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Michigan Technological University Related Links Sustainable Design and Development Minor B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering Program M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering Program B.S. in Plastics Engineering Program B.S. in Computer Engineering Program B.S. in Engineering Technology Program Engineering & Technology Department |
Danny J Bee
During the past few years, I have ventured down the path of obtaining my doctorate in mechanical engineering from MTU. I have completed my course work and recently used a sabbatical (Spring 2005) to work on my dissertation research. In addition to the dissertation research during my sabbatical, I developed a Minor in Sustainable Development that will go through the approval process once some additional resources become available to teach it. My research is in the area of environmentally responsible design and manufacturing (ERDM), or industrial ecology, or sustainable development, or whatever new buzz phrase someone wants to call it. Bottom line: we need to design, use, and reuse products and materials so we do not deplete all of the available resources in the world. We need to quit filling up landfills with municipal solid waste (MSW), dumping this MSW in the ocean, or incinerating the MSW. We need to come up with ways of creating product multi-use and ultimately zero material waste. I'll get off my soapbox now! My specific research is centered on determining value modeling methods for product manufacturers to use in the determination of an end-of-use product's latent and material values. This modeling is extremely important for a demanufacturer to know what the remaining latent or functional value is in the product. This research is closely tied with product design in that product, subassembly, or component part value recovery is only possible if the design allows for it in terms of product modularity, reconfigurability, and design for disassembly. Here are some related links:
Here are papers I have either authored or co-authored related to ERDM:
Please let me know if any of the links are not working properly. Thanks. University of Wisconsin - Stout This page was last edited 02/0/18/09 |
