Sustainable Design
Summary
This part of research focuses on sustainable design, including life cycle assessment (LCA)-based eco-design tools, parametric and optimization methods for product development, carbon footprint modeling, blockchain-enabled supply chain assessment, and design for disassembly and value recovery in support of the circular economy.
Publications
Parametric design, life cycle assessment, and optimization of a discrete product with application to an electric traction motor
JR Pérez-Cardona, T Maani, F Zhao, JW Sutherland
Resources, Conservation and Recycling 201, 107344, 2024
The Application of Blockchain-Based Life Cycle Assessment on an Industrial Supply Chain
X Lin, X Li, S Kulkarni, F Zhao
Sustainability 2021
A product carbon footprint model for embodiment design based on macro-micro design features
G Wang, F Li, F Zhao, L Zhou, A Huang, L Wang, JW Sutherland
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 116, 3839-3857, 2021
Genetic optimization for the design of a machine tool slide table for reduced energy consumption
MJ Triebe, F Zhao, JW Sutherland
Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering 143 (10), 101003, 2021
Game theoretic production decisions of by-product materials critical for clean energy technologies-Indium as a case study
CH Choi, SP Kim, S Lee, F Zhao
Energy 203, 117768, 2020
A design method to improve end-of-use product value recovery for circular economy
L Cong, F Zhao, JW Sutherland
Journal of Mechanical Design 141 (4), 044502, 2019
A rapid automatic life cycle assessment tool for eco-design
Y Zhu, F Zhao
International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and … 2017
Mutually coordinated visualization of product and supply chain metadata for sustainable design
WZ Bernstein, D Ramanujan, DM Kulkarni, J Tew, N Elmqvist, F Zhao, ...
Journal of Mechanical Design 137 (12), 121101, 2015
ViSER: Visualizing supply chains for eco-conscious redesign
WZ Bernstein, D Ramanujan, N Elmqvist, F Zhao, K Ramani
ASME Paper No. DETC 2014-34960, 2014
Addressing uncertainties within product redesign for sustainability: a function based framework
D Ramanujan, WZ Bernstein, F Zhao, K Ramani
ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and …, 2012
Teaching Design for Environment through Critique within a Project-Based Product Design
WZ Bernstein, D Ramanujan, F Zhao, K Ramani, MF Fox
International Journal of Engineering Education 28 (4), 2012
Teaching design for environment through critique within a project-based product design course
WZ Bernstein, D Ramanujan, F Zhao, K Ramani, MF Cox
International Journal of Engineering Education 28 (4), 2012
A Primary Overview of Sustainable Product Realization for the Life Cycle
F Zhao, JK Choi, J Sutherland, C Handwerker, K Ramani
Research Publishing 2011
Implementing Design Critique for Teaching Sustainable Concept Generation
WZ Bernstein, D Ramanujan, MF Cox, F Zhao, JW Sutherland, K Ramani
DS 68-8: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering …, 2011
Environmentally conscious wing design for the medium altitude long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
LU Iqbal, GS Naik, D Pothala, PK Surapaneni, F Zhao, JP Sullivan
ASME 2009 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference …, 2010
Integration of sustainability into early design through working knowledge model and visual tools
S Devanathan, P Koushik, F Zhao, K Ramani
ASME 2009 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference …, 2010
Integrated sustainable life cycle design: a review
K Ramani, D Ramanujan, WZ Bernstein, F Zhao, J Sutherland, ...
2010
Integration of Sustainability Into Early Design through the Function Impact Matrix
S Devanathan, D Ramanujan, WZ Bernstein, F Zhao, K Ramani
Journal of Mechanical Design 132 (8), 2010
Integration of sustainability into early design through the function impact matrix
S Devanathan, D Ramanujan, WZ Bernstein, F Zhao, K Ramani
2010
Function impact matrix for sustainable concept generation: A designer’s perspective
WZ Bernstein, D Ramanujan, S Devanathan, F Zhao, J Sutherland, ...
ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and …, 2010
Development of a framework for sustainable conceptual design
W Bernstein, D Ramanujan, S Devanathan, F Zhao, K Ramani, ...
Proceedings of the 17th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, 2010