Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing: Products, Processes, and Systems: August 7, 2009
Speakers | Agenda | Details | Organizing Committee

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’. This event is organized to precede the First International Congress in Sustainable Manufacturing (ICOSSE) to be held in Cincinnati, OH from August 9-12, 2009 and will bring together a group of nationally & internationally renowned experts in sustainable products, processes and systems (supply chains) from academia and industry.  The event will include short presentations by the invited speakers and two panel discussions.

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Speakers

Dr. Nabil Nasr is Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs, Director of the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies, and Director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is also the founding director of the National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery (NC3R), a unit of CIMS.

For over 21 years, Dr. Nasr has been a leader in the research and development efforts in environmentally benign manufacturing, remanufacturing, and sustainable design.  He has developed strong ties to industry through efforts to implement and improve sustainable design processes at hundreds of companies from diverse sectors.  Dr. Nasr is a renowned presenter on remanufacturing and environmentally benign manufacturing, has chaired a number of industry-wide conference sessions, and published numerous technical papers.  He has served on several national task forces in this field and is a member of the National Science Foundation’s Environmentally Benign Manufacturing Team, and the National Research Council Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design.  He is also the chairman of the Remanufacturing Industries Council and several industry boards. 

Dr. Jayantha P. Liyanage is a Professor of Industrial Asset Management at the University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway. He is Chair and Project Advisor of Centre Industrial Asset Management (CIAM) & serves on the Board of Directors of Society of Petroleum Engineers (Stavanger chapter). Dr. Liyanage is a Co-organiser and coordinator of the European Network for Strategic Engineering Asset Management (EURENSEAM), member of the special Working Group on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Services, and Technology of IFAC (International Federation for Automatic Control), Honorary Founding Fellow of the ISEAM (International Society of Engineering Asset Management) and Honorary Fellow of IFRIM (International Foundation for Research in Maintenance). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Strategic Engineering Asset Management (IJSEAM). He has published more than 75 publications in various books, international journals and conferences over the last few years.

Dr. Shaw Feng is leading research efforts on sustainable manufacturing indicators and disassembly in the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is also collaborating with the International Trade Administration in the Department of Commerce in developing indicators, metrics, and tools for measuring sustainability performance of manufacturing processes. Recently, his team has developed a comprehensive disassembly information model for design for reuse, recycle, and remanufacturing.

For over 20 years at NIST, Dr. Feng has been a leader in the research and development efforts in metrology of mechanical parts, process planning, design for eco-friendly manufacturing, disassembly, and sustainability performance metrics. He has developed strong international collaborations with industry, academia, and other government agencies in measuring sustainability performance in manufacturing.  Dr. Feng has numerous technical reports and papers in the areas of manufacturing execution, concurrent engineering, process planning, solid/surface modeling, automated manufacturing systems, geometric tolerancing, inspection planning, and inspection data analysis. He has been a major contributor to ISO standard development in tolerance modeling, inspection planning, process planning, and manufacturing software interoperability. He has received Bronze Metal for Federal Service and Japan Science and Technology Research Fellowship.

Tonya Jackson is the director of sustainable technology and operations for Lexmark International, Inc.  She is responsible for laboratory operations and environmental sustainability initiatives.

Previously, Jackson was the director of sustainable practices – environmental, health and safety, and was responsible for managing Lexmark’s sustainable environmental initiatives.  Prior to this, she served as a technology manager in the research and development area.

Jackson holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Hampton University and a master's degree in chemistry from Vassar College.

Jake Barr is a 29-year employee of the Procter & Gamble Company, he directs the Global Supply Network Design and supply network pillar efforts for the Company to drive value creation, in addition to being the functional Director for Supply Network Operations. 

Jake began his career with P&G in Finance in Risk Analysis and then moved into Operations.  He has worked across the breadth of P&G’s business units during his career.  One of the original architects for P&G’s demand driven supply strategy, this work has become the key enabler to P&G’s effort to make the consumer and shopper the primary focus of the supply network.  He brings with him experience in building supply network capability globally through assignments in Asia, Latin America and North America.  Currently serves on MIT’s Supply Chain 2020 Industry Advisory Council; AMR Research’s Consumer Products Industry Advisory Board; and is a member of the Global Supply Chain Professional Development Committee.

Todd Rockstroh joined the General Electric Aviation (GEA) Laser Material Processing Group in 1986.  He is currently a GE Consulting Engineer for Manufacturing Technology and previously led the GEA laser organization.  He was named the GE Aviation Edison Engineer in 2007 for his contributions in laser material processing and impacts to GEA Supply Chain.
 Prior to General Electric, Todd Rockstroh received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, focusing on laser material processing and directed laser rocket propulsion.  He also worked for Bell Labs focusing on laser diode fiber optic communication.  He completed his Bacherlor’s (’78) and Master’s (’79) degrees at Purdue University.  Todd holds 21 patents in the field of laser material processing.

Kevin Butt is the General Manager/Chief Environmental Officer of Environmental/Safety Engineering.  He is responsible for the development of Environmental/Safety Programs and Regulatory/Legislative development for all of Toyota’s North American operations.

Prior to Environmental/Safety Engineering Mr. Butt was the Assistant General Manager of Body Production Engineering for Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc., (TMMNA).  He is responsible for Body Engineering for all Toyota’s North American manufacturing operations.  Body Engineering consists of Welding, Stamping, and Painting Operations.

Mr. Butt started working for Toyota in 1992.  Prior to his career with Toyota, Mr. Butt worked for AK Steel Company where he was Manager of Environmental Affairs. 

Mr. Butt worked ten years in the Environmental Department for Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America prior to his recent assignment to Production Engineering.

Mr. Butt has served as Chairman of the Association of International Automobile Manufacturing’s Stationary Source Committee.  He has also served in the same capacity for the Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers.  Mr. Butt was appointed by Ms. Carol Browner, EPA Administrator to serve on EPA’s Common Sense Initiative.

Mr. Butt serves on several boards including the National Wildlife Habitat Council, Newport Aquarium WAVE Foundation, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and several community boards including serving as President of the Georgetown College Men’s Soccer Boosters Club. 

Agenda

Details

When
August 7, 2009

Where
University of Kentucky, Robotics Building, Room 323

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Organizing Committee

Chair
Dr. Fazleena Badurdeen

Co-Chair
Dr. I.S. Jawahir

Advisory Committee
Dr. Bruce Walcott
Dr. Keith Rouch
Dr. Dusan Sekullic
Dr. Lawrence Holloway
Dr. Arlie Hall
Dr. Thomas J. Goldsby
Dr. Deepak Iyengar
Dr. Oscar W. Dillon, Jr.
Richard Alloo, TEMA Executive in Residence, Center for Manufacturing
Dan Seevers, Lexmark International
Dr. Robert Gregory

Administrative Staff
Dorothy Rapp
Stephanie Woolery