BIOGRAPHY
Wahidul Biswas is an associate professor in Curtin University. Wahidul trained as a Mechanical Engineer, researching the performance of diesel engine using biogas fuel.Then, he has gradually diversified his research to engineering for sustainable development, an interdisciplinary field. He has a master's in environmental technology from Imperial College London and a PhD in Sustainable Futures from the University of Technology, Sydney. Wahidul teaches and coordinates postgraduate units on Cleaner Production Tools, Global Sustainability Studies, Environmental Studies, and Sustainable Energy and a core undergraduate Engineering unit, Engineering for Sustainable Development. Wahidul has carried out extensive life cycle assessment research on greenhouse gas emissions from the Australian agricultural, alternative fuels, building and construction, manufacturing, mining and water sectors in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change, the Grains Research and Development Commission (GRDC), Department of Agriculture and Food, WA, University of Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria Enterprise Connect, Worley Persons and Recom Engineering. Wahidul also completed a project on the techno-economic assessment of greenhouse gas mitigation potential in Kwinana Industrial Area, WA, for the Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing (CSRP).
RESEARCH INTEREST
Life Cycle Assessment, Industrial Symbiosis, Sustainability assessment of engineering applications
