Power Play UTA Inquiry – Finding viable, affordable energy sources is of preeminent importance in today’s society. Researchers at UTA are making breakthroughs that may help transform the way we consume and generate power. The University of Texas at Arlington established the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) in January…
Global Methane Initiative – The City of Denton Landfill (Texas, USA) reportedly is the first in the world to implement “closed-loop waste management.” Dr. Sahadat Hossain, of the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) at the University of Texas Arlington, developed the perpetual landfill model to be cost-efficient and potentially…
North Texas Daily – The Denton landfill, located on South Mayhill Road, has moved forward with a plan to implement new technologies to decrease the space Denton’s waste takes up. An eco-friendly landfill, Denton’s landfill has been working since 2008 to improve quality of life by using the waste to…
Dallas Innovates – A civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, Dr Sahadat Hossain has received a $1.2 million contract from the Texas Department of Transportation to implement a system that would improve the sub-base repair of roadways, reducing cracking and improving maintenance in the process.
UT Arlington News Center – A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering professor, Dr Sahadat Hossain has received a $1.2 million Texas Department of Transportation contract to implement a system to improve sub-base repair of roads that would reduce pavement cracking and thus improve pavement maintenance.
ALJAZEERA – According to Sahadat Hossain – the researcher pioneering the perpetual landfill model through the University of Texas Arlington and the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) – the waste is recycled and the land is sustained “easily [for] 200 years. Currently, a landfill lasts around 30-to-35 years”.
UTAEngineer Magazine, 2016
UT Arlington Engineering News – A team of civil engineering graduate students from UTA’s Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability won the Solid Waste Association of North America’s National Solid Waste Design Competition at WASTECON 2016 in August. The team, led by master’s student Umme Zakira, included doctoral students Jobair Bin…
ISWA Global News – Issue 42 : Two of ISWA’s outstanding experts on landfill, Dr Sahadat Hossain and David Dugger, conducted a workshop on “Technical and Managerial Aspects of New Sanitary Landfill Construction” in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 10 to 12 August.
ISWA Global News – Issue 42 : Registrations are now open for the 2nd ISWA Winter School ín Texas, USA and we are delighted to announce that there will be a number of Scholarships available once again. The school will take place in Texas, USA from January 16-27, 2017.