Biography
Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara has her research expertise and interest in developments leading to implementation of circular economic initiatives. As a chemical and process engineer and a chartered management accountant, she combines the knowledge of process engineering, sustainability economics and finance/supply chain management/strategic management disciplines in order to develop and assess initiatives leading to a circular economy. Her published work so far has been centred on developing and validating methodologies for conducting multi-criteria analysis to evaluate complex alternative strategies relating to industry uptake of sustainable alternative materials.
Following a successful career as a business professional for over 8 years with work experience in Australia and internationally, Mayuri brings her experience in the industry to combine with it her expertise in research in this area.
Biography summary
Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara’s primary interest is to conduct industry-relevant business/policy research to complement the engineering/technical developments happening in the area of industrial ecology to facilitate closed-loop recycling.
Research interests
Industrial ecology
Business models for a circular economy
Impact measurement of externalities
Sustainability reporting
Value realisation and market development of recycleable products
Affiliations
Waste Management Institute of Australia
Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand
Knowledge areas
Industrial ecology and cleaner production
Strategic / supply chain / project management
Impact measurement of externalities
Sustainability reporting
Marketing and re-purposing of recycled products
Economic instruments to promote sustainable alternatives
Awards
- Best journal paper: Civil Engineering - 2016
Department of Infrastructure Engineering of the University of Melbourne
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CIMA Case Studies Awards - 2011 - Team leader - 1st runner up team
Theme: "Industrial ecology pays"Competition held for portraying best practie case studies of industry by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - Sri Lanka Division
Publications
M Wijayasundara, P Mendis, R Crawford
(2018), Vol. 174, pp. 591-604, Journal of cleaner production, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Net incremental indirect external benefit of manufacturing recycled aggregate concrete
M Wijayasundara, P Mendis, R Crawford
(2018), Vol. 78, pp. 279-291, Waste management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
M Wijayasundara, P Mendis, T Ngo
(2017), Vol. 158, pp. 285-295, Journal of cleaner production, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
M Wijayasundara, P Mendis, R Crawford
(2017), Vol. 166, pp. 321-334, Journal of cleaner production, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Comparative assessment of embodied energy of recycled aggregate concrete
M Wijayasundara, R Crawford, P Mendis
(2017), Vol. 152, pp. 406-419, Journal of cleaner production, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Financial assessment of manufacturing recycled aggregate concrete in ready-mix concrete plants
M Wijayasundara, P Mendis, L Zhang, M Sofi
(2016), Vol. 109, pp. 187-201, Resources, conservation and recycling, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
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Supervisions
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