Mr Benjamin Taylor Engineering / School of Engineering and Technology

2012 Recipient of an International Water Association scholarship to solely represent Australian post graduate research concerning water resources management at the IWA inaugural publications writing workshop hosted by the Universiti of Teknologi Malaysia.

2012 Selected alumni representative of the Australia-Korea Next Generation Leaders Program and participating 2012 delegate in the Korean’s reciprocal tour of Australia’s water resources management practice.

2011 Selected delegate in the Australia-Korea Next Generation Leaders Program convened by the International Leaders Program of Sydney University, with the assignment of establishing ongoing exchanges with the Republic of Korea during our two-week tour of Korean water resources management practice.

2010 Recipient of the National Student Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Prize awarded by the Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering – Engineers Australia.

2009 Recipient of Queensland’s undergraduate thesis of the year in the field of sustainable engineering, awarded by the Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering – Engineers Australia.

2009 Recipient of a postgraduate research scholarship at the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility – Water Resources and Freshwater Biodiversity Network, jointly sponsored by Griffith University and the University of Southern Queensland.

2009 Recipient of first class honours degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Southern Queensland.

Current Chairman of the Burnett Local Group of Engineers Australia
Member of the International Water Association
Member of the Australian Water Association
Member of the Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering
Member of the Stormwater Industry Association
Member of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

My professional interests include: engineering education, water sensitive urban design, water resources management, urban hydrology, rainwater harvesting, urban stream restoration and behavioural mass-balance simulation

UrbanTank – A mass balance behavioural simulator of dual-duty rainwater tanks optimised for providing an alternative water supply while restoring desirable stream hydrology in urban catchments.

Taylor, B.A. 2012, 'Increasing rainwater yield in water sensitive cities using short-term rainfall forecasts', paper presented to the OZWater'12 Conference - Sharing knowledge and planning the future, Sydney, Australia, 8-10 May 2012.

Taylor, B.A. 2012, 'Emulating pre-urban initial rainfall losses and restoring baseflow with rainwater harvesting, paper presented to the 7th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design, Melbourne, Australia, 21-23 February 2012.

Taylor, B.A. 2011, 'Rapid estimation of rainwater yield throughout Australia and review of Queensland rainwater harvesting operating policy', paper presented to the Escaping Silos SSEE 2011 International Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 24-26 October 2011.

Taylor, B.A. 2011, 'Approaching water sensitive cities with adaptive rainwater diversion', paper presented to the Stormwater Industry Association of Queensland State Conference - Achieving multiple outcomes, a time to reflect, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 25-27 May 2011

Taylor, B.A. 2012, 'Supplementing rainfall forecast archives in diverse climates: towards long-term assessment of adaptive rainwater systems', presented to the International Water Association's Inaugural Publications Workshop, Johor Bahru, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, March 2012.

Taylor, B.A. 2012, 'Urban rainwater harvesting: the Australian context', presented to the 2012 Australian-Korean Next Generation Leaders Delegation, University of Sydney, November 2012.

Taylor, B.A. 2011, 'Integrating rainwater systems to increase yield and promote stormwater management in water sensitive cities, presentation to the Stormwater Industry Association of Queensland Industry Technical Evening, Brisbane, Australia, 27 October 2011.

Taylor, B.A. 2012, 'Predicting normalised monthly patterns of domestic external water demand using rainfall and temperature data', Water Science & Technology: Water supply, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 168-178.