The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $250,068 Project Grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Illinois for the project "Collaborative Research: Concurrent Design Integration of Products and Remanufacturing Processes for Sustainability and Life Cycle Resilience". This 3-year research project aims to develop a new product design platform that concurrently considers the design of multi-life cycle products and their remanufacturing processes. The research objectives are to (1) quantify and allocate remanufacturing resilience, (2) formulate a remanufacturing co-design problem for component repairability, and (3) develop a design methodology for automated remanufacturing inspection. The project will validate the platform by working with an industrial partner on an agricultural vehicle hydraulic manifold design application, while also integrating the research findings into educational and outreach activities to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in sustainable design.
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