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With a PhD in Material Science from UNSW - Australia and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Nirma University, India - Irshad Mansuri is working as a Research Operations Manager at the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) at the University of New South Wales.
Irshad is involved in the centre’s research related operations matters and is managing all laboratories. He is working closely with SMaRT centre’s director and assisting research staffs & students for their relevant research projects and also coordinates with industry partners along the R&D process. He runs technical training programs for students and researchers, is responsible for the set up and management of all labs and equipment.
From his PhD on “Recycling waste polymers as a source of carbon in steelmaking: Fundamental high temperature investigations on structure evolution and carbon dissolution into molten iron”, Irshad has in-depth research knowledge and practical experience in the research area of recycling of waste materials and developing sustainable technologies for sustainable recycled produces.
publications
Journal articles
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Assefi M; Maroufi S; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'High strength glass foams recycled from LCD waste screens for insulation application', Journal of Cleaner Production, 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124311
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
2021
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
2020
Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 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
2019
mansuri ; Farzana R; rajarao ; sahajwalla , 2018, 'Carbon Dissolution Using Waste Biomass—A Sustainable Approach for Iron-Carbon Alloy Production', Metals, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/met8040290
2018
Farzana R; rajarao ; mansuri ; sahajwalla , 2018, 'Sustainable synthesis of silicon nitride nanowires using waste carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP)', Journal of Cleaner Production, 188, pp. 371 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.295
2018
Ulman K; Ghose A; Maroufi S; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Disentanglement of random access memory cards to regenerate copper foil: A novel thermo-electrical approach', Waste Management, 81, pp. 138 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2018.10.002
2018
Kumar U; Maroufi S; Rajarao R; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; Joshi RK; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Cleaner Production of Iron by using Waste Macadamia Biomass as a Carbon Resource', Journal of Cleaner Production, 158, pp. 218 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.115
2017
You Y; Mayyas M; Xu SONG; Gaikwad V; Munroe P; Sahajwalla V; Joshi RK, 2017, 'Growth of NiO Nanorods, SiC Nanowires and Monolayer Graphene Via a CVD Method', Green Chemistry, 19, pp. 5599 - 5607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02523H
2017
Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Study of Reaction Between Slag and Carbonaceous Materials', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 48, pp. 2316 - 2323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11663-017-1020-y
2017
Mansuri I; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Recycling Carbonaceous Industrial/Commercial Waste as a Carbon Resource in Iron and Steelmaking', Steel Research International, 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/srin.201600333
2017
Rajarao R; Mansuri I; Dhunna R; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Study of structural evolution of chars during rapid pyrolysis of waste CDs at different temperatures', Fuel, 134, pp. 17 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.05.054
2014
Dhunna R; Khanna R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Recycling waste bakelite as an alternative carbon resource for ironmaking applications', ISIJ International, 54, pp. 613 - 619, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.54.613
2014
Rajarao R; Mansuri I; Dhunna R; Khanna R; Sahajwalla V, 2014, 'Characterisation of gas evolution and char structural change during pyrolysis of waste CDs', Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 105, pp. 14 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2013.09.014
2014
Sahajwalla V; Zaharia M; Mansuri I; Rajarao R; Dhunna R; Nur Yunos F; Khanna R; Saha-Chaudhury N; O'Kane P; Fontana A; Jin Z; Skidmore C; Vielhauer P; O'Connell D; Knights D, 2013, 'The power of steelmaking-harnessing high-temperature reactions to transform waste into raw material resources', Iron and Steel Technology, 10, pp. 68 - 83
2013
Sahajwalla V; Zaharia M; Mansuri I; Rajarao R; Dhunna R; Yunos NF; Khanna R; Saha-Chaudhury N; O'Kane P; Fontana A; Skidmore C; Vielhauer P; O'Connell D; Knights D, 2013, '2013 AIST Howe Memorial Lecture: The power of steelmaking - Harnessing high temperature reactions to transform waste into raw material resources', AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 1 - 17
2013
Mansuri I; Khanna R; Rajarao R; Sahajwalla VH, 2013, 'Recycling Waste CDs as a Carbon Resource: Dissolution of Carbon into Molten Iron at 1550°C', ISIJ International, 53, pp. 2259 - 2265, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.53.2259
2013
Nath DCD; Mansuri I; Zaharia M; Chaudhury N-S; Sahajwalla VH, 2012, 'Recycling of end-of-life melamine at 1 600°C for carbon dissolution into liquid iron', ISIJ International, 52, pp. 922 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.2355/isijinternational.52.922
2012
Conference Papers
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Maroufi, S. ; Mansuri, I. ; O’Kane, P. ; Skidmore, C. ; Jin, Z. ; Fontana, A. ; Zaharia, M. ; Sahajwalla VH, 2016, 'Waste to Value in Steelmaking', in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes and Salts 2016, Seattle, USA, pp. 3 - 15, presented at 10th international Conference on Molten Slag, Fluxes and Salts, TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), Seattle, USA, 22 May 2016 - 25 May 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48769-4
2016
Rajarao R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'High Voltage Pulses to Recover Copper from Waste Printed Circuit Boards', in 2016 WORLD CONGRESS ON SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES (WCST), IEEE, ENGLAND, London, pp. 125 - 125, presented at World Congress on Sustainable Technologies (WCST), ENGLAND, London, 12 December 2016 - 14 December 2016, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000402316600019&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2016
Sahajwalla VH; Maroufi, S. ; Zaharia, M. ; Mansuri, I. ; Rajarao, R. ; Skidmore, C. ; Jin, Zh. ; O’Kane, P. , 2016, 'Green Manufacturing', in Green Manufacturing, 5th International Conference on Process Development in Iron and Steelmaking, Lulea, Sweden, presented at 5th International Conference on Process Development in Iron and Steelmaking, Lulea, Sweden, 12 June 2016 - 15 June 2016
2016
Book Chapters
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Khann R; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2015, 'Wettability of Carbonaceous Materials with Molten Iron at 1550°C', in Surface Energy and Wetting, pp. 357- - 357-, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61198
2015