City University of Hong Kong
The purpose of this seminar is to introduce sustainable green manufacturing and explain the way we are helping CityU to develop a new green manufacturing course and some research in the region. The purpose of our effort is to help to increase overall quality of life. Furthermore, to improve products and processes, and simultaneously reduce energy cost, pollution, the carbon and the environmental footprint of all manufacturing and related activities, including raw material processing, as well as warehousing, transportation and logistics. Advanced, sustainable green manufacturing is used in all areas of manufacturing, including product and process design, control, fabrication, test, assembly, disassembly, transportation, and even in remanufacturing / recycling. In terms of green manufacturing sustainability we consider an eco-friendly state, or process that can be maintained over time, for a very long time. Sustainable, green manufacturing has attracted a wide area of research topics. These are mainly non-traditional, interdisciplinary areas of research, emphasizing a systems approach to green manufacturing and related fields.
What makes green manufacturing very exciting, is that it is an interdisciplinary subject. It should attract a flexible person with an open mind, that is ready to think laterally, structure, reason and integrate quality information, and then turn it into new knowledge to help mankind and all living entities in our Mother Earth. Consider, the fact, that factory pollution created in one continent can now be measured in another... therefore it is not a local issue anymore... also, the green house effect changes everybody's life on Earth... In the new Green Manufacturing course we learn some generic analytical methods and tools, and apply them to solve specific real-world, practical challenges in industry and in R&D. In the green manufacturing course, with the aid of advanced 3D interactive multimedia, digital videos, text, images, and our analytical computational tools we go on a virtual tour and analyze various factories, product, process and service systems and industries in the USA, Europe, Japan, China, and around the world, and then apply our quality-focused methods and tools to 'green' them. During this 'greening' process we learn why this is essential for humanity, for quality life, as well as for business. This is because 'greening' is a profitable business opportunity since it makes products, processes and even the service industry leaner and more sustainable by focusing on waste reduction... and reduced waste means gain, new energy, new resources, new income, and less toxic waste for all of us! We also learn about sustainable green manufacturing standards, processes, requirements and risks, about statistical methods to control them, about the 18 monozukuri eco-principles, about biodegradable materials, sustainable green processes, about green rapid prototyping and digital manufacturing, green flexible automation, green manufacturing networking and collaboration methods / tools, green supply chains, green project management methods, and several international use-cases in a variety of USA, European, Chinese, Japanese, and other industries.
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Event: |
MEEM Seminar 0809_010 |
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Date: |
03 September 2008 (Wednesday) |
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Time: |
3:00pm (Tea reception at 2:30pm) |
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Venue: |
Room B6605 (FSE Conference Room) |
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Speaker: |
Professor Paul RANKY |
Professor Paul RANKY is a Full Tenured Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing and Management Systems Engineering at the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology), with an additional faculty appointment with NJIT's IT (Information Technology Program), as Professor of IS & IT. NJIT is the Public Research University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA. Member, or former member of SAE(USA), IEE(UK), IET (UK), IEEE(USA), PMI(USA), SME(USA), ASME(USA), ISPE (USA), International Soc. of Pharmaceutical Engineers, ASQ(USA), the Lean Manufacturing and the Quality Auditing Dvivisions, educated by ASQ (USA) in lean six-sigma, quality leadership, and others.
He is a Registered and Chartered Professional Engineer, specializing in green manufacturing, integrated product and process design, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), using digital product, process, manufacturing, and quality factory design methods and tools. He is USA editor of IJCIM, by Taylor and Francis, and editorial board member of several international journals, including IJFMS by Springer USA, and Assembly Automation by Emerald UK. He has authored and/or co-authored over 400 refereed publications. He is the inventor of advanced robot tool changers, robot test methods, various CNC and flexible manufacturing / assembly cell designs and software solutions, and 3D interactive multimedia eBooks. He has published the first book on Flexible Manufacturing Systems in 1984, and has an academic research track record of over 28 years in Europe and in the USA.
Enquiry: MEEM General Office (Tel: 2788 8420 Email: mego@cityu.edu.hk )