Our goal in the Sustainable Engineering & Management (SEM) group is to impart knowledge and expertise of sustainable economies to students and partners. We utilize instruments and tools to help improve the environmental impacts of products and processes for a holistic approach to making business decisions.
Our focus in SEM
Sustainable product development
Assessment of product environmental impacts and development of concepts to improve environmental sustainability
Circular economies
Assessment and development of recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing systems
Energy and material flow management
Assessment of operational material flows as well as determining areas for optimization
Resource management
Assessment of operational resource and risk management including resource efficiency and valuation of macro-economic resource criticalities
Sustainable business models
Economic and technical development of business models in the area of sustainability
Electromobility
Analysis of products and services in electric mobility along with their technical prototyping
Research
Assessment of questions relevant to sustainability along with the development of methods of product and process sustainability
