Dr Samane Maroufi

Dr Samane Maroufi

Senior Lecturer
Science
School of Materials Science & Engineering

My field of research is high temperature metallurgical processes and iron-steel making where I have used my interdisciplinary skill and knowledge (Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemical Engineering) to develop new science and technology for the  recycling of waste and producing a new generation of green materials, products and resources made entirely, or primarily, from waste.

In 2019, I used my experience and knowledge in the area of sustainability to fully design two new elective courses of MATS6006 (Recycling of waste) and MATS6007 (Sustainable Materials Engineering) for postgraduate students in School of Materials Science and Engineering, based on an entirely new teaching pedagogy which I developed.

 

2021-Present: EF-Lecturer at School of Materials Sci. & Eng., UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

2018-2021: Lecturer at School of Materials Sci. & Eng., UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

2015-2018: Research Associate, SMaRT Centre, School of Materials Sci. & Eng., UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

2013: Student at CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia.

2012-2015: PhD student, Materials Sci. & Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

 

Location
Room 439, Hilmar Building E10
  • Book Chapters | 2018
    Maroufi ; Echeverria Encina C; Pahlevani ; Sahajwalla , 2018, 'Green Manufacturing: Unmaking Waste to Value Added Material', in Unmaking Waste in Production and Consumption: Towards Circular Economy, Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 251 - 269
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Maroufi S; Echeverria CA; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Green manufacturing: From waste to value added materials', in Crocker R; Saint C; Chen G; Tong Y (ed.), Unmaking Waste in Production and Consumption: Towards The Circular Economy, pp. 261 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-619-820181021
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Maroufi S; Amini S; Jahanshahi S; Ostrovski O, 2016, 'Diffusion Coefficients and Structural Parameters of Molten Slags', in , Wiley, pp. 493 - 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119333197.ch52
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Maroufi S; Mansuri I; O'Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Zaharia M; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Waste to Value in Steelmaking', in , Wiley, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119333197.ch1
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Maroufi S; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Zaharia M; Sahajwalla V, 2016, 'Waste to Value in Steelmaking', in Advances in Molten Slags, Fluxes, and Salts: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes and Salts 2016, Springer International Publishing, pp. 3 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48769-4_1
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Hajian-Foroushani M; Maroufi S; Sajjad SS; Akhter R; Biswal S; Bustamante H; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Microwave-assisted transforming of biosolids into engineered activated carbon employed for adsorption from wastewater', Journal of Cleaner Production, 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142941
    Journal articles | 2024
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; S. Mofarah S; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Regeneration of waste Zn-MnO2 batteries: Value-added transformation to regenerate essential materials for sustainable battery manufacturing', Journal of Energy Storage, 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.110159
    Journal articles | 2024
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Innovative hydrothermal technique in efficient disengagement of waste solar panels', Waste Management, 177, pp. 196 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.01.045
    Journal articles | 2024
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Salehi H; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Chemical isolation of rare earth elements (as pure rare earth oxides) from Nd-Fe-B magnets and Ni-MH batteries', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112596
    Journal articles | 2024
    Salehi H; Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Sustainable recovery of rare earth elements from Ni-MH batteries: Flux-free thermal isolation and Subsequent hydrometallurgical refinement', Materials Today Sustainability, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.100849
    Journal articles | 2023
    Akbarpour S; Khoshandam B; Maroufi S, 2023, 'The Synthesis and Crystal Phase Evolution of SiO2-Stabilized Zirconia Nanocomposites at Low Temperatures for the Production of Zircon', Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 32, pp. 6214 - 6225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07554-1
    Journal articles | 2023
    Salehi H; Maroufi S; Mofarah SS; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Recovery of rare earth metals from Ni-MH batteries: A comprehensive review', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113248
    Journal articles | 2022
    Assefi M; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Wang W; Kert E; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Regeneration of hydrogen through thermal micronisation of end-of-life polymers for sustainable reduction of iron oxide', Fuel Processing Technology, 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2021.107038
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Mofarah S; Hossein R; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Roles of experimental variables in optimised fabrication of microrecycled CuO-based photoelectrodes', Materials Today Sustainability, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100111
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Tudela I; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Determination of the optimum potential window for super- and pseudocapacitance electrodes via in-depth electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis', Journal of Energy Storage, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106137
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Wang W; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Unraveling the Role of Oxides in Electrochemical Performance of Activated Carbons for High Voltage Symmetric Electric Double-Layer Capacitors', Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202100130
    Journal articles | 2022
    Maroufi S; Mofarah SS; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Tailoring of a highly stable Mn1−x−y(CexLay)O2−δ pseudocapacitor thin-film and rare earth oxide nanospheres through selective purification of rare earth oxides derived from Ni-MH batteries', Green Chemistry, 24, pp. 1659 - 1672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc02802b
    Journal articles | 2022
    Rostami T; Khoshandam B; Maroufi S, 2022, 'Recovery of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese from spent lithium-ion batteries through a wet-thermal process', Materials Research Bulletin, 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2022.111897
    Journal articles | 2022
    Saleem H; Khosravi M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V; O'Mullane AP, 2022, 'Repurposing metal containing wastes and mass-produced materials as electrocatalysts for water electrolysis', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 6, pp. 4829 - 4844, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2se01068b
    Journal articles | 2021
    Akbarpour S; Khoshandam B; Maroufi S, 2021, 'Effect of V additive on the crystallization of zircon via SCS method: Synthesis, characterization and reaction mechanism', Chemical Physics Letters, 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.138119
    Journal articles | 2021
    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
    Journal articles | 2021
    Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Cazorla C; O'Mullane AP; Yao Y; Lim S; Tricoli A; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Self-adhesive flexible patches of oxide heterojunctions with tailored band alignments for electrocatalytic H2O2generation', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, pp. 26727 - 26740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta06473h
    Journal articles | 2021
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Tudela I; Mofarah SS; Vahidi E; Maroufi S; Wang K; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Dual functionality of mixed Cu-based two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures derived from electronic waste', Green Chemistry, 23, pp. 5511 - 5523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00354b
    Journal articles | 2021
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; O'Mullane AP; Yao Y; Lim S; Cazorla C; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Anionic Intercalation: Transparent and Flexible Mn1−xy(CexLay)O2−δ Ultrathin‐Film Device for Highly‐Stable Pseudocapacitance Application (Adv. Funct. Mater. 30/2021)', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202170221
    Journal articles | 2021
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; O'Mullane AP; Yao Y; Lim S; Cazorla C; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Transparent and Flexible Mn1−x−y(CexLay)O2−δ Ultrathin-Film Device for Highly-Stable Pseudocapacitance Application', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100880
    Journal articles | 2021
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Mofarah SS; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Nanoscale design of 1D metal oxides derived from mixed Ni-MH battery/transition metal dust', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125645
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mofarah SS; Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Biswal S; Lim S; Yao Y; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Controllable design of defect-rich hybrid iron oxide nanostructures on mesoporous carbon-based scaffold for pseudocapacitive applications', Nanoscale, 13, pp. 3662 - 3672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0nr06880b
    Journal articles | 2020
    Assefi M; Maroufi S; Yamauchi Y; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Pyrometallurgical recycling of Li-ion, Ni–Cd and Ni–MH batteries: A minireview', Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 24, pp. 26 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.01.005
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jaimes W; Maroufi S, 2020, 'Sustainability in steelmaking', Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 24, pp. 42 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.01.002
    Journal articles | 2020
    Maroufi S; Assefi M; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Recovery of lithium and cobalt from waste lithium-ion batteries through a selective isolation-suspension approach', Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2019.e00139
    Journal articles | 2020
    Nekouei RK; Maroufi S; Assefi M; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Thermal isolation of a clean alloy from waste slag and polymeric residue of electronic waste', Processes, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr8010053
    Journal articles | 2020
    Sahajwalla V; Maroufi S; Mauriello F, 2020, 'Recycling and reuse editorial', Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100409
    Journal articles | 2019
    Assefi M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Recycling of the scrap LCD panels by converting into the InBO3 nanostructure product', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, pp. 36287 - 36295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06682-x
    Journal articles | 2019
    Assefi M; Maroufi S; Yamauchi Y; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Core-Shell Nanocatalysts of Co3O4 and NiO Shells from New (Discarded) Resources: Sustainable Recovery of Cobalt and Nickel from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries, Ni-Cd Batteries, and LCD Panel', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, pp. 19005 - 19014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04618
    Journal articles | 2019
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Mayyas M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards into high surface area t-SnO2 for photocatalytic dye degradation', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2019.103133
    Journal articles | 2019
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'An electrochemical strategy to fabricate MnOx thin film from spent batteries for pseudocapacitive applications', Electrochimica Acta, 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135061
    Journal articles | 2019
    Nekouei RK; Pahlevani F; Assefi M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Selective isolation of heavy metals from spent electronic waste solution by macroporous ion-exchange resins', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 371, pp. 389 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.03.013
    Journal articles | 2018
    Assefi M; Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Recycling of Ni-Cd batteries by selective isolation and hydrothermal synthesis of porous NiO nanocuboid', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 6, pp. 4671 - 4675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2018.07.021
    Journal articles | 2018
    Assefi M; Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Selective recovery of indium from scrap LCD panels using macroporous resins', Journal of Cleaner Production, 180, pp. 814 - 822, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.165
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Synthesis of 2D Rare earth elements oxide nano-sheets from Nd-Fe-B magnets', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 139, pp. 172 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.08.014
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'A Green Route to Synthesize Pr3+/Dy3+-Doped Nd2O3 Nanoreplicas from Nd-Fe-B Magnets', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 3402 - 3410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03585
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Nanowiring of E-Waste: A Sustainable Route for Synthesizing Green Si3N4 Nanowires', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 3765 - 3772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04139
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Waste-cleaning waste: synthesis of ZnO porous nano-sheets from batteries for dye degradation', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, pp. 28594 - 28600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2850-0
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Hassan K; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Transformation of Mixed E-Waste Materials into Clean SiMn/FeMn Alloys', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 13296 - 13301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02884
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Hossain R; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Recovery of Rare Earth (i.e., La, Ce, Nd, and Pr) Oxides from End-of-Life Ni-MH Battery via Thermal Isolation', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 11811 - 11818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02097
    Journal articles | 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
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ulman KN; Maroufi S; Bhattacharyya S; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal transformation of printed circuit boards at 500 °C for synthesis of a copper-based product', Journal of Cleaner Production, 198, pp. 1485 - 1493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.140
    Journal articles | 2017
    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
    Journal articles | 2017
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermal Isolation of Rare Earth Oxides from Nd-Fe-B Magnets Using Carbon from Waste Tyres', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 6201 - 6208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01133
    Journal articles | 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
    Journal articles | 2017
    Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Nano-carbons from waste tyre rubber: An insight into structure and morphology', Waste Management, 69, pp. 110 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.08.020
    Journal articles | 2017
    Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Novel Synthesis of Silicon Carbide Nanowires from e-Waste', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 4171 - 4178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00171
    Journal articles | 2017
    Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste materials conversion into mesoporous silicon carbide nanocermics: Nanofibre/particle mixture', Journal of Cleaner Production, 157, pp. 213 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.109
    Journal articles | 2017
    Maroufi SS; Bigdeli S; Fata L; Soltani Arabshahi SK, 2017, 'Integrating behavioral and social sciences components into a competency-based MD program curriculum: A qualitative study on opinions of faculty members', Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 31, pp. 96 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.18869/mjiri.31.17
    Journal articles | 2017
    Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Bucknall M; Maroufi S; You Y; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermocatalytic Conversion of Automotive Shredder Waste and Formation of Nanocarbons as a Process Byproduct', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 5440 - 5448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00774
    Journal articles | 2017
    Mayyas M; Pahlevani F; Maroufi S; Liu Z; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Waste conversion into high-value ceramics: Carbothermal nitridation synthesis of titanium nitride nanoparticles using automotive shredder waste', Journal of Environmental Management, 188, pp. 32 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.079
    Journal articles | 2016
    Maroufi S; Ciezki G; Jahanshahi S; Ostrovski O, 2016, 'Carbothermal reduction of iron and silicon oxides in ironstone ore', Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 125, pp. 86 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03719553.2016.1156800
    Journal articles | 2016
    Maroufi S; Ciezki G; Jahanshahi S; Ostrovski O, 2016, 'Characterisation and reduction of ironstone ore by CO gas', Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 125, pp. 95 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03719553.2016.1160608
    Journal articles | 2016
    Sahajwalla V; Pahlevani F; Maroufi S; Rajarao R, 2016, 'Green Manufacturing: A Key to Innovation Economy', Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2, pp. 273 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40831-016-0087-z
    Journal articles | 2015
    Maroufi S; Ciezki G; Jahanshahi S; Sun S; Ostrovski O, 2015, 'Dissolution Rate and Diffusivity of Silica in SiMn Slag', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 46, pp. 101 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11663-014-0215-8
    Journal articles | 2010
    Maroufi S; Khoshandam B; Kumar RV, 2010, 'Mathematical modelling of fluidized-bed reactors for non-catalytic gas-solid reactions', Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 88, pp. 1034 - 1043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjce.20371
  • Conference Papers | 2023
    Salehi H; Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V; Khayyam Nekouei R, 2023, 'Reclamation of Rare Earth Metals from Spent Ni-MH Batteries', in Proceedings - European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2023, Duesseldorf, Germany, pp. 877 - 903, presented at European Metallurgical Conference 2023 (EMC 2023), Duesseldorf, Germany, 11 June 2023, https://daten.gdmb.de/s/9Lr2Nxm7WBExCYD
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Maroufi S; Ciezki G; Tangstad M; Jahanshahi S; Ostrovski O, 2020, 'Characterisation and reduction of high-silicon monstone ore by CO gas', in Proceedings of INFACON XIII - 13th International Ferroalloys Congress: Efficient Technologies in Ferroalloy Industry, pp. 695 - 703
    Conference Abstracts | 2018
    Ulman KN; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Understanding the Thermal Transformation of Random Access Memory Cards: A Pathway to Their Efficient Recycling', in The 20th International Research Conference Proceedings, London, United Kingdom, Vol. 20, pp. 2081 - 2081, presented at ICEWRWM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Electronic Waste Recycling and Waste Management, London, United Kingdom, 26 July 2018 - 27 July 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26717
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Maroufi S; Amini S; Jahanshahi S; Ostrovski O, 2016, 'Diffusion Coefficients and Structural Parameters of Molten Slags', in Reddy R; Chaubal P; Pistorius C; Pal U (eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes and Salts, Seattle, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey., Seattle, USA, pp. 493 - 500, presented at The 10th International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes and Salts, Seattle, USA, 22 May 2016 - 25 May 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Maroufi S; Mansuri I; O’Kane P; Skidmore C; Jin Z; Fontana A; Zaharia M; Sahajwalla VH; Maroufi S; Mansuri I, 2016, 'Waste to Value in Steelmaking', in Reddy RG; Chaubal P; Pistorius PC; Pal U (eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Molten Slags, Fluxes and Salts 2016, JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 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
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Sahajwalla VH; Maroufi S; Zaharia M; Mansuri I; Rajarao R; Skidmore C; Jin Z; O’Kane P; Maroufi S; Mansuri I; Rajarao R, 2016, 'Green Manufacturing', Lulea, Sweden, presented at 5th International Conference on Process Development in Iron and Steelmaking, Lulea, Sweden, 12 June 2016 - 15 June 2016
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Maroufi S; Ciezki G; Jahanshahi S; Sun S; Ostrovski O, 2015, 'Dissolution of silica in slag in silicomanganese production', in Grishchenko S (ed.), The Fourteenth International Ferroalloys Congress, Interservice, Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine, pp. 479 - 487, presented at The Fourteenth International Ferroalloys Congress INFACON XIV, Kiev, Ukraine, 31 May 2015 - 04 June 2015, http://infacon14.com.ua/
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Maroufi S; Khoshandam B; Kumar RV, 2012, 'Comparison between fluidised bed and packed bed reactors: Non-catalytic gas-solid reactions', in Ironmaking and Steelmaking, pp. 301 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743281211Y.0000000061

2021: Science Faculty Research grant ” Controlled Design of Defective Mn1−x−y(CexLay)O2−δ film as a New Generation of Cathode Materials for Hybrid Batteries” $8000, Samane Maroufi, Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei and Sajjad Mofarah.  

2020: NSW Research Attraction & Acceleration Program, Microrecycling of battery and consumer wastes, Samane Maroufi and Veena Sahajwalla, $100,000.

2020: AMGC C240 Project, Development and Implementation of Next Generation of Polymer Injection Technology in Steelmaking, MolyCop, Samane Maroufi and Veena Sahajwalla $750, 000.  

2019: Chief investigator (CI) in Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial transformation Hub for “Microrecycling of battery and consumer wastes”, $3,317,500.

2019: Product Improvement Program Grant for “Transforming complicated wastes into value-added products” Samane Maroufi and Veena Sahajwalla, $ 50,000.

2018: Small equipment grant for “Rheolab QC Viscometer for Furnace Integration”, Samane Maroufi, O. Ostrovski, I. Mansuri, F. Pahlevani, V. Sahajwalla, $14,752.30.

 

 

2021:  Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

2022UNSW Early Career Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

 

2017-present: Co-leading hub research project "Microreccyling of battery and consumer waste"

2017-present: Leading industrial research project with Molycop (Arrium Mining Consumables) on “developing zero-coke GRenew pellets derived from 100% waste materials”

2015-present: Research project on electronic waste (e-waste) recycling (ARC Australian Laureate fellowship).

2015-2016: Industrial research project on “polymer injection technology (PIT) and slag foaming” with OneSteel, Sydney.

2015-2016: Industrial research project on “the use of waste materials as the carbon source in iron making” with OneSteel, Whyalla.

2013-2014: Research project on “silicate slag’s physical properties at high temperature (Chemical Diffusivity)”, CSIRO’ Minerals Down Under Flagship in Melbourne, Clayton, Australia.

2012-2015: UNSW-TEMCO (Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company) collaborative industrial research project on “the production of silicomanganese”, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

 

My Teaching

“Recycling of wastes, MATS6006", 2020-present.

"Sustainable Materials Engineering, MATS6007", 2020-present.  

“Fundamentals of Materials Design, MATS6002” 2018-2019.

Guest lecturing “Fundamental of Materials Processing, MATS6001”, 2016-2020.

Guest Lecturing “Sustainable Materials Processing, MATS2007” 2015-2019.