Dr. Samantha Islam

Biography

Samantha Islam is a university lecturer at the University of Manchester, specializing in Engineering Net Zero and Mechanical Aerospace Engineering. With a background in industrial engineering and sustainability, she previously held a postdoctoral research position in a UKRI funded project focused on developing innovative biopolymers at the University of Cambridge. Her doctoral research, pursued at St John's College (University of Cambridge), was supported by the Cambridge Trust Commonwealth scholarship and aimed at improving sustainability in production systems through a data transparency tool known as 'traceability'. With experience as a researcher at the University of New South Wales, coupled with her Master's research at Monash University in Australia and Malaysia, she has gained significant insight into industrial sustainability at both product and process system levels. Her research focuses on creating and delivering goods and services while minimizing environmental, social, and economic impacts. She employs methods such as life cycle assessment, material flow analysis, and multi-criteria decision making in her work. Samantha's teaching includes Manufacturing Systems (MECH 42071/62071).

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