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Mr Md. Shahruk Nur-A-Tomal

Mr Md. Shahruk Nur-A-Tomal

Casual Academic

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering

Science
School of Materials Science & Engineering

Md. Shahruk Nur-A-Tomal is passionate about environmental sustainability. His main research interest is transforming waste materials or by-products into value-added products. He has experience in various advanced characterisation tools materials (mainly polymer) processing instruments. He is also experienced in performing life cycle assessment (LCA).

Tomal obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 2016. He joined the SMaRT Center in 2018 as a PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering. He is the recipient of a UNSW PhD Scholarship in 2018 and a UNSW Science PhD Writing Scholarship in 2021.

His PhD research was mainly focused on developing microrecycling solutions for the conversion of waste plastics into high-quality products using available machinery in a novel combination. His developed recycling technologies have the potential to bring waste plastics back to the economy and reduce the impact of plastics on environmental, animal, and human health.

He has published several papers in high impact factor journals including the Journal of Cleaner Production and Materials Today Sustainability. He is in the final stage of submitting more journal papers. He had been awarded the Young Leather Scientist Grant in 2016 and 2019 and he is the only one that received this prestigious award twice.
E-mail
m.nur-a-tomal@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Hashem MA; Hasan M; Hasan MA; Sahen MS; Payel S; Mizan A; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2023, 'Composting of limed fleshings generated in a tannery: sustainable waste management', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30, pp. 39029 - 39041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-25070-6
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hashem MA; Mim S; Payel S; Shaikh MZR; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2023, 'Comparative chromium adsorption studies on thermally and chemical-thermally modified Ficus carica adsorbents', International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 20, pp. 12363 - 12378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13762-023-04806-y
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hashem MA; Sahen MS; Hasan M; Payel S; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2023, 'Tannery liming sludge in compost production: sustainable waste management', Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13, pp. 9305 - 9314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01759-5
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hemati S; Udayakumar S; Wesley C; Biswal S; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Sarmadi N; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Thermal Transformation of Secondary Resources of Carbon-Rich Wastes into Valuable Industrial Applications', Journal of Composites Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcs7010008
    Journal articles | 2023
    Nur-A-Tomal MS; Pahlevani F; Bhattacharyya S; Joe B; Wesley C; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Sustainable Transformation of Waste Soft Plastics into High-Quality Flexible Sheets', Sustainability, 15, pp. 16462 - 16462, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su152316462
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wesley C; Pahlevani F; Nur-A-Tomal S; Biswal S; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'An investigation into the minimum energy requirements for transforming end-of-life cotton textiles into carbon fibre in an Australian context', Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2022.200123
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hashem MA; Payel S; Mim S; Hasan MA; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Rahman MA; Sarker MI, 2022, 'Chromium adsorption on surface activated biochar made from tannery liming sludge: A waste-to-wealth approach', Water Science and Engineering, 15, pp. 328 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2022.09.001
    Journal articles | 2022
    Nur-A-Tomal MS; Biswal S; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Recycling tannery solid wastes as an alternative carbon resource for ironmaking', Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 24, pp. 2030 - 2040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10163-022-01465-y
    Journal articles | 2022
    Nur-A-Tomal MS; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Study on the Direct Transformation of Milk Bottle and Wood into Wood–Plastic Composite through Injection Molding', Journal of Composites Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcs6080230
    Journal articles | 2021
    Nur-A-Tomal MS; Hashem MA; Zahin MEH; Pulok MLH; Das MR; Mim S, 2021, 'Goatskin preservation with plant oil: significant chloride reduction in tannery wastewater', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, pp. 12889 - 12897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11311-z
    Journal articles | 2021
    Nur-A-Tomal MS; Pahlevani F; Handoko W; Cholake ST; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Effect of cyclic reprocessing on nylon 12 under injection molding: working toward more efficient recycling of plastic waste', Materials Today Sustainability, 11-12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2020.100056
    Journal articles | 2020
    Hashem MA; Hasan M; Momen MA; Payel S; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2020, 'Water hyacinth biochar for trivalent chromium adsorption from tannery wastewater', Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2020.100022
    Journal articles | 2020
    Nur-A-Tomal MS; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Direct transformation of waste children's toys to high quality products using 3D printing: A waste-to-wealth and sustainable approach', Journal of Cleaner Production, 267, pp. 122188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122188
    Journal articles | 2020
    Payel S; Hashem MA; Sarker M; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2020, 'Chromium adsorption on banana rachis adsorbent from tannery wastewater: Optimization, isotherm, kinetics and desorption studies', Textile and Leather Review, 3, pp. 118 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.31881/TLR.2020.11
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hashem MA; Momen MA; Hasan M; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Sheikh MHR, 2019, 'Chromium removal from tannery wastewater using Syzygium cumini bark adsorbent', International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 16, pp. 1395 - 1404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13762-018-1714-y
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hashem MA; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Ahsan A; Bushra SA, 2018, 'Hair burning liming in tanneries: a potential sulfide source to the environment', Sustainable Water Resources Management, 4, pp. 1117 - 1121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40899-018-0270-4
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hashem MA; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2018, 'Tannery solid waste valorization through composite fabrication: A waste-to-wealth approach', Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 37, pp. 1722 - 1726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ep.12860
    Journal articles | 2017
    Abul Hashem M; Shahruk Nur-A-Tomal M, 2017, 'Valorization of Tannery Limed Fleshings Through Fat Extraction: An Approach to Utilize By-Product', Waste and Biomass Valorization, 8, pp. 1219 - 1224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12649-016-9705-z
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hashem MA; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Abedin MJ; Bushra SA, 2017, 'Heavy metal assessment of polluted soil around Hatirjheel Lake of Dhaka city, Bangladesh', Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 52, pp. 61 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v52i1.32084
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hashem MA; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Mondal NR; Rahman MA, 2017, 'Hair burning and liming in tanneries is a source of pollution by arsenic, lead, zinc, manganese and iron', Environmental Chemistry Letters, 15, pp. 501 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10311-017-0634-2
    Journal articles | 2016
    Hashem MA; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Bushra SA, 2016, 'Oxidation-coagulation-filtration processes for the reduction of sulfide from the hair burning liming wastewater in tannery', Journal of Cleaner Production, 127, pp. 339 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.159
    Journal articles | 2016
    Rahman A; Hashem A; Nur-A-Tomal S, 2016, 'Potable water quality monitoring of primary schools in Magura district, Bangladesh: children’s health risk assessment', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5692-6
    Journal articles | 2015
    Hashem MA; Islam A; Mohsin S; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2015, 'Green environment suffers by discharging of high-chromium-containing wastewater from the tanneries at Hazaribagh, Bangladesh', Sustainable Water Resources Management, 1, pp. 343 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40899-015-0033-4
    Journal articles | 2015
    Hashem MA; Tomal MSNA; Mondal BK, 2015, 'Generation of fleshings at beamhouse in tannery and its environmental impact assessment: Bangladesh perspective', Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 50, pp. 227 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v50i3.25590
  • Conference Papers | 2019
    Hashem MA; Mim S; Shaikh MZR; Payel S; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2019, 'Sorption comparison of trivalent chromium on various Ficus carica charcoal from tannery wastewater', in 35th IULTCS Congress 2019: "Benign by Design" Leather - The Future Through Science and Technology
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Hashem MA; Momen MA; Hasan M; Nur-A-Tomal MS, 2017, 'Chromium removal from the tannery wastewater using biosorbent', in Proceedings of the 34th IULTCS Congress: Science and Technology for Sustainability of Leather, pp. 20 - 27
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Hashem MA; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Sharmin N, 2017, 'Fabrication of composite from dechromed leather shavings for insole', in Proceedings of the 34th IULTCS Congress: Science and Technology for Sustainability of Leather, pp. 38 - 45
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Hashem MA; Nur-A-Tomal MS; Sheikh MHR; Bushra SA, 2017, 'Waste to wealth approach: Adhesive from the unused goat head skin', in Proceedings of the 34th IULTCS Congress: Science and Technology for Sustainability of Leather, pp. 36 - 40
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Nur-A-Tomal MS; Hashem MA, 2017, 'A novel method to preserve goat skin with indigenous plant extract to reduce salinity in the effluent', in Proceedings of the 34th IULTCS Congress: Science and Technology for Sustainability of Leather, pp. 46 - 55
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Hashem A; Nur-A-Tomal S; Ahsan A, 2016, 'Chromium removal from the tannery wastewater using indigenous adsorbent', in ICAMS Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Materials and Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.24264/icams-2016.iii.8
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Hashem A; Nur-A-Tomal S, 2015, 'One step to prepare fatliquor from the extracted fat of cowhide fleshings for using in leather processing', in XXXIII IULTCS Congress