Join the Process Development Division, Friday, March 10 at 02:00 PM Central Time for our live webinar presentation, "Technology Development and Assessment for Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing: A Multiscale Systems Engineering Approach," hosted by Dr. Yinlun Huang, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Wayne State University. Register here as well as via the button below.
Presentation Abstract:
According to National Science & Technology Council on the “Strategy for American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing”, the next generation of technological competition in manufacturing is dictated by inventions. Although emerging technologies can become an engine of change and progress, the net profit brought to the society could be questionable, if sustainability principles are not fully incorporated into technology development and application phases. It is imperative that more fundamental knowledge, systematic methodologies, and powerful tools be developed to reshape technology innovations and meet industrial sustainable development goals. Today, industries are in the midst of significant, compelling smart transformation largely impacted by Industry 4.0, which is mainly featured by digitalization. This provides a variety of opportunities for advancing the innovation of smart and sustainable technologies.
In this presentation, we will introduce a systematic methodology for conducting comprehensive sustainability assessment of emerging technologies in their early development phase and identifying optimal technology sets for smart and sustainable manufacturing in different life-cycle stages. This methodology is developed by resorting to sustainability science, multiscale systems science, and digital-twin technologies. To demonstrate methodological efficacy, we will present a number of case studies, including the assessment of technologies for smart and sustainable nanopaint design and nanocoating manufacturing, plant-wide electroplating, and heat-integrated work exchanger network design for thermal and mechanical energy recovery. Future directions for smart and sustainable manufacturing will also be discussed.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Yinlun Huang is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Wayne State University, where he directs the Laboratory for Multiscale Complex Systems Science and Engineering. His research has been mainly focused on the fundamental study of multiscale complex systems science and sustainability science, with applied study on engineering sustainability, including sustainable and smart nanomaterial development, integrated design of sustainable product and process systems, and smart and sustainable manufacturing. He has published widely in these areas. Dr. Huang is a recipient of AIChE Lawrence K. Cecil Award of Environmental Chemical Engineering in 2022, the Sustainability Education Award in 2016, the NASF Scientific Achievement Award in 2013, the Research Excellence in Sustainable Engineering Award in 2010, the Michigan Green Chemistry Governor’s Award in 2009, and the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award in 2008. In AIChE, Dr. Huang chaired the Sustainable Engineering Forum (2008-2009), the Process Development Division’s Process Research & Innovations Area (2003-05), and the International Committee (2015-2016), and is Director of the Environmental Division (2021-2023). He serves as Co-Editor of ASTM Journal of Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, and Associate Editor of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, and Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, and on the editorial board of ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Processes, etc. He is an elected AIChE Fellow. Dr. Huang holds a B.S. degree from Zhejiang University, China, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. degree from Kansas State University, all in chemical engineering. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin before joining Wayne State University.
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