ExpertiseUpdated on 22 May 2025
Design for Circularity and Sustainability
About
The design of products and services is not only defined by their functionality and aesthetics, but also by their environmental impact. Innovations and ideas are realised in products and infrastructures. The Wuppertal Institute researches how product-service systems can be made more sustainable.
Field
- Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management
- Network design of reverse supply chains
- Reverse Manufacturing
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Expertise
Urban Transformation & Circular Design
- Data ecosystems
- Reverse Manufacturing
- Industry 4.0 technologies
- Manufacturing and machine learning
- (AI based) Material and Product Design
- Network design of reverse supply chains
- (Advanced) Materials and additive manufacturing
- Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management
Annika Greven
Researcher at Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
Wuppertal, Germany
Expertise
Thermal and non-thermal processing of bio-polymers and their characterization
- Reverse Manufacturing
- Manufacturing and machine learning
- Simulation models and predictive analytics
- Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management
Maria Gräfenhahn
Sr. Academic Assoc. at HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland
Sion, Switzerland
Expertise
AI-Driven Lifecycle Management for Industrial Automation
- Reverse Manufacturing
- Industry 4.0 technologies
- (AI based) recognition systems
- Manufacturing and machine learning
- Robotic / handling - and assistance systems
- Life cycle assessment / Product life cycle management
Vivek Chavan
Research Associate at Fraunhofer IPK
Berlin, Germany