Green Manufacturing

Commentary, information and resources related to green manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing and sustainability in the US and abroad. Based on information from a variety of sources (web to print) and including technical information from researchers in the field as well as researchers at the University of California in the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS - lmas.berkeley.edu).

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

The Role of Manufacturing in the Circular Economy

Connecting all the arrows A while back in the last posting (July?!) the circular economy was included in the discussion about the role ...

Thursday, July 9, 2015

The 3rd Machine Age

Where are all the people? I recently bought and read a book “ The Second Machine Age ” by two visionary authors at MIT predicting (toutin...

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Circular economy (and global material and waste flows), Part III

Where does everything go? The last posting on the circular economy (CE) was back in August, 2014 and discussed how to measure progress an...

Friday, February 20, 2015

Climate change and manufacturing

Or, when you’re in a hole … stop digging The subtitle to this posting, the so-called “first law of holes,” is attributed to various sour...

Monday, January 5, 2015

Material flow, the butterfly effect and consumer influence

What is “your butterfly” up to?! Past postings have included discussions of the Ricoh Comet Circle and the circular economy as reasonable ...

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Data Schmata

Show me some numbers! At the end of the last posting the statement was made that it is necessary to address green manufacturing and the ro...

Monday, October 27, 2014

The Digital Revolution

Dejå vu all over again?! The last posting started the buildup to using data (from where ever) to drive innovation, clarity and transparenc...

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About Me

David Dornfeld: Berkeley, CA, United States; Dornfeld received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UW-Madison in 1976 and is Will C. Hall Family Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at University of California Berkeley. He leads the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS) (lmas.berkeley.edu) and the Sustainable Manufacturing Partnership (smp.berkeley.edu) studying green/sustainable manufacturing; manufacturing processes; precision manufacturing; process monitoring and optimization. He’s published over 400 papers, authored three research monographs, contributed chapters to several books and has seven patents. He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), recipient of ASME Ennor Award, 2010 and Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award,1986, Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), recipient of 2004 SME Fredrick W. Taylor Research Medal, member Japan Society of Precision Engineering (JSPE) and recipient of 2005 JSPE Takagi Prize, Fellow of University of Tokyo Engineering and Fellow of CIRP (Int'l Academy for Production Engineering). He consults on design and manufacturing and associated IP issues.

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