Biography
Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara has her research expertise and interests in developments leading to an industrial and business transition to a circular economy.
As a chemical and process engineer and a chartered management accountant, she combines the knowledge of business disciplines (finance/supply chain management/strategic management/sustainability economics) and technical disciplines (product and material design/process design), to develop and assess solutions leading to a circular economy.
Her published work so far has focused on validating tools and techniques for using multi-criteria decision making to evaluate complex alternative strategies relating to industry uptake of sustainable alternative materials.
Mayuri has had a successful career as a business professional for several years with work experience in Australia and internationally. Now, she brings her industry experience to combine with her research expertise in proposing solutions and advice.
Read more on Mayuri's profileBiography summary
Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara’s primary interest is to conduct industry-relevant business and policy research, enabling technical/product solutions that align with principles of a circular economy to enter and be competitive in markets.
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
Knowledge areas
Measurement of alternatives towards a circular economy
Industrial ecology and cleaner production
Strategic / supply chain / project management
Value chain for products with recycled content
Market development for products with recycled content
Sustainable procurement specialising in green procurement
Barriers, drivers and strategies to promote products with recycled content
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
L Edirisinghe, A de Alwis, M Wijayasundara, N Hemali
(2024), Vol. 12, pp. 1-10, Cleaner Environmental Systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A volume-based analysis method to determine the economic value of mixed industrial waste
L Edirisinghe, A de Alwis, S Prakash, M Wijayasundara, N Arosha Hemali
(2023), Vol. 11, pp. 1-11, Cleaner Environmental Systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
L Edirisinghe, A Alwis, M Wijayasundara
(2023), Vol. 436, pp. 1-8, ICED2023 : Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Environmental Design 2023, Athens, Greece, E1
M Polonsky, M Wijayasundara, W Noel, A Vocino
(2022), Vol. 358, pp. 1-16, Journal of Cleaner Production, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Carbon footprint of wood and plastic as packaging materials - An Australian case of pallets
K Weththasinghe, A Akash, T Harding, M Subhani, M Wijayasundara
(2022), Vol. 363, pp. 1-14, Journal of Cleaner Production, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
L Edirisinghe, M Wijayasundara, A De Alwis
(2022), Vol. 21, pp. 697-702, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Karad, India, C1
M Wijayasundara, M Polonsky, W Noel, A Vocino
(2022), Vol. 377, pp. 1-17, Journal of Cleaner Production, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
S Prakash, M Wijayasundara, P Pathirana, K Law
(2021), Vol. 168, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, C1
N Gunarathne, M Wijayasundara, S Senaratne, P Kanchana, T Cooray
(2021), Vol. 27, pp. 787-801, Sustainable production and consumption, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
R Chowdhury, M Wijayasundara
(2021), Vol. 799, pp. 1-12, Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Mayuri Wijayasundara
(2020), Vol. 5, pp. 458-466, Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, B1
Relating building space to performance outcomes - a methodology to explore the relationship
M Wijayasundara, L Zhang, C Duffield
(2020), Vol. 32, pp. 1-17, Journal of building engineering, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
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
Australian Competitive Grants
Transformation of Reclaimed Waste into Engineered Materials and Solutions (TREMS)
Dr Susanga Costa, Prof Michael Polonsky, Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Prof Bre-Anne Sainsbury, Prof Pubudu Pathirana
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- 2024: $15,000
- 2023: $60,000
- 2022: $60,000
- 2021: $30,000
Other Public Sector Funding
Improvements to resource recovery from waste and tools to track carbon footprint.
Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Dr Mahbube Subhani
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
- 2021: $24,300
Industry and Other Funding
Transformation of Reclaimed Waste into Engineered Materials and Solutions (TREMS)
Dr Susanga Costa, Prof Michael Polonsky, Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Prof Bre-Anne Sainsbury, Prof Pubudu Pathirana
Tyre Stewardship Australia
- 2023: $50,000
- 2022: $50,000
Improvements to resource recovery from waste and tools to track carbon footprint.
Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Dr Mahbube Subhani
CMTP Pty Ltd
- 2021: $15,000
- 2020: $10,000
Supervisions
Khoa Dinh Nguyen
Thesis entitled: Towards An Objective Activities of Daily Living (ADL)-based Assessment Of Upper Limb Ataxia
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), School of Engineering