2025 Richard I. Stessel Waste Management Award
Richard I. Stessel (1956–2001) was a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida and an avid A&WMA enthusiast. He influenced A&WMA’s Technical Council to include greener, energy-efficient, and integrated engineering solutions in solid and hazardous waste management, using materials science and engineering together with industrial ecology, environmental, and subsurface engineering, along with geological science in innovative solid and hazardous waste management. His vision of the environmental engineering cycle always considered recyclable materials, resource recovery in the matrix of pollution abatement, remediation, restoration, and disposal. Established in 2012, the Richard I. Stessel Award is presented annually by the Association for outstanding achievement in the engineering and science of waste management excellence. The recipient of this award must demonstrate technical accomplishments considered to be major contributions in innovative strategies, treatment, recycling, reuse, or engineering/scientific excellence in the principles of resource recovery engineering and waste processing waste management.
A&WMA presents the 2025 Richard I. Stessel Waste Management Award to Christia Meidiana.
Christia Meidiana is an associate professor at Brawijaya University, Faculty Engineering, Malang, Indonesia. She received her master’s degree from Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany in 2004, and she received her Doctorate in Environmental Technology at Graz University of Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Austria in 2012 specializing in waste management.
As well as being a visiting professor at Kyoto University, she has also published numerous proceedings. She has experience in the areas of solid waste management, environmental pollution, study and characterization of waste, and greenhouse gas emissions. Her focus on sustained scientific research is evident from more than 43 articles in refereed journals, 12 articles in conference proceedings, and 4 book chapters resulting an h-index of 11 and citations of over 600 counts (Scopus). The scientific contributions are tangible manifestations of her competence and dedication to environmental science, especially related to waste management and carbon emissions.
As a researcher, she has been involved in some national and international projects related to environmental fields, including the project Water Supply Vulnerability Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in 5 cities in East Java Province from 2013 – 2014 funded by USAID-IUWASH. The other international project was the DAAD alumni project in 2016, 2017 and 2022, focusing on energy transition for climate change mitigation. At the national level, she has contributed her expertise to the local projects mainly focus on solid waste management and greenhouse gas emission inventory and reduction. Due to her expertise, some local governments are assigning her to be involved in environmental-related projects. In 2025, she has received grants from Erasmus Plus International together with the partner university, Technical University of Crete, Chania – Greece to organize staff and student mobility from 2025 until 2027.
During her position as the Head of the Master Program for Regional and Urban Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya University, she has been involved in development of humanitarian engineering curriculum collaborated with University of Warrick, UK under ENHANCE Project funded by Erasmus Plus International. She is registered as a member of Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES) and Global Research & Development Services (GRDS).
A&WMA presents the 2025 Richard I. Stessel Waste Management Award to Christia Meidiana.
Christia Meidiana is an associate professor at Brawijaya University, Faculty Engineering, Malang, Indonesia. She received her master’s degree from Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany in 2004, and she received her Doctorate in Environmental Technology at Graz University of Technology, Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Austria in 2012 specializing in waste management.
As well as being a visiting professor at Kyoto University, she has also published numerous proceedings. She has experience in the areas of solid waste management, environmental pollution, study and characterization of waste, and greenhouse gas emissions. Her focus on sustained scientific research is evident from more than 43 articles in refereed journals, 12 articles in conference proceedings, and 4 book chapters resulting an h-index of 11 and citations of over 600 counts (Scopus). The scientific contributions are tangible manifestations of her competence and dedication to environmental science, especially related to waste management and carbon emissions.
As a researcher, she has been involved in some national and international projects related to environmental fields, including the project Water Supply Vulnerability Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in 5 cities in East Java Province from 2013 – 2014 funded by USAID-IUWASH. The other international project was the DAAD alumni project in 2016, 2017 and 2022, focusing on energy transition for climate change mitigation. At the national level, she has contributed her expertise to the local projects mainly focus on solid waste management and greenhouse gas emission inventory and reduction. Due to her expertise, some local governments are assigning her to be involved in environmental-related projects. In 2025, she has received grants from Erasmus Plus International together with the partner university, Technical University of Crete, Chania – Greece to organize staff and student mobility from 2025 until 2027.
During her position as the Head of the Master Program for Regional and Urban Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya University, she has been involved in development of humanitarian engineering curriculum collaborated with University of Warrick, UK under ENHANCE Project funded by Erasmus Plus International. She is registered as a member of Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES) and Global Research & Development Services (GRDS).
Christia Meidiana
