SMART-SIP+

Professor Lynsey Melville is a transdisciplinary researcher whose work explores the interrelationships between water, waste, energy and agriculture. Her work focuses on innovative technology integrations that support localised, sustainable, circular economies.  As Principal Investigator (PI) she will play a leading role in the project building on more than 10yrs experience delivering transnational projects. She will be exploring the technical, economic and societal challenges of implementing Smart-SIP+. This will create a data driven knowledge base that will enable stakeholders to tailor solutions to unique local conditions.  

Professor Navjot Sandhu is a Professor of Agri Entrepreneurial Finance and Deputy Head of the Graduate School of Management. She has extensive track record of leadership, research and teaching. She has published research papers in the international journal and written book chapter, and she was awarded several awards for best research papers and reviewer. She has an extensive experience of working with small and marginal farmers (SMFs) and female entrepreneurs in the developed and developing countries. She is working to map and identify needs of local communities, disseminate findings and engage with key  stakeholders.

Dr Khondokar Mizanur Rahman is a researcher in Environmental Engineering. He has been involved in the field of agriculture and environment research since 2004. Dr Rahman’s PhD and Post doctoral research focus on Transformation of Energy from Waste and Sustainable Agriculture. In his post-doctoral tenure worked with 3 large EU projects funded by the European Union INTERREG IVB programme: ALG AD, EnAlgae and BioenNW. Dr Rahman is a Co-PI of SIOL project on “Production of Oil from Waste-Sludge through Hydrothermal Liquefaction” funded by Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council (BEPRC). As a researcher from Agriculture and Energy sustainability. Dr Rahman’s role in the SMARTSIP+ project will focus on LCA of energy system and stakeholders’ engagement and assessment in Bangladesh. He is the member of Bangladesh Biogas Development Foundation, Bangladesh Agriculturist Institute and the Chartered Institute of Waste Management.

Dr Shishank Shishank is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work brings together Management and Engineering domains. His research focusses on Digital Supply Chains, Technology in Logistics, Operations Management both in manufacturing and service industry, Innovation Management and Open Innovation. His current work is on Industry 5.0 - a key driver in the economic and societal transitions that we are currently undergoing. On the Smart-Sip+ project, he is exploring socio-technical analysis, open dialogue with key actors, co-creation of future interventions, solutions and approaches designed with user participation and awareness raising. He will also support addressing skills deficit.

Dr. Florimond Guéniat is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at BCU and a member of the IET’s AI Committee. A specialist in applied mathematics and sustainable energy initiatives, his research focuses on AI-driven modeling, control of complex systems and digital twins, with 40+ publications. Prior to BCU, he held roles at Paris Sud University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and in the math department of Florida State University, developing ML methodologies for system identification and control. He will lead on microgrid optimization, operation & maintenance, and digital twin integration.

With more than 40 years of postdoctoral experience, Cham Athwal, Professor of Digital Technology, has led numerous research groups and projects, including participation in several EU Framework and Horizon2020 projects.  He has been researching and promoting the concept of Solar Irrigation Pump Based Microgrids since 2018 including via a GCRF funded feasibility study and a British Council/ Indian DST funded workshop. He will provide software engineering leadership in developing and validating Decision Support Tools as well as contributing his physics, electrical and digital technologies expertise to technical tasks in modelling and implementation of Microgrid scenarios.