Course - Sustainable and Circular Manufacturing Summer School - VB8001
Sustainable and Circular Manufacturing Summer School
About
About the course
Course content
The summer school will focus on circular manufacturing and content are the following modules and lectures:
Module: Introduction to Circular manufacturing
Lectures:
- Introduction to the summerschool
- Introduction to Sustainable Development and Circular Economy
- Concepts of circular manufacturing
Module: System design of circular manufacturing
Lectures:
- Circular manufacturing system
- Life cycle planning designing the circular manufacturing system
- Resuse and maintanence management for circular manufacturing
Module: Product design for circular manufacturing
Lectures:
- Material selection and recycling
- Design for X; disassembly, remanufacturing, reverse logistics, geometry and tolerance selection
- Novel bussines models and product -service -systems
Module: Processes for circular manufacturing
Lectures:
-Disassembly and component integrity assessment
-Processes for remanufacturing; Additive, joining, coating.
-Processes for recycling; shredding, separation, refining, remelting.
Module: Modelling of circular manufacturing
Lectures:
- Modelling of circular manufacturing using network modelling methods
- Modelling of circular manufacturing using system dynamics modelling
- Modelling of circular manufacturing using discrete event modelling
Module: Project report
Learning outcome
After having successfully completed the course, students are expected to have mastered the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
-Knowledge of advanced research in and understanding of academic theory of sustainable development and circular manufacturing.
-Knowledge about circular system design, necessary processes for circular manufacturing
-Knowledge about modelling methods for analysis and selection of solutions.
Skills
-Ability to select appropriate research methods and techniques.
-Ability to understand and challenge the existing knowledge and practice in sustainable and circular manufacturing.
-Ability to model and analyse circular manufacturing from a system thinking viewpoint.
General competence
-The student will be able to understand and assess circular manufacturing concepts an apply this tho industry cases.
-The student will be able to analyse and select novel business models in a circular economy perspective.
-The studentwill be able to communicate research and development work through recognized Norwegian and international channels
Learning methods and activities
-Lectures
-Presentation
-Group work
-Industriial case studies and project report/article
Further on evaluation
- The course will be graded based on a final report written by each individual students.
- Re-sit: Whole course must be re-taken.
Recommended previous knowledge
It is recommended to be familiar with basic concepts related to topics of sustainable and circular manufacturing. Selected material will be given to the students prior to the summer school.
Required previous knowledge
No specific previous knowledge is required.
Course materials
- Scientific articles, hand-outs and online resources/materials provided by lecturers.
- Industry cases with data.
- Some material must be read before attending the summer school.
Subject areas
- Engineering
- Engineering Subjects
Contact information
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Department with academic responsibility
Examination
Examination
Ordinary examination - Autumn 2019
Rapport
Submission 2019-10-04 Time Release 08:00
Submission 23:59 Exam system Inspera Assessment