.3390/app10217947.
• 2020
  Process optimisation of anaerobic digestion treating high strength wastewater in the Australian Red Meat Processing industry, Applied Sciences. DOI: 10.3390/app10217947
• 2020
  Waste to Profits: a circular economy approach to value-addition in livestock industries., Animal Production Science. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN20400
• 2019
  Investigating the impact of seasonal temperature variation on biogas production from covered anaerobic lagoons treating slaughterhouse wastewater using lab scale studies, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 7: 103077
• 2019
  Ensiling fermentation reveals pre-treatment effects for anaerobic digestion of sugarcane biomass: An assessment of ensiling additives on methane potential, Bioresource Technology. 279: 398-403
• 2019
  Biogas in the suburbs: An untapped source of clean energy?, Journal of Cleaner Production 215: 1025-1035
• 2018
  Process monitoring and control for an anaerobic covered lagoon treating abattoir wastewater, Chemical Engineering and Technology. 41(4): 755-760
• 2018
  Impact of thermobaric pre-treatment on the continuous anaerobic digestion of high-fat cattle slaughterhouse waste, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 134: 108-113
• 2018
  Effect of trace element addition and increasing organic loading rates on the anaerobic digestion of cattle slaughterhouse wastewater, Bioresource Technology, 264: 51-57
• 2018
  Bovine bile as a bio-surfactant pre-treatment option for anaerobic digestion of high-fat cattle slaughterhouse waste, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 6 (1): 444-450
• 2018
  Investigation into thin layer drying rates and equilibrium moisture content of abattoir paunch waste, Renewable Energy. 124: 95-10
• 2018
  An investigation into the fertilizer potential of slaughterhouse cattle paunch, Transactions of the ASABE 61(1): 87-101
• 2017
  Evaluation of chemical, thermobaric and thermochemical pre-treatment on anaerobic digestion of high-fat cattle slaughterhouse waste, Bioresource Technology. Vol 244, pp 605-610
• 2016
  An investigation into the fertilizer potential of cattle paunch, Proceedings of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• 2015
  Review of pre-treatments used in anaerobic digestion and their potential application in high-fat cattle slaughterhouse wastewater, Applied Energy. Vol 155, pp 560-575.
• 2014
  A case study for biogas generation from covered anaerobic ponds treating abattoir wastewater: Investigation of pond performance and potential biogas production, Applied Energy. Vol 114, pp 798-808.
• 2013
  Investigating wastewater modelling as a tool to predict anaerobic decomposition and biogas yield of abattoir effluent, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. Vol 1, pp 1375-1379.

Professional Memberships

• Australian National Team Leader for IEA Bioenergy Task 37: Energy from Biogas
• Bioenergy Australia
• AusBiotech

Research Areas

• Wastewater Treatment Processes (090409)
• Environmental Technologies (090703)
• Interdisciplinary Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified (091599)