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