LunchTalk held in English.
Host
Dr Jeff Mangers
Postdoctoral researcher
Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine
Department of Engineering
Co-Host
Prof. Dr Nicolas Jonard
Full professor in Economics and Management , Head of CREA
Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
Department of Economics and Management
Abstract
The lack of information exchange between End-of-Life (EoL) processes and product designers at the Beginning-of-Life (BoL) often leads to misalignment, causing a huge waste of resources every year. By digitally replicating end-of-life processes in conjunction with a product design simulation tool, we seek to provide product designers with information about the impact of their design decisions. Our current use case is a PET bottle, where product design decisions can determine whether a product becomes a bottle again, is used in the clothing industry, or is incinerated.
This event is part of the Sustainability LunchTalk series.