Green Materials for a Circular Economy

S.M. Sapuan is a Professor (Grade “A”) of composite materials in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is also the former Head of the Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Centre (AEMC) at UPM. He attained his BEng in mechanical engineering from the University of Newcastle, in Australia and then went on to receive his MSc in engineering design and PhD in materials engineering, from De Montfort University in the UK. He is a Professional Engineer and a Fellow of many professional societies, including the Society of Automotive Engineers; the Academy of Science Malaysia; the International Society for Development and Sustainability; the World Academy of Sciences; the Plastic and Rubber Institute Malaysia (PRIM); the Malaysian Scientific Association and the Institute of Materials Malaysia. He is an Honorary Member and past Vice President of the Asian Polymer Association and Founding Chairman and Honorary Member of The Society of Sugar Palm Development and Industry, Malaysia. During the course of his career, he has produced over 2500 publications, including 989 journal papers, 68 books and 246 book chapters. Dzuraidah Abd Wahab is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, and the Head of Centre for Automotive Research in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment. Her research interests include product design for sustainability, engineering lifecycle, remanufacturing, AI applications in design, and concurrent engineering.Raja Ariffin Raja Ghaziila is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Head of the Centre for Sustainable and Smart Manufacturing in the Faculty of Engineering. His areas of research interest cover design and management for environmental sustainability, human-centred design, design for manufacturability, and methods and technique in design.Muhd Ridzuan Mansor is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Durian Tunggal, Malaysia. His research interests lie in product design, materials selection, lifecycle assessment, biocomposite materials, and materials characterization.

• 1. Zooming into Design for Circularity with the Emphasis on Green Materials and Life Cycle Extension Strategy2. Review of Design for Circularity: Recycled “green” composite materials from agricultural wastes3. Development and application of green hybrid nanocomposite materials4. Advancement of bioadhesives in recycled wood composites5. Mechanical behaviour of cellulosic composites under cyclic loading conditions6. Materials selection in biocomposites for circular economy7. Life Cycle Assessment in biocomposite products8. TRIZ in biocomposites product developments to enhance circular product design9. Design for circularity of wood furniture through life cycle assessment10. Decision making for product upgrades during remanufacturing11. Transition towards remanufacturing of electric vehicle transmission parts12. Fuzzy based decision-making system for remanufacturing repair using additive manufacturing technology13. The implementation of design for disassembly: Key concepts for circular product design14. Behavioural design for product circularity15. Joining design for product material circularity16. Resource circularity for manufacturing industry17. Leveraging ecodesign expertise towards moving to circular economy18. Materials selection of natural fibre composites for renewable energy application19. Design for Circularity on Green Materials for Energy Saving Applications20. Circular economy: Socioeconomic synergy of utilizing green product based business21. Framework for design for circularity in fused deposition modelling22. Enhanced Decision-Making Model for Conceptual Product Design in Circular Economy