ISWA-SWIS Winter School 2020 – 13-24 January 2020 saw the 5th edition of the ISWA-SWIS Winter School take place at the University of Arlington, Texas with a record number of participants. Each year the school offers a number of full scholarships through an essay competition. One of the recipients of…
HERB BOOTH: UT ARLINGTON MEDIA RELATIONS – “I’m honored that the ISWA has recognized the work we’ve done here at UTA at the winter school,” Hossain said. “Many solid waste professionals, students and officials from more than 70 countries have gone through our winter school to learn the modern ways…
ATV News: Ethiopian TV – Dr. Hossain said, “You can convert the methane to electricity, that is exactly we are doing in Texas and its been done in many other part of the world. Can we do it in Bahir Dar?”
The Presentation at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia – MD Sahadat Hossain, PhD is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and director for the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability at the University of Texas at Arlington. He works to develop clean and healthy urban cities through sustainable waste management….
HERB BOOTH: UT ARLINGTON MEDIA RELATIONS – National transportation officials have selected research from The University of Texas at Arlington that drastically reduces the cost and time spent repairing slope failures on Texas highways as one of 2019’s top projects. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)…
Texas Standard – “China not only didn’t [reverse] the policy; in fact, they even added more items in the list that they’re not going to take from any other part of the world, not only USA,” says Sahadat Hossain who directs the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability at the University…
Sequim Gazette – University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering professor Sahadat Hossain developed a technology for taking plastic from landfills and manufacturing giant pins that, when inserted in the failing soil under roadbeds, stabilizes them.
Future Tech Podcast – Sahadat Hossain, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor at the University of Texas Arlington Department of Civil Engineering who is working on a solution that utilizes a characteristic of plastic which makes it particularly problematic in landfills: non-degradability. Since plastic does not degrade, it takes up a…
Houston Chronicle – Drivers should not expect to cruise along roads made of old food wrappers and H-E-B bags just yet. Still, Dow officials and other researchers said there is growing interest in adding used plastic to the recipe for roads, provided these first tests pan out. “We need to…
Impact Lab – Mixing recycled plastic into asphalt is more common in India and Pakistan than in the United States. “Every country is going to come up with ways to reuse this recycled plastic,” said Sahadat Hossain, an engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. “I work with…