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Who you are

• Are you a researcher or a non‑academic partner? Please include your organisation.

Your focus

• What is your challenge focus, project idea, or research area?

Type of collaboration

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  • Knowledge Exchange Placement

  • Feasibility Study

  • Demonstrator Call

Your contact details

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I am currently seeking collaborative partners for a feasibility study and/or a demonstrator call, particularly with stakeholders interested in circular supply chains, net-zero transitions, and digitally enabled sustainability solutions.

Email: m.m.kamal@exeter.ac.uk

I will also include ECRs from my department.

Email: ming.luo@bristol.ac.uk

I work on sustainable manufacturing and industrial decarbonisation, with a focus on how manufacturing systems balance sustainability, resilience, and competitiveness under net-zero and supply-chain pressures. My work combines technical analysis with industry engagement to support practical transition pathways.

I am currently seeking collaborative partners for knowledge exchange placements, feasibility studies, and/or demonstrator calls, particularly with organisations interested in sustainable manufacturing, net-zero transitions, and resilient industrial systems.

Email: s.sarfraz@bham.ac.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shoaib-sarfraz/

A central theme of my work is the integration of biological, electrochemical and separation technologies—such as bioleaching, electrodialysis and adsorption—to valorise complex waste streams including mining residues, alkaline industrial wastewaters, spent lithium‑ion batteries and automotive catalysts. These technologies are combined with techno‑economic analysis and life‑cycle assessment to ensure that proposed solutions are not only technically effective, but also economically viable and environmentally sustainable.

Happy to collaborate in feasibility studies and/or demonstrator project.

Email: helena.gomes@nottingham.ac.uk

I am developing an early-stage feasibility study in the Renewables area focused on how AI-enabled digital tools can support circular decision-making for renewable energy assets. The work targets improved lifetime management, reuse, and end-of-life recovery of critical raw materials embedded in technologies such as wind, solar, and energy storage (e.g. lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, copper, silver).
The study is feasibility and pre-demonstrator in nature, aimed at generating decision-ready evidence for asset operators and supply-chain stakeholders, rather than deploying a full system.

Type of collaboration:
Seeking collaborative partners for a DICE Feasibility Study, particularly:

• Renewable asset operators

• Circular economy / recycling organisations

• Public-sector or policy stakeholders with renewables portfolios

Contact details:
Email: kayode.owa@ntu.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayode-owa-phd-mbcs-fhea-97337a213/

I would be happy to collaborate with partners on projects based around this idea or similar fields. Please get in touch via my email:

james.s.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk

Current work spans NHS MedTech sustainability, Defra's national CE strategy, and multinational automotive and manufacutring organisations mid-transition.

What I'm looking for A partner with a real challenge to solve together. Open to:

• Knowledge Exchange Placement

• Feasibility Study

• Demonstrator project

Open to writing YOUR story as a publishable case study/ report as well.

Sweet spot: Organisations wrestling with the social and organisational side of circular transitions - not just the technical fix.

📧 v.sharma@exeter.ac.uk | 🔗 LinkedIn

I am looking to collaborate with research institutions, centres, and innovation hubs working in:

• Sustainable agriculture

• Livestock systems & animal health

• Climate-smart farming

• Agricultural technology

• Artificial Intelligence applications in food systems

As the Founder & CEO of Global Sustainable Futures Network (GSFN), I lead a multidisciplinary global platform focused on transforming agriculture through systems thinking, climate resilience, and innovation.

What GSFN Does in Transforming Agriculture:

🌱 Climate-Smart & Regenerative Approaches
We support agroecology, regenerative agriculture, and nature-based solutions that improve soil health, biodiversity, and farmer resilience.

🌍 Systems & Policy Integration
We connect agriculture to SDGs, ESG frameworks, climate commitments, and just transition pathways — ensuring alignment between local practices and global sustainability goals.

📊 Digital & Data Innovation
We integrate GIS mapping, carbon monitoring systems, and emerging AI tools to enhance traceability, productivity, and environmental accountability.

🤝 Global Partnerships & Knowledge Exchange
GSFN connects researchers, universities, policymakers, industry, and grassroots actors across multiple countries to co-design scalable solutions.

🌾 Farmer-Centric & Inclusive Models
We prioritise smallholder empowerment, income diversification, local value addition, and equitable supply chain mechanisms.

We are particularly interested in projects that:

• Apply AI and precision agriculture tools

• Improve livestock sustainability and One Health outcomes

• Strengthen carbon and biodiversity measurement systems

• Develop circular economy solutions within agri-food systems

If your institution is exploring collaborative research, joint funding proposals, pilot projects, or knowledge exchange initiatives, I would be delighted to connect.

Let’s co-create resilient, technology-enabled, and socially just agricultural systems.

Email: ceo@gsfn.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rbthakore/

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter

Focus:

I’m developing decision/control technologies that couple mine–plant operations (extraction, haulage, stockpiles, processing) to reduce waste, rehandling, energy use and emissions while improving resource efficiency and recovery. Hence, addressing the sustainable circular economy needs of the mineral sector by adaptive decision making, as real-time data is available from sensors in the mineral industry.

Type of Collaboration:

Looking for a collaborator (industrial partner/agency/researchers) for Demonstrator call.

Contact:

k.muhammad@exeter.ac.uk

Khan Muhammad | LinkedIn

I am particularly interested in how circular ambitions translate into real decision processes in complex systems - especially where digital technologies (traceability tools, AI-enabled optimisation, digital twins, lifecycle platforms) intersect with the built environment.

I am interested in feasibility studies that ask:

- Where do circular ambitions break down in real decision pipelines?

- What governance or behavioural barriers prevent adoption of digital circular tools?

- How can digital traceability, lifecycle data, or optimisation tools be designed to survive commercial and operational pressures?

This could involve:

- Mapping decision and material flows

- Identifying adoption bottlenecks

- Co-designing a lightweight demonstrator or decision-support concept

- Testing organisational feasibility with practitioners

Particularly keen to connect with:

- Infrastructure operators

- Organisations exploring digital traceability of materials

- Asset managers dealing with lifecycle extension

- Policy or standards stakeholders working on circular governance

Contact: katharina.burger@ucl.ac.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kburger/

Professional Profile

I am a senior engineering executive with 13 years of leadership in large-scale Sustainable Infrastructure development and material manufacturing. My expertise lies in bridging the gap between high-volume industrial production and long-term structural resilience. I have a proven track record of managing high-value portfolios, including 22-story developments and international donor-funded (ADB) flood reconstruction projects.

​Core Industrial Assets & Expertise

• ​Infrastructure Portfolio Oversight: Directed a Multi Millions Dollar portfolio, including 22-story high-rises, Mega Infrastructure and ADB-assisted flood emergency reconstruction on the National Highway.

• ​Sustainable Material Manufacturing: As Director of S.T.D Ready Mix, providing a deep industrial perspective on the supply chain, production logistics, and scalability of Low-Carbon Concrete.

• ​Structural Engineering & Rehabilitation: Lead Engineer on bridges, culverts, and flyovers, with extensive experience in asset lifecycle extension.

  
  

​Research & Innovation Interests

I am seeking to partner with UK academic institutions as an Industrial Collaborator to transition field-proven expertise into cutting-edge research:

1. ​Low-Carbon Concrete Innovation: Researching Recycled Cementitious Materials (RCM) to develop high-performance, low-carbon binders that meet industrial durability standards.

2. ​Advanced Composite Research (FRP): Investigating the integration of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers for structural strengthening and life-extension of aging infrastructure.

3. ​Digital Twins for Sustainable Infrastructure: Utilizing field data from climate-stressed regions to create live virtual models for predictive maintenance and lifecycle analysis.

4. ​Smart Monitoring Systems: Researching the integration of AI-driven sensors into structural systems for real-time Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).

danishsakhi@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-danish-6a7866a1?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_android

Looking for collaboration on:

• Digital twins for water systems integration

• Data centre cooling

• LLM-based planning tools

e.rico-carranza@imperial.ac.uk

My research focuses on Digital Twin technologies for infrastructure, particularly the development of self-generating digital twins enhanced by physics-informed machine learning and generative AI. My work aims to enable real-time structural health monitoring, predictive maintenance, and resilience of infrastructure systems (e.g., bridges), with increasing emphasis on sustainability, decarbonisation, and whole-life performance assessment. I am particularly interested in integrating sensing systems (IoT/IoE), data-driven models, and system-level optimisation frameworks to support smarter and more sustainable infrastructure.

I am interested in collaborating on:

• Feasibility Studies

• Demonstrator Calls

• Knowledge Exchange Placements

particularly in areas linking Digital Twins, sustainability, circular economy, infrastructure resilience, and AI-driven asset management.

Contact details
Email: s.adib@herts.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shady-adib-ph-d-afhea-a8780a12a/

Website:

https://shadya93.github.io/Shady_Adib_Portfolio/

To achieve this, we've built and installed a distributed network of cloud infrastructure into homes across the UK.

You can find out more at www.heata.co

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We'd be interested in working with Computer Science and AI researchers with an interest in sustainability to deliver a demonstrator project centred on distributed AI implementation (but we're flexible on the specifics of the project). Reach out if this sounds interesting.

charlie@heata.co

I'm a non-academic partner and technology practitioner with 25+ years across energy, finance, government and professional services. I run Cronk Advisory and Architect Tomorrow, a community and podcast focused on sustainable technology innovation.

My focus areas:

• Digital Impacts Schema: a taxonomy for tech impact data sharing

• Dynamic Ecosystem Architecture: a governed architectural response to AI proliferation, highlighting material impacts to nature and human ecosystems

• Prior applied research contributing to an open-source technology carbon standard and an anomaly detection tool for identifying inconsistencies in corporate ESG reporting

I'm interested in collaborating on:

• Circular economy approaches to digital infrastructure and software lifecycle management

• AI and machine vision for automating circular economy processes (e.g. component identification, reuse and value recovery)

• Measuring and reducing the environmental impact of software and AI systems

• Sustainability reporting integrity, including detection of greenwashing in corporate disclosures

• Architectural approaches to responsible and sustainable AI deployment, including edge inference and federated alternatives to hyperscale

Collaboration type: Open to Knowledge Exchange, Feasibility Studies, Demonstrator Calls or helping scale ideas to enterprise grade. Flexible and happy to discuss.

📧 hello@cronkadvisory.com 🔗 linkedin.com/in/cronky