Abdulqader Bin Sahl
Abdulqader Bin Sahl joined the Circular Plastics Group at the Circular Chemical Engineering department (CCE) of Maastricht University (UM) as a Ph.D. candidate in September 2025. His research focuses on utilizing artificial intelligence to optimize plastic recycling processes towards a circular and sustainable economy. By integrating AI into recycling workflows, his work aims to create smarter and more cost-effective solutions for improving recycling efficiency. This includes advancing both conventional plastic and bioplastic recycling pathways, with the goal of enabling more sustainable material use and resource recovery.
Expertises
- Process Systems Engineering
- Process Safety
- Systems Modelling & Optimization
- Machine Learning
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
- P-graph Methodology
Career history
Abdulqader obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree (BEng) in Chemical Engineering with High Distinction Honours from Swinburne University of Technology and his Master of Science (MSc) in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. His master’s thesis explored the optimization of plastic recycling pathways using a novel machine learning-embedded graph-theoretic framework that considered country-specific renewable energy profiles. He has also worked in the industry as a consultant in Milan, gaining experience in process safety and engineering projects.