Sustainable Manufacturing Systems: Smart Planning and Operation for Energy-Efficient and Eco-Friendly Manufacturing
Fri, 07 Nov
|Online
Professor Jingshan Li explores cutting-edge methods for achieving sustainability in manufacturing through smart planning and optimization techniques that reduce energy consumption and emissions while maintaining productivity.
Time & Location
07 Nov 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GMT+1
Online
Date/Time in Local Time Zones
Central European Summer Time (CET) 1:00 PM 7th November 2025
Eastern Time (EDT) 7:00 AM 7th November 2025
Pacific Time (PT) 4:00 AM 7th November 2025
China Standard Time (CST) 8:00 PM 7th November 2025
Japan Standard Time (JST) 9:00 PM 7th November 2025
New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) 1:00 AM 8th November 2025
Sustainable Manufacturing Systems: Smart Planning and Operation for Energy-Efficient and Environment-Friendly Manufacturing
Jingshan Li, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
In order to respond to climate change, carbon peak and carbon neutral become the strategic goals worldwide. Manufacturing is ranked the third in both energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and the first in toxic releases. Therefore, manufacturing must be sustainable, i.e., green. Sustainable manufacturing systems are of significant importance to the worldwide economy, supply chain, and societal benefits. It typically includes two parts: The first is manufacturing systems of green technology or renewable energy products; While the second is related to scheduling, control, and optimization of manufacturing processes to reduce energy consumption and emissions.
In this talk, we will review the recent progresses in sustainable manufacturing systems, and focus on analysis, design and optimization of sustainable manufacturing systems. Specifically, through examples in battery manufacturing and energy-intensive production, we introduce smart planning and scheduling methods to redesign and reorganize processes and operations, to achieve energy-efficient and environment-friendly manufacturing. Finally, we extend the study to address the sustainability of product life cycle in the whole industrial chain.
Speaker Biography
Dr. Jingshan Li is a full professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University. He is an IEEE Fellow, an IISE Fellow, and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in Robotics and Automation. He was a tenured Professor in Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, till September 2021. His main research areas are in modeling, analysis, and control in manufacturing and healthcare systems. He has made many innovative work, with a lot of peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, two textbooks, and seven book volumes. He has received NSF Career Award, IEEE Early Career Award in Robotics and Automation, Best Paper Awards in IEEE Transactions, IIE Transactions, and prestigious international conferences, Best Textbook Award, and awards in UW Madison. He has been the Senior Editors of many top journals and Chairs of flagship conferences. His research has been supported by NSF, DOE, NIST, AHRQ, and industrial and healthcare organizations.