Life Cycle Engineering for Realizing a Circular Economy
Distinguished Research Seminar Series
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Date
30 May 2024
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Organiser
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, PolyU
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Time
14:00 - 15:30
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Venue
Online via ZOOM
Speaker
Prof Yasushi Umeda
Remarks
Meeting link will be sent to successful registrants
Summary
Recently, “Circular Economy” (CE) is attracting attentions as a key concept for achieving sustainable society, in addition to carbon neutrality. CE requires a drastic change of manufacturing industries from mass production and mass consumption to circular manufacturing with value proposition. This presentation firstly introduces the future directions of manufacturing CE implies. Then, some key elements for escaping from the mass production are explained, including value proposition ecosystem, circulation provider, product service system, and life cycle engineering, especially life cycle design.
Keynote Speaker
Prof Yasushi Umeda
Professor, RACE (Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering), School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Yasushi Umeda is a Full Professor in RACE (Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering), School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan. He holds BE, ME, and Dr. Eng. in Precision Machinery Engineering from the University of Tokyo. He authored/edited 29 books, over 150 peer-reviewed articles, and has 19 patents granted/pending. Five of his papers won best paper awards in scientific journals and international conferences. His research interests include circular economy, smart manufacturing systems, life cycle engineering, eco-design, sustainability science, and design theory. Prof. Umeda is a Fellow of CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering), Fellow of JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers), Director of ILCAJ (the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan), Member of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), JSPE (Japan Society for Precision Engineering), JSER (Japan Society of Energy and Resources), and JSDE (Japan Society for Design Engineering).
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