Researchers 

Dr Wai Ming Cheung of Northumbria University, UK – leads the research theme to challenge the development of greener and cleaner approach in terms of global product development. This theme addresses new advances in “Clean and Sustainable Technology” and reviews its implications in the sustainable industry. This research theme is focused on various implementation pathways (such as new materials, design approaches, process, production systems, life cycle engineering approaches, etc.) to produce products with minimum material wastages, low carbon footprint, low cost and less energy requirement.

Dr Matthew Ozoemena of The University of Warwick, UK - My research expertise and interests fall under the portfolio of sustainability assessment. I carry out extensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) research in the high value manufacturing sector working in collaboration with industrial and academic partners Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, TATA Steel UK, JCB, Potenza, Delta Motorsport, Ariel, Alexander Dennis, Hauck Heat Treatment, ASL Ltd, Manufacturing Technology Centre, ARRK Europe Ltd, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, University of Cambridge and University of Birmingham. I have also been involved in LCA and LCC studies of energy systems with a focus on wind turbines.  

Dr Parag Vichare of University of the West of Scotland, UK. Parag's research in sustainability is primarily focused on remanufacturing strategies for circular economy. 

Dr Peter Matthews of Durham University, UK, has a long track record of working in renewable energy.  His wind energy research is primarily in data mining SCADA and other wind turbine operational data. This research is primarily aimed at developing diagnostic and prognostic measures for individual wind turbine health. The approach taken is based around statistical modelling of healthy wind turbines, and then comparing live wind turbines against this healthy model. Other methods (eg physics based) are under development as well, again using ‘big data’ approaches to validate. 

Peter Ball is Professor of Operations Management at The York School of Management, University of York, UK. Peter's research focuses on how operations can be designed and improved. Application areas span manufacturing, supply chain and service. His research examines how practices are shared and adopted as well as how modelling and simulation can be used to understand the performance of those practices. Environmental sustainability, resource efficiency and resource productivity are central to this work.

Dr. Reaz Hasan of Birmingham City University, UK – My research interest and expertise lies mainly in the analysis of sustainability in the Built Environment applications. In the past, I have been involved in environmental impact assessments of various renewable and existing energy systems with extensive use of LCA tools with a focus on the reduction of carbon footprint related to the use of materials and energy for producing the systems. I would like to use my expertise for innovative designs of buildings and construction projects at the design stage by taking into account the environmental impact in conjunction with Building Information Modelling.  

Dr. Endong Wang of Construction Management at The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, U.S. Endong’s research primarily concentrates on infrastructure sustainability and resilience as well as precision sustainability informatics. He has developed robust quantitative modeling instruments and methods for sustainable design and construction. His work integrates diverse advanced techniques and tools, such as stochastic life cycle assessment, machine learning, unmanned aerial vehicle, infrared technology and building information modeling.