Dr. Md. Tasbirul Islam
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D. in Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 2020
- M.A. in Erasmus Mundus – Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development, University of Trento, Italy and Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, 2012
- M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico Di Milano (POLIMI), Italy, 2010
- B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh, 2007
Teaching
- ISE – 205 Engineering Probability and Statistics
- ISE – 291 Introduction to Data Science
Research Interests
- Sustainability, Circular Economy and Circular Business Model
- Industrial decarbonization and Systems thinking
- Sustainable waste management, Zero waste, Net-Zero strategies
- Lifecycle assessment (LCA) and Material flow analysis (MFA)
- Statistical modelling and Techno-economic analysis (TEA)
- Supply chain and Reverse logistics network design and optimization
- Policy and regulation, Extended producer responsibility (EPR)
Selected Publications
- Islam, M.T., Ali, A., Qadir, S.A., Shahid, M., Shumon, R., Hasan ASM. M., Huda, N. (2025). Decarbonizing Transport through Circular Battery Solutions: Life Cycle Impacts of Hydrometallurgy vs Pyrometallurgy in NMC Battery Recycling. Journal of Power Sources, 658, 238246.
- Islam, M.T., Ali, A. (2025). Assessment of waste lithium-ion batteries generation from laptops and mobile phones in Saudi Arabia: Forecasting, material recovery, and recycling profitability, Next Sustainability, 6, 100202.
- Islam, M.T., Iyer-Raniga, U., (2023) Circular Business Model Value Dimension Canvas: Tool Redesign for Innovation and Validation through an Australian Case Study, Sustainability 15(15), 11553.
- Islam, M.T., Dias, P., Huda, N., (2021). Young consumers’ e-waste awareness, consumption, disposal, and recycling behavior: A case study of university students in Sydney, Australia. Journal of Cleaner Production 282, 124490.
- Islam, M.T., Nizami, M.S.H., Mahmoudi, S., Huda, N., (2021). Reverse logistics network design for waste solar photovoltaic panels: A case study of New South Wales councils in Australia. Waste Management & Research 39(2), 386-395.
- Islam, M.T., Huda, N., R. Saidur. (2019). Current energy mix and techno-economic analysis of concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies in Malaysia, Renewable Energy 140, 789-806.
