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Principal Investigator

Dr. Bert Bras

Associate Chair for Administration and Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex (MRDC) 3408, Atlanta, GA 30313
bert.bras@nullme.gatech.edu

 

Dr. Bras’ research focus is on environmentally conscious design and manufacturing, design for de- and re-manufacture, activity-based costing and environmental management, and industrial ecology. His primary research question is how to reduce the environmental impact of companies while increasing their competitiveness, that is, how to promote sustainable development. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has challenged engineers to create more environmentally benign products and processes. For example, European take-back mandates and voluntary agreements have forced manufacturers who operate globally to take back their products after use and de-manufacture them for recycling.

One specific research thrust focuses on assessing the total environmental and economic impact of products and processes during their life, and how these tools and technologies can (best) be integrated in engineering and business practice. He is currently working with colleagues in Industrial and Systems Engineering and research engineers in the Manufacturing Research Center’s Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing program on new tools that allow companies to see (real-time) what the economic and environmental impact of their production processes are, analogous to the dashboard of an automobile. Graduate students from Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Management are working with large as well as small and medium-sized Enterprises to model their production facilities.

Dr. Bras is also investigating the role that computer simulation can play in benchmarking and feasibility studies of improved product and process designs. One project sponsored by the National Science Foundation is focused on studying the benefits and limitations of employing virtual reality as well as haptic (force-feedback) tools in prototyping disassembly processes.

He has received funding and donations for his research from the National Science Foundation, the Georgia Research Alliance, the Army Environmental Policy Institute, AT&T, Motorola, Ford, Chrysler, and Interface Flooring Systems, among others.

 

Lab Members

Zack Morris

PhD Candidate
Georgia Institute of Technology
zbmorris@nullgatech.edu

 

 

Stephen Malone

PhD Candidate
Georgia Institute of Technology
smalone31@nullgatech.edu

 

 

Ishit Amin

Masters Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
ishit.amin@nullgatech.edu

 

 

 

 

Bryan Watson

Ph.D. Candidate
Georgia Institute of Technology
bcwatson@nullgatech.edu

 

 

 

Francis Fish

PhD Candidate
Georgia Institute of Technology
francis.fish@nullgatech.edu

 

Brian Cochran

PhD Candidate
Georgia Institute of Technology
bcochran3@nullgatech.edu

 

Yosuke Yajima

Masters Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
yyajima@nullgatech.edu

 

Undergraduate Members

Jesus Pacheco

Danny Lee

 

Past Members

Christopher Mcarthur

Guillaume Migeon

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