Recycling

Dr. Szabolcs Fogarasi completed his PhD in 2012 in chemical engineering targeting the recovery of gold and silver from WPCBs.Currently, he is lecturer at Babes-BolyaiUniversity being responsible of the following academic disciplines: Heat transfer and heat transfer equipment’s (HTHTE), Fluid mechanics and Mass transport. His research activities are mainly focused on the recovery of metals of economic and industrial interest from WEEE. He published more than 20 ISI scientific articles and 1 book in the field of HTHTE. He participated in various national and international projects emphasized on environmental issues such as recycling and treatment of e-waste.

Heat Transfer,Fluid Mechanics and Mass Transport

Prof. Kunio Yoshikawa was born in 1953 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology and an associate editor of Applied Energy. His bachelor, master and doctor degrees were awarded from Tokyo Institute of Technology. His major fields are energy conversion, waste management and environmental engineering. He has been working in Tokyo Institute of Technology for more than 38 years as a research associate, an associate professor and a professor. He has published nearly 200 journal papers with the major award of AIAA Best Paper Award, ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal, JSME Environmental Technology Achievement Award and Best Educator Award of Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Waste-to-Energy

Professor Tsuyoshi Fujita is a Director of Social Environmental Systems Research Center, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan. He is also an alliance professor of Nagoya University as well as a visiting professor of United Nations University in Japan. His research fields are eco industrial development, low carbon city, urban environment simulation system, circular economy planning and spatial LCA, where he has published around seventy journal papers. He is engaged in several national research projects to develop integrative urban technology and policy simulation system for Japanese and Asian cities and regions. He is a member of the National Council of Low Carbon City Promotion of Japan. He is also engaged in academic positions such as a counselor of the International Society of Industrial Ecology, Chair of Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Systems Research, Japan Society of Civil Engineering. He received a doctor of engineering degree from the University of Tokyo in 1997 as well as a MCP (Master of City Planning) degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He was formerly an Associate Professor in Osaka University after working in the construction company as an urban planner for ten years.

Recycling

Fabrizio Cumo, Nuclerar Engineer , professor in Applied Applied Physic Faculty of Architetture – University of Rome "La Sapienza . Operates in the Institute of the Valorisation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage of Italian CNR (ICVBC) –section of Rome . Member of the board of the CITERA center and director of the Master “BIM” Building Integrated Modelling. Leader of the some international research groups for the responsible use of energy in residential area and the use of renewable sources. Is author of more than 120 papers regarding the fields of energetic , environmental applied physic (IAQ, heat transfer and lightning) and architecture tecnologies

Recycling, Waste management, Sustainable Energy, Urbanism

Muscolo Adele graduated in Biological Sciences (MSc), and has completed her PhD in Food Science at the age of 26 years at the Policlinic Federico II University of Naples, Italy. In 1988 she started her professional carrier as Researcher at Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria where she is still working as Professor. Since 1990 she is Reviewer for Scientific International Journals and since 2008 she is Evaluator of national and international projects for European Community and Funding Research Agencies. She is Examiner of international PhD dissertation. She published more than 170 papers in international journals with IF and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member of many international journals. Additionally she is Associate Editor for JFR

Agricultural Biomass, Bioenergy, soil ecosystem, Biodiesel, Soil salinity

He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture of the ' University of Turin in 1994. In 1996 he founded, together with other shareholders, the cooperative ERICA Soc. Coop. one of the first companies in Italy to deal with waste, both in terms of technical design and communication. By ERICA Soc. Coop. holds up to 1999 as a director only to become, in that same year, President and finally, in 2014, CEO. From 1997 to 1999 he was Minister for the Environment, Agriculture and Civil Protection of the City of Alba. In 2001 he was appointed an expert evaluator for the European Commission Directorate General Research. Since December 2002, he was appointed President of AICA (International Association for Environmental Communication). In June 2003 he joined the Board of Directors of ACR + (Association Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Management of Resources) of which he was elected vice president in November 2014. In that same year the Ministry of the Environment and the Sea appointment horse vice president of the Scientific Committee for the implementation and development of the National Plan for the Prevention of Waste in office until 2017 (Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, the Ministry decree Gian Luca Galletti, n. 185 dell ' July 8, 2014)

Recycling and waste management

Nour-Eddine Menad has completed his PhD from National School of geology of Nancy (France) and worked as Associate Professor at Technical University of Lulea (Sweden). He is scientific expert on process development on recycling of industrial wastes. He has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals and conferences, 4 patents and is in the board committee of Edorium Journal of Waste Management. At the moment, he is working at BRGM (Bureau de recherché Géologique et minière) on development of separation techniques applied on the urban mine to recover stratégic metals.

recycling, waste management, urban mining, geology

Enric Vazquez is Professor Emeritus in Construction Materials on the ETS Ingenieros de Caminos of the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. At present in Constructing Cycle SL. Research in eco-efficient materials and wastes for his use in construction, environmental impact by leaching, road pavements, durability of concrete and bituminous mixtures. 80 papers and books published from 1967 til today.This publications include the books Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment,Vol 8,RILEM STATE OF ART REPORTS “2013” y Guia Española de Áridos Reciclados procedentes de RCD (2012),Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y GEAR. He has oriented 22 doctor thesis and 30 master th..Invited Plenary Speaker in Spain, Japan,France,Germany,Austria,Poland,Brasil,Italy,Portugal and China. Has been Chairman from the RILEM TC-217 y TC-198 URM.Member of WG of AENOR,AIPCR and CEN.In 2011 he received the Environment Award from the Catalan Government for his profesional career.

Recycling and waste management

Gary Leeke is Chair in Chemcial Engineering and Head of the Bioenergy and Resource Management Centre at Cranfield University, UK. His research interests lie in the areas of recycling enabling technologies and resource efficiency. He has expertise in high pressure engineering and thermo-chemical processing, specifically in reaction engineering, separation technology, flow reactors, and their applications to polymer/composite processing and remanufacture, mixed plastic waste and the circular economy. He leads the EXHUME project in the UK investigating the deconstruction of fibre reinforced composites. Gary sits on the Composites Leadership Forum Sustainability Working Group for Composites UK

Recycling, waste management, Thermo chemical processing, sustainability, urbanism etc

Li Guangming is currently working as a professor in Tongji University, China. In 1985, East China Institute of Chemical Technology (now the East China University of Technology) Department of Chemical energy graduate, bachelor's degree in petroleum refining engineering; graduated from the school in 1988 petroleum processing, received a master's degree organic chemical disciplines; graduated from the school in 1990 the Department of Petroleum Processing PhD in organic chemical disciplines. July 1990 Tongji work played so far, worked in the Department of Chemistry (1990-1999), Higher Technical School (2000-2001) and the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering (2002 - present), he served as a lecturer (1990 ), associate professor (1994) and Professor (2000).

Pollution Prevention and Control Process, Water Management system scale, waste resource management systems and pollution control technology to achieve a low-carbon pathway Process or low-carbon society.

Lingai LUO received her Ph.D. degree (1991) in mechanic and thermal engineering from National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (INPL), Nancy, France. She worked as associate professor at University of Nancy I and at INPL, France. From 2003 until 2012 she was a full professor at University of Savoie, France. She is now senior research director of French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the laboratory of thermo-kinetics, Nantes (LTN), France

Recycling and thermal waste recovery, solar systems, heat recovery

M. Sulyman was born in 1976. He got his MSc. degree in 2008 from Academy of Graduate Studies and the B.Sc. degree in 2000 from Al-Mergheb University in the field of chemical engineering in Libya. Currently he is a PhD student at Polymer Technology Department, Gdansk University of Technology in Poland. His interests of research are environmental and polymer engineering. His main research is asphalt polymer blend using polymer waste materials. Additional interest work is wastewater treatment using green adsorbents prepared from agricultural by-products/wastes

Environmental and polymer engineering, wastewater treatment, Recycling

Helena Maria Vieira Monteiro Soares has completed her PhD from University of Porto, Portugal. Her main research is focused on the selective recovery of metals from wastewaters and secondary resources. She has published about 70 papers in ISI journals, coordinated several national projects and has been serving as Project Evaluator of advanced fellowships and grants from the Portuguese and other international (EU, South Africa, Chile) research agencies.

Solid Waste management and Recycling

David Elena is a Graduate of Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MS-in Physics-Chemistry of Surface and Analytic Chemistry of “Babes-Bolyai” University from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He serves as a Doctor in Chemical Science, Assoc. Prof., Head of Laboratory: Carbonic Materials, Composites & Analysis Techniques, at National Research Institute of Cryogenics & Isotope Technologies-ICIT Rm.Valcea, Romania. His overall research topics approached concern to renewable energy sources; conservation of energy; energy from waste; methods and mechanisms for the reduction of pollution; methods of waste recycling and tests to determine their toxicity; development of analysis techniques with applications in energy & environment fields.

Carbonic Materials, Renewable energy, energy from waste, Recycling and waste management

Chuan Chen has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) and postdoctoral studies from University of Calgary from 2013 to 2014. He is Associate Professor of HIT at present, and has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals

Recycling and waste management