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Veena Sahajwalla is an inventor and Professor of Materials Science in the Faculty of Science at UNSW Australia. She is the Director of the UNSW SM@RT Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.
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- Tedxsydney veena sahajwalla reviving waste
- NSi Inventor of the Year finalist Veena Sahajwalla
- Achievements
- Honours and awards
- References
Sahajwalla is known for her role as a councillor on the independent Australian Climate Council and as a judge on the ABC television show The New Inventors. Sahajwalla also served as a commissioner on the now defunct Australian Climate Commission.
NSi Inventor of the Year finalist: Veena Sahajwalla
Achievements
Sahajwalla is known internationally as the Inventor of 'Green Steel'.
Sahajwalla's research is recognised for changing the way the properties of carbon-bearing materials are understood, including coals, cokes, graphites, plastics and rubber. Sahajwalla's work has had significant impact on the theory and practices that form the basis of operations of the Iron-making, Steel-making and Ceramics industries. Of particular importance is her demonstration that waste plastics and waste rubber can be partial replacements for coal and coke in steel-making.
Sahajwalla's unique focus on the evolution of carbon properties in high-temperature conditions has not only advanced scientific understanding of materials processing, but has provided cost-effective opportunities for industries to move towards sustainable and environmentally friendly production methods.
Honours and awards
In 2008 Sahajwalla was named NSW Scientist of the Year for Engineering Sciences by the NSW Government Office of the Chief Scientist
In 2011, Sahajwalla was awarded the Nokia Business Innovation Award, presented at the Telstra Business Women's Awards
In 2012, Sahajwalla was awarded the Banksia Environmental Foundation GE Innovation Award
In 2012, Sahajwalla won the Australian Innovation Challenge in recognition of her revolutionary work turning recycled rubber tires into steel.
In 2013, Sahajwalla was awarded the AIST Howe Memorial Lecture award.
Sahajwalla won the Innovation category in the Australian 100 Women of Influence 2015.
In 2016 Sahajwalla was a finalist in the NSW Premier's Award for Woman of the Year.