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ExpertiseUpdated on 22 May 2025

Design for Circularity and Sustainability

Christoph Tochtrop

Researcher at Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

Wuppertal, Germany

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

Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie

R&D Institution

Wuppertal, Germany

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  • 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