Together, the Colleges of Engineering and Design have a history – of working cooperatively on projects that involve principles applicable to both disciplines. The Center for Manufacturing and the School of Architecture, both units within those colleges, have collaborated several times in the past few years. A majority of these projects have been in the field of sustainability, linking a designers method for “seeing and inventing” the world with the emerging issues of energy efficiency and resource renewability important to an industrial engineer... read more
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Manufacturing has been undergoing a series of transformations. No longer able to assume indefinite supplies of cheap raw materials, no longer able to make products designed to be used and discarded, manufacturing over the last twenty years has gone toward lean (stressing quality and relentless reduction of waste) and green (“reduce, reuse and recycle”) manufacturing approaches. The next big step includes...
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| Sustainable development is no longer a choice but a necessity that must be followed at individual, enterprise, national and international levels. Manufacturing being one of the major drivers of development, it is then imperative that innovative sustainable manufacturing practices are developed and implemented to ensure economic growth is achieved while ensuring environmental protection and societal well-being. The Sustainable Manufacturing Research Group at the University of Kentucky, together with the Center for Manufacturing and College of Engineering is organizing a ‘Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing: Products, Processes and Systems’. |
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For students who want to think outside the disciplinary boxes...
Ph. D Fellowships in
Sustainable Systems
Achieving sustainability -- a strong economy in harmony with environmental and societal goals -- is the most pressing issue of the 21st century.
If we fail, there may not be a 22nd.
But the problems -- economic, societal, technical, scientific – we must solve to achieve such a goal are too complex to be addressed by scientists and engineers narrowly focused on only one discipline. It’s time for a new generation of transdisciplinary researchers whose work can draw on whatever field they need to find solutions, be it business, engineering, psychology….
To answer the need, University of Kentucky is inviting applications for Ph. D Fellowships in Sustainable Systems for Fall Semester, 2009... read more
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