Ms Rumana Hossain

Ms Rumana Hossain

Lecturer

Doctor of Philosophy in Material Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney. 

Science
Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT)

Dr Rumana Hossain completed her Ph.D. at UNSW Sydney in 2020 and joined Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, SMaRT@UNSW as a Research Associate. She is currently a Lecturer at UNSW Sydney (2024 onwards). Rumana has over 60 publications, 2 patents and has been invited to present her work at over 20 conferences. Her research interests are based on a range of waste recycling and transformation fields including recycling of waste plastic, packaging waste, e-waste and waste batteries, automotive waste, etc., synthesising new materials from waste and investigating their structure-property relationships. She loves to implement various innovative analytical instruments and methods, mechanical and electrochemical characterisation instruments, and processing instruments (such as high temperature furnaces) to utilise waste as a resource in the production of a new generation of green materials/products. Rumana’s research experience working with industries and in research commercialisation includes leading industrial projects and collaborating with colleagues from all over the world with a range of skillsets.

 

 

Location
School of Materials Science & Engineering (BuildingE10) UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 | AUSTRALIA
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Green Manufacturing Utilising the Problematic Plastic Waste and the Future of Green Plastic', in Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Elsevier, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-15738-7.00044-1
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Al Mahmood A; Syed SB; Hasan Z; Islam MB; Hossain R; Rahman S, 2024, 'Structural, morphological, optical, and antimicrobial study of Mikania micrantha (leaf) extract treated zinc doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles and antibacterial clothing applications', Results in Surfaces and Interfaces, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsurfi.2024.100303
    Journal articles | 2024
    Ghinangju B; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Unearthing waste resources: Nano-adsorbents from complex packaging waste for fluoride detoxification of water', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.20132
    Journal articles | 2024
    Hasan MA; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Utilization of battery waste derived ZnO in the removal of dye from aqueous solution: A waste to wealth approach', Journal of Environmental Management, 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120461
    Journal articles | 2024
    Hossain R; Ghinangju BS; Biswal S; Schandl H; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Current technological options for recycling packaging waste: Challenges and opportunities in India', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wene.500
    Journal articles | 2024
    Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Current recycling innovations to utilize e-waste in sustainable green metal manufacturing.', Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 382, pp. 20230239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0239
    Journal articles | 2024
    Sarkar M; Hossain R; Peng J; Sharma N; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Electrochemical Compatibility of Microzonal Carbon in Ion Uptake and Molecular Insights into Interphase Evolution for Next-Generation Li-Ion Batteries', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401977
    Journal articles | 2024
    Sarkar M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Sustainable recovery and resynthesis of electroactive materials from spent Li-ion batteries to ensure material sustainability', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107292
    Journal articles | 2023
    Anik Hasan M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Critical metals (Lithium and Zinc) recovery from battery waste, ores, brine, and steel dust: A review', Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 178, pp. 976 - 994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.08.069
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hossain R; Sarkar M; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Technological options and design evolution for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries: Impact, challenges, and opportunities', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wene.481
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sahajwalla V; Hossain R, 2023, 'Rethinking circular economy for electronics, energy storage, and solar photovoltaics with long product life cycles', MRS Bulletin, 48, pp. 375 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/s43577-023-00519-2
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sarkar M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Hard carbons from automotive shredder residue (ASR) as potential anode active material for sodium ion battery', Journal of Power Sources, 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233577
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sarkar M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Unravelling the properties of microzonal carbon from waste hard rubber by selective thermal transformation via conventional heating and microwave irradiation', Carbon, 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118274
    Journal articles | 2023
    Shanker R; Khan D; Hossain R; Islam MT; Locock K; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V; Schandl H; Dhodapkar R, 2023, 'Plastic waste recycling: existing Indian scenario and future opportunities', International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 20, pp. 5895 - 5912, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04079-x
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hassan K; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Recycled ZnO-fused macroporous 3D graphene oxide aerogel composites for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 105, pp. 7467 - 7478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.18697
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hossain R; Hassan K; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Utilising problematic waste to detect toxic gas release in the environment: fabricating a NiO doped CuO nanoflake based ammonia sensor from e-waste', Nanoscale Advances, 4, pp. 4066 - 4079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1na00743b
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hossain R; Islam MT; Ghose A; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Full circle: Challenges and prospects for plastic waste management in Australia to achieve circular economy', Journal of Cleaner Production, 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133127
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hossain R; Islam MT; Shanker R; Khan D; Locock KES; Ghose A; Schandl H; Dhodapkar R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Plastic Waste Management in India: Challenges, Opportunities, and Roadmap for Circular Economy', Sustainability (Switzerland), 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084425
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Al Mahmood A; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Value-added fabrication of NiO-doped CuO nanoflakes from waste flexible printed circuit board for advanced photocatalytic application', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16614-4
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Microrecycled Co3O4from waste lithium-ion battery: Synthesis, characterisation and implication in environmental application', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.107858
    Journal articles | 2022
    Islam MT; Huda N; Baumber A; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Waste battery disposal and recycling behavior: a study on the Australian perspective', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, pp. 58980 - 59001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19681-2
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Mofarah S; Hossein R; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Roles of experimental variables in optimised fabrication of microrecycled CuO-based photoelectrodes', Materials Today Sustainability, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100111
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hassan K; Hossain R; Farzana R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Microrecycled zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NP) recovered from spent Zn–C batteries for VOC detection using ZnO sensor', Analytica Chimica Acta, 1165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2021.338563
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hassan K; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Novel microrecycled ZnO nanoparticles decorated macroporous 3D graphene hybrid aerogel for efficient detection of NO2 at room temperature', Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2020.129278
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hemati S; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Selective thermal transformation of automotive shredder residues into high-value nano silicon carbide', Nanomaterials, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11112781
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hossain R; Al Mahmood A; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Facile Solution for Recycling Hazardous Flexible Plastic-Laminated Metal Packaging Waste to Produce Value-Added Metal Alloys', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9, pp. 16881 - 16895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04368
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hossain R; Al Mahmood A; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Recovering renewable carbon materials from automotive shredder residue (ASR) for micro-supercapacitor electrodes', Journal of Cleaner Production, 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127131
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hossain R; Kumar U; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Selective thermal transformation of value added cobalt from spent lithium-ion batteries', Journal of Cleaner Production, 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126140
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'In-situ O/N-heteroatom enriched activated carbon by sustainable thermal transformation of waste coffee grounds for supercapacitor material', Journal of Energy Storage, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.102113
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Microrecycling of waste flexible printed circuit boards for in-situ generation of O- and N-doped activated carbon with outstanding supercapacitance performance', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105221
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Molecular recycling: A key approach to tailor the waste recycling for high-value nano silicon carbide', Journal of Cleaner Production, 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128344
    Journal articles | 2021
    Islam MT; Huda N; Baumber A; Shumon R; Zaman A; Ali F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'A global review of consumer behavior towards e-waste and implications for the circular economy', Journal of Cleaner Production, 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128297
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mahmood AA; Hossain R; Bhattacharyya S; Privat K; Sahajwalla V; Al Mahmood MA, 2021, 'Rapid transformation of the metal-polymer laminated packaging materials into ceramic carbide reinforced Al-alloy', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167, pp. 105374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105374
    Journal articles | 2021
    Rezaei M; Zarei-Hanzaki A; Anousheh AS; Abedi HR; Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Berto F, 2021, 'On the damage mechanisms during compressive dwell-fatigue of β-annealed Ti-6242S alloy', International Journal of Fatigue, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106158
    Journal articles | 2020
    Al Mahmood A; Hossain R; Bhattacharyya S; Sahajwalla V; Al Mahmood MA, 2020, 'Recycling of polymer laminated aluminum packaging (PLAP) materials into carbonaceous metallic microparticles', Journal of Cleaner Production, 269, pp. 122157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122157
    Journal articles | 2020
    Al Mahmood A; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Al Mahmood MA, 2020, 'Investigation of the effect of laminated polymers in the metallic packaging materials on the recycling of aluminum by thermal disengagement technology (TDT)', Journal of Cleaner Production, 274, pp. 122541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122541
    Journal articles | 2020
    Babasafari Z; Pan AV; Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Du Toit M; Dippenaar R, 2020, 'Effects of austenizing temperature, cooling rate and isothermal temperature on overall phase transformation characteristics in high carbon steel', Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 9, pp. 15286 - 15297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2020.10.071
    Journal articles | 2020
    Garole DJ; Hossain R; Garole VJ; Sahajwalla V; Nerkar J; Dubal DP, 2020, 'Recycle, Recover and Repurpose Strategy of Spent Li-ion Batteries and Catalysts: Current Status and Future Opportunities', ChemSusChem, 13, pp. 3079 - 3100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201903213
    Journal articles | 2020
    Haque E; Pahlevani F; Gorjizadeh N; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Thermal transformation of end-of-life latex to valuable materials', Journal of Composites Science, 4, pp. 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcs4040166
    Journal articles | 2020
    Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Revealing the mechanism of extraordinary hardness without compensating the toughness in a low alloyed high carbon steel', Scientific Reports, 10, pp. 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55803-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Material Microsurgery: Selective Synthesis of Materials via High-Temperature Chemistry for Microrecycling of Electronic Waste', ACS Omega, 5, pp. 17062 - 17070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c00485
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kumar R; Soam A; Hussain R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Carbon coated iron oxide (CC-IO) as high performance electrode material for supercapacitor applications', Journal of Energy Storage, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101737
    Journal articles | 2020
    Sahajwalla V; Hossain R, 2020, 'The science of microrecycling: a review of selective synthesis of materials from electronic waste', Materials Today Sustainability, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2020.100040
    Journal articles | 2019
    Al Mahmood A; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V; Al Mahmood MA, 2019, 'Microrecycling of the metal–polymer-laminated packaging materials via thermal disengagement technology', SN Applied Sciences, 1, pp. 1106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-1099-7
    Journal articles | 2019
    Banerjee A; Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Zhu Q; Sahajwalla V; Prusty BG, 2019, 'Strain-rate-dependent deformation behaviour of high-carbon steel in compression: mechanical and structural characterisation', Journal of Materials Science, 54, pp. 6594 - 6607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-03301-x
    Journal articles | 2019
    Handoko W; Anurag A; Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Privat K; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Effect of selective-precipitations process on the corrosion resistance and hardness of dual-phase high-carbon steel', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 15631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52228-z
    Journal articles | 2019
    Handoko W; Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Stress-Induced Phase Transformation and Its Correlation with Corrosion Properties of Dual-Phase High Carbon Steel', Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 3, pp. 55 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmmp3030055
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V; Khayyam Nekouei R, 2019, 'Sustainable Recovery of Cu and Sn from Problematic Global Waste: Exploring Value from Waste Printed Circuit Boards', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, pp. 1006 - 1017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04657
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Cholake ST; Privat K; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Innovative Surface Engineering of High-Carbon Steel through Formation of Ceramic Surface and Diffused Subsurface Hybrid Layering', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, pp. 9228 - 9236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00051
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel – Effect of post-tempering heat treatment', Materials Characterization, 149, pp. 239 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2019.01.034
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Surface modification of high carbon steel through microstructural engineering', Materials Characterization, 148, pp. 116 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2018.12.020
    Journal articles | 2019
    Singla I; Kumar H; Pahlevani F; Handoko W; Cholake ST; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'From waste to surface modification of aluminum bronze using selective surface diffusion process', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 1559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38120-2
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Evolution of Microstructure and Hardness of High Carbon Steel under Different Compressive Strain Rates', Metals, 8, pp. 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/met8080580
    Journal articles | 2018
    Karbalaei Mirza Shahrbabaki Z; Pahlevani F; Gorjizadeh N; Hossain R; Ghasemian M; Gaikwad V; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Direct Transformation of Metallized Paper into Al-Si Nano-Rod and Al Nano-Particles Using Thermal Micronizing Technique', Materials, 11, pp. 1964 - 1964, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma11101964
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Hossain R; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Recovery of Rare Earth (i.e., La, Ce, Nd, and Pr) Oxides from End-of-Life Ni-MH Battery via Thermal Isolation', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 11811 - 11818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02097
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Witteveen E; Banerjee A; Joe B; Prusty G; Dippenaar R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Hybrid structure of white layer in high carbon steel – Formation mechanism and its properties', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 13288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13749-7
    Journal articles | 2017
    Pahlevani F; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Effect of small addition of Cr on stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel', Materials characterization, 125, pp. 114 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2017.02.001
    Journal articles | 2016
    Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Quadir MZ; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel under compressive stress: An investigation from macro to nano scale', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep34958
    Journal articles | 2016
    Pahlevani F; Dippenaar R; Gorjizadeh N; Cholake ST; Hossain R; Kumar R; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials', Procedia Manufacturing, 7, pp. 387 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2016.12.007
    Journal articles | 2016
    Pahlevani F; Kumar R; Gorjizadeh N; Hossain R; Cholake ST; Privat K; Sahajwalla V; Goda R, 2016, 'Enhancing steel properties through in situ formation of ultrahard ceramic surface', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 38740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38740
  • Preprints | 2023
    Chalker J; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2023, Green Chemistry and Engineering for Our Future, , http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-zmbcn
    Patents | 2021
    Sahajwalla V; Hossain R, 2021, A process for converting flexible printed circuit boards to useful materials, Patent No. Australian pat no.2021106597
    Patents | 2021
    Sahajwalla V; Hossain R, 2021, A process for recovering cobalt from lithium-ion batteries, Patent No. Australian pat no.2021106578
    Conference Abstracts | 2020
    Al Mahmood MA; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Thermal Disengagement Technology: the Perspective of Microrecycling of Polymer-metal Multilayer Packaging Materials', in Recycling of Secondary, Byproduct Materials and Energy, San Diego, USA, presented at 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, USA, 23 February 2020 - 27 February 2020, http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ApprovedAbstracts/9FFCBA1D7E0D7F9F852584290023378C?OpenDocument
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Hossain R; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Solid State Phase Transformation Mechanism in High Carbon Steel Under Compressive Load and with Varying Cr Percent', in TMS 2018 147th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings, Springer, Cham, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, pp. 797 - 802, presented at TMS 2018 147th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 11 March 2018 - 15 March 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72526-0_75
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Pahlevani F; Dippenaar R; Gorjizadeh N; Cholake ST; Hossain R; Kumar R; Sahajwalla VH; Cholake S; Gorjizadeh N; Hossain R; Kumar R, 2017, 'Surface Modification of Steel Using Automotive Waste as Raw Materials', Kruger National Park, South Africa, presented at International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing, SMPM 2017, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 23 January 2017 - 25 January 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2016.12.007
    Preprints |
    Sarkar M; Hossain R; Sahajwalla V, Unraveling the Structural and Morphological Properties of Thermally Transformed Microzonal Carbon from Waste Hard Rubber by Conventional Heating and Microwave Irradiation Via Single Step Selective Thermal Transformation, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4306039

At various levels of research career, Dr. Rumana Hossain has developed a variety of disciplines and research topics, including surface modification of metals and alloys, recycling waste for value added materials, energy storage materials and devices from waste, etc. Following are her different research lines of interest:

  1. Surface modification of metal using ceramic elements from waste
  • Surface modification of metal using automotive waste
  • Surface modification of metal using electronic waste
  • Surface modification of metal using metallised plastic packaging waste
  • Microstructural engineering for surface modification
  1. Recycling the automotive shredder residue and waste tyres from end of life vehicles
  • Transforming waste into nano ceramic
  • Transforming waste into metals and alloys
  • Recovery of carbon for energy storage application
  • Transforming waste into the product for infrastructure
  1. Recycling spent lithium-ion batteries
  • Recovery of metals and nonmetals
  • Repurposing the spent battery for second life battery
  • Utilising the spent cathode and anode materials for energy storage application
  1. Recycling the e-waste for valuable materials
  • Recovery of copper-based alloys
  • Recovery of carbon for supercapacitors
  • Transforming the waste into copper reinforced nano ceramic coating application
  • Recovery of rare earth elements
  • Recovery of ZnO nanoparticles from spen Zn-C battery for sensor application
  1. Recycling the packaging waste for valuable material
  • Recycling the waste coffee capsule for high value aluminium
  • Using metallised plastic packaging to produce nano ceramic
  • transforming the plastic packaging into valuable carbon source for energy application
  1. Bio-waste derived carbon
  • Turning organic wastes (e.g. coffee waste, macadamia waste, waste wood, textiles) into value added porous carbon.
  • Surface treatments to prepare different types of porous carbon
  1. Solid-state phase transformation and deformation mechanism of metals
  • Deformation mechanism of high carbon steel under compressive, tensile and impact stress
  • Stability of retained austenite in high carbon steel
  • Effect of microalloying elements on the deformation mechanism and phase transformation of high carbon steel
  • Deformation mechanism of titanium alloy

My Research Supervision

 

Currently supervising    
Program type Supervision type Student ID Student name Research Area
PhD Secondary Supervisor 5380609 Sarkar,Montajar Microrecycling of Lithium Ion Battery (LIB) by selective thermal transformation
PhD Secondary Supervisor 5397565 Shrestha Ghinangju,Bikesh Investigating the microrecycling technologies for waste plastic hybrid products and revealing the influence of materials properties on product performance
PhD Secondary Supervisor 5439710 Hasan,Md Anik Recovering carbonaceous material from plastic waste and recycling the spent batteries: Waste management and waste to wealth approach
Masters (Research) Joint Supervisor 5516304 Yang,Kyungah   Manufacturing alloys from waste bulb-type LED lightings discharged from households as bulb-type waste LED lighting is now considered as one of the most problematic products to recycle because of recycling inefficiency and low content of valuable metals
PhD Joint Supervisor 5517315 Ali,Ayub   Utilization of recycled glass from E-waste including solar panelsas a potential replacement for mineral source
         
HDR Completion      
Type Supervision type Student ID Student Name Thesis
PhD Secondary Supervisor 5168746 Hassan, Kamrul   Microrecycling of spent Zn-C batteries: selective synthesis of nanostructures and hybrid materials for real-field application\xad\xad\xad\xad\xad\xad\xad
PhD Secondary Supervisor 5178741 Al Mahmood, Md. Abdullah   Microrecycling of multi-layered waste packaging to produce value-added Aluminium