Sustainability & Remanufacturing Research Group

Sustainability and remanufacturing research addresses the challenge of developing remanufacturing as the solution to increasing product sustainability.

It specializes in holistic, interdisciplinary, practitioner-based research. Our research staff provides the foundation for the pan-Scotland Centre of Expertise, the Scottish Institute for Remanufacture

The department is home to the International remanufacture journal the Journal of Remanufacturing, the only academic journal in remanufacture.

We're active in:

All aspects all aspects relating to remanufacture from product to process design

Innovations in remanufacture tools, strategies and techniques.

Specialist expertise includes:

  • Design for remanufacture
  • Lean remanufacturing
  • Integrating environmental considerations in product design
  • Inventory management
  • Remanufacturing operational enhancement including automation
  • Reverse logistics
  • Robust methodology remanufacture inspection (both pre-processing inspection & processing inspection)

Our research staff

To find out how you can work with us contact dmem-admin@strath.ac.uk