A combined SMaRT Centre-led recycling and UNSW/University of Newcastle-led clean energy initiative has been awarded $50 million under the Australian Trailblazer Universities Program
As part of the Powerhouse Museum's "100 climate conversation" series, Veena features in a podcast on "green manufacturing" as an essential pathway to greater sustainability and decarbonisation
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena Sahajwalla was interviewed by the BBC World Service for its "wealth from waste: can urban mining save the planet" feature story
The UNSW SMaRT Centre has had published three scientific papers that show that waste coffee grounds and hydrogen from other wastes can be used as part of its patented Green Steel technology
Create Magazine has published a series of stories about UNSW SMaRT Centre's next generation of research into its patented Green SteelTM Polymer Injection Technology that seeks to fully replace coke and coal from steel making with waste
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley joined UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena at the Newcastle steel works to see up close SMaRT's Green Steel technology that uses waste to replace coke and coal in steel making
On 2 November 2021, Veena will be delivering a TED-X style keynote address to the 2021 Impact X Summit along with a high level group of international and national speakers and leaders
The Brilliant, a global news hub for best practice in science communication, has published this new feature story on some of the innovative work by the UNSW SMaRT Centre and its director Professor Veena
UNSW SMaRT Centre industry partner Molycop has been awarded a federal government grant to help further commercialise UNSW@SMaRT Green Steel Technology that uses waste rubber as a an alternative to coking coal in steel making
In this story published in Solid Ground Magazine by Sandvik, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena shares ideas about how the mining sector can embrace a circular economy and innovation to be more sustainable
This news feature story, published by Nine publications, looks at UNSW SMaRT Centre's new green steel research striving to remove coking coal from steel-making as we aim to electrify the world
On 12 August 2021, Veena will speak at the Australian Academy of Science's annual symposium, Science and the Public Good 2021, highlighting some of the UNSW SMaRT Centre sustainability innovations as the symposium explores the value of science
On 10 August 2021, Veena will speak at the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering's annual symposium, Scaling up research commercialisation 2021 highlighting some of the UNSW SMaRT Centre commercialisation successes
The UK-based Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining has published a feature story on various innovations by the UNSW SMaRT Centre as part of its journey towards achieving a collective and circular economy using waste materials
The Brilliant, a global news hub for best practice in science communication, has featured work by the UNSW SMaRT Centre in a list of key "inventions changing your life right now"
This feature article highlights various global innovations to help the world move to more sustainable steel manufacturing, including the ongoing work by the UNSW SMaRT Centre with its patented Green SteelTM invention