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Dr Shahin Rahimifard
Background
I am an Industrial Engineer with over seventeen years of experience in R & D projects. I obtained a BSc in Computing and Mathematics from Brighton University, MSc in Computer Integrated Manufacture and PhD in the Operational Planning of Manufacturing Systems from Loughborough University in 1996. Since then in addition to the academic position at Loughborough, I have been involved in a large number of industrial projects, mainly concerned with the design and implementation of supply chain management and production planning and control systems for a variety of manufacturing companies, ranging from metalworking SMEs to the food and drink industry. My current research work is focused on sustainability issues in Life Cycle Engineering, including projects on sustainable product design, environmentally conscious manufacturing, sustainable business and consumption models, product service systems, and product end-of-life management, recovery, reuse and recycling technologies.
- Editor-in-Chief of the 'International Journal of Sustainable Engineering',
Publisher Taylor and Francis, Since 2007.
- Guest Editor for special issue on 'Sustainable Design and
Manufacture' for the 'International Journal of Production Research',
Publisher Taylor and Francis, Vol 45 (18-19), 2007.
- Book Reviews Editor for 'International Journal of Computer Integrated
Manufacturing', Publishers Taylor and Francis, 2002-2005.
- Conference Chair, the 5th International Conference on 'Design and
Manufacture for Sustainable Development' , Loughborough, July 2007.
- Member of IFAC Technical Committee TC 5.3 on Enterprise Integration and
Networking, since 2001.
- Collaborative Research work packages and tasks leader in Framework 5 and 6
Integrated Projects including EUROSheo (FP5), CICLOP (FP5), and
CEC_Made_Sheo (FP6).
- Referee for ‘International Journal of Production Research’, ‘International
Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing’, and 'IEEE Transactions on
Electronics Packaging Manufacturing'.
- Member of International Scientific/Organising Committee for
'Computer Aided Robotics & Factory of the Future', 'Responsive Manufacturing',
Digital Enterprise Technologies', 'Value Chain Sustainability', and
'Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development'.
Research Involvement
Broad Interests and Expertise
- Sustainable Product Design
- Low Carbon Manufacturing
- Business Models to Support Product Service Systems
- Automation in Remanufacturing/Reuse/Recycling
- Sustainable Consumption Models
Research Interests and Activities
- Knowledge based systems to support sustainable design
- Modelling the product embodied energy for Low Carbon Manufacturing
- Next generation of remanufacturing, reuse and recycling technologies,
- Integration of product supply and recovery chain/network,
- Product personalisation in support of sustainable consumption,
- Waste management in Food sector,
- Computer Aided RECYCLING Process Planning (CARPP)
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