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Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chain Research Laboratory

The Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chain Research Laboratory (MSSC Lab) at the University of Kentucky is focused on conducting fundamental and applied research directed at improving the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability performance of manufacturing systems and supply chains. The MSSC Lab strives to develop innovative methods, through the application of manufacturing and industrial engineering principles, to design, operate, evaluate and manage manufacturing systems and supply chains to promote economic, environmental and societal performance goals simultaneously. Promoting sustainability in manufacturing requires equal emphasis on product, process and system domains, as performance in one area is very closely related, and depends on, the other two. As such, more recently, the research group at the MSSC Lab has also extended efforts to investigate the design and evaluation of total life-cycle product sustainability.

Current research thrusts of the MSSC Lab are focused primarily on:

  • Development of performance measurement frameworks and metrics for sustainable manufacturing performance evaluation at the systems level
  • Supply chain risk and resilience modeling, (3) digitally-enabled total life-cycle product configuration optimization for sustainability
  • Quantitative evaluation of product life-cycle utilities (e.g.: recoverability, disassemblability, reusability, remanufacturability, etc.)
  • Investigation of organizational capability, readiness, and requirements for, sustaining successful lean transformations

MSSC Lab research project sponsors include the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), USAF Research Laboratory, US Army, National Science Foundation, UK e-Learning Innovation Initiative, GE Aviation and GE Transportation.

Projects

Total Funding as PI/Co-PI in excess of $14.8 million.

A Comprehensive Approach for Product Circularity Assessment Towards Sustainable Value Creation, Amount awarded: $135,241 (Sept. 2023 - Aug. 2024), National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Role: PI

UK-DiPP: Development of UK Digital iPad Product Passport for iPad Initiative Sustainability Improvement, Amount awarded: $ 48,997 (Jul. 2023 – Jun. 2024), University of Kentucky Office of Sustainability, Role: PI

NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing Carbon Centric Circular Economy Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing Solutions (KY, TN) - Generating Advanced Manufacturing Excellence for Change (GAME Change) for the Southeastern Commerce Corridor, Amount awarded: $ 1,000,000 (May 2023 – April 2025), National Science Foundation (NSF), Role: Co-PI

Surface Enhanced Smart Preprocessing of Municipal Solid Wastes for Year-Round Supply of Conversion-Ready Feedstocks, Amount Awarded: $ 2,116,749 (Oct. 2022 – Jun. 2026), Department of Energy, Role: Co-PI

A Metrics-based System for Evaluating the Circularity of Consumer Electronics Products, Amount awarded: $125,077 (Sept. 2022 - Dec. 2023), National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Role: PI

Development of Smart Additive and Hybrid Manufacturing Systems, Amount awarded: $3,337,252 (Mar 2021 – Feb. 2026), Army Research Laboratory, Role: PI

PFI-RP: Development of a SMaRT (Sustainable Materials and Recovery Technologies) Process for the Recovery of High-Value Metals from Electronic Waste, Amount awarded: $549,986 (Aug. 2021 – Jul. 2024), National Science Foundation (NSF), Role: Co-PI

Manufacturing Talent Development Innovation Laboratory: A Workshop for Manufacturing USA Institute Workforce Development Stakeholders, Amount awarded: $ 49,999 (Aug 2020 – Oct 2024), National Science Foundation (NSF), Role: PI

Support for the 7th International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing on ‘Sustainable Manufacturing in the Industry 4.0 Era’, Amount awarded:  $ 49,920 (Nov. 2019 – Dec. 2023), National Science Foundation (NSF), Role: PI

Sustainable Manufacturing Project, Amount awarded: $16,000 (Jan. 2022 – Dec. 2022), Novelis Inc., Role: PI

Kentucky Industrial Assessment Center (KIAC): Developing the Next Generation Energy Assessment Engineering Workforce, Amount awarded: $ 1,851,564 (Oct. 2016 – Sept. 2021), U.S. Department of Energy, Role: Co-PI

Coronado Mine Bunker Simulation Modeling, Amount awarded: $ 49,010 (Sep. 2018 – Mar. 2019), Coronado IV LLC, Role: PI

Enabling the Circular Economy through Sustainable Manufacturing: International Forum on Sustainable Manufacturing, Amount awarded: $ 24,000 (Nov. 2017 – Feb. 2019), National Science Foundation (NSF), Role: PI

Research Publications - Selected in the last five years

Edited Books/Journal Special Issues


  • Badurdeen, F. and Wang, P., (2022), “Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Analytics for Sustainable Manufacturing in Industry 4.0”, Special Issue, International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 5, Nos. 2-4, 153 pages.
  • Badurdeen, F. and Schoop, J., (2020), “Sustainable Manufacturing for Global Circular Economy”, Special Issue, International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 4, Nos. 2-4, 331 pages.
  • Badurdeen, F., “Sustainable Manufacturing: A Systems Perspective”, Special Issue of the International Journal of Strategic Engineering Asset Management, Vol. 2, No. 3, Inderscience Publishers, 2015, 83 pages.

Book Chapters

  • Badurdeen, F., Bal, A., Enyoghasi, C., Hapuwatte, B., Caudill, J., and Jawahir, I.S., (2024), “Decision Making for Sustainable Manufacturing”,  In: Abraham, M.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies. Second Edition, Elsevier, Forthcoming.
  • Badurdeen, F., Jawahir, I.S. and Rouch, K., (2024), “A Metrics-based Evaluation of Sustainable Manufacturing at Product and Process Levels”, In: Abraham, M.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies. Second Edition, Elsevier, Forthcoming.

Journal Papers

  • Enyoghasi, C. and Badurdeen, F., (2023), Bayesian belief network-based risk likelihood assessment for sustainable product design decision making, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 425, 138909, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.138909  
  • Badurdeen, F., Srivastava, S., Okunev, D. and Jawahir I.S., (2023), Digital Integration of Total Lifecycle Tools for Sustainable Product Design, International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 5, Issues 2-4, pp 217-237, DOI: 10.1504/IJSM.2022.134571
  • Crosby, B. and Badurdeen, F., (2022), Integrating Lean and Sustainable Manufacturing Principles for Sustainable Total Productive Maintenance (Sus-TPM), ASTM Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, Vol.6, No. 1, doi:10.1520/SSMS20210025 
  • Bal**, A. and Badurdeen, F., (2022), A simulation-based optimization approach for network design: The circular economy perspective, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vol. 30, pp. 761-775, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.033 
  • Hapuwatte, B.M., Badurdeen, F., Bagh, A., and Jawahir, I.S., (2022), Optimizing sustainability performance through component commonality for multi-generational products, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 180,105999, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105999  
  • Enyoghasi, C. and Badurdeen, F., (2022), Industry 4.0 for Sustainable Manufacturing: Opportunities at the Product, Process, and System Levels, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Vol. 166, 105362, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105362 
  • Calik**, E., Badurdeen, F., and Bal**, A., (2020), Cooperation networks and organizational factors on sustainable innovation, Journal on Innovation and Sustainability, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 110-135.
  • Enyoghasi, C., Brown, A., Aydin*, A., and Badurdeen, F., (2020), Quantitative risk modeling for evaluating sustainable product designs, International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 4, Nos. 2-4, pp. 165-185.
  • Abedini, A., Li, W., Badurdeen, F., and Jawahir, I.S., (2020), A metrics-based framework for sustainable production scheduling, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol 54, pp. 174-185.
  • Badurdeen, F., and Schoop, J., (2020), Special issue on Sustainable Manufacturing for Global Circular Economy Editorial, International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, Vol. 4, Nos. 2-4, pp. 97-100.
  • Hong, S-Y., Bal**, A., Badurdeen, F., Agioutantis., Z., and Hicks, S., (2020), Evaluation of bunker size for continuous/discrete flow systems by applying discrete event simulation: A case study in mining, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Vol. 105, pp. 1-12.
  • Aydin*, R. and Badurdeen, F., (2019), Sustainable product line design considering a multi-lifecycle approach, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 149, pp. 727-737.

Refereed Conference Papers

  • Guedes, G.B., Ko, J., Badurdeen, F., Jawahir, I.S., Morris, K.C., Ferrero, V., (2023), A Systems-based Framework for Product Circularity, Pro. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), December 4-6, 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Ko, J., Adoba, P., Deaton, A., Wang, P. and Badurdeen, F., (2023), Towards sustainable consumer electronics products: Development of a user-friendly digital product passport for the electronics sector, Pro. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), December 4-6, 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Paliwal, S., Gannon, P., Lauricella, E., Riddett, K.E., Badurdeen, F., and Elam, A., (2023), Spaceship Earth: An Educational Game on Sustainable Manufacturing, Pro. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), December 4-6, 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Arnold, G., Polizzi, Mohsin, S.I., Carnesi, D., Schoop, J., and Badurdeen, F., (2023), An Approach to Quantifying the Lifecycle Sustainability Impacts of Tungsten Carbide Tools, Pro. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), December 4-6, 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Ko, J., Guedes, G.B., Badurdeen, F., Jawahir, I.S., Morris, K.C., Ferrero, V., Hapuwatte, B., (2023), A Critical Analysis of Circular Product Attributes and Limitations of Product Circularity Assessment Methods, Proc. Of the International Conference on Resource Sustainability (iCRS 2023), August 7-9, 2023, Guildford, United Kingdom.
  • Badurdeen, F., Bal*, A., Agioutantis, Z., Hicks, S. (2024). Simulation-Based Approach to Assess Impact of Increasing Skip Capacity for Underground Mining. In: Silva, F.J.G., Ferreira, L.P., Sá, J.C., Pereira, M.T., Pinto, C.M.A. (eds) Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: Establishing Bridges for More Sustainable Manufacturing Systems. FAIM 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38165-2_133
  • Mohsin, S. I., Farhang, B., Wang, P., Yang, Y., Shayes-teh, N. and Badurdeen, F., (2023), Deep Learning based automatic defect detection of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing, To appear In: Silva, F.J.G., Ferreira, L.P., Sá, J.C., Pereira, M.T., Pinto, C.M.A. (eds) Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: Establishing Bridges for More Sustainable Manufacturing Systems. FAIM 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Chambridge.
  • Enyoghasi, C. and Badurdeen, F., (2023), Sustainable Product Design Decision-Making through Integrated Risk Likelihood and Impact Analyses, Proc. of the ASME 2023 18th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC2023), June 12-16, 2023, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 
  • Hapuwatte, B.M., Badurdeen, F. and I.S. Jawahir, (2022), “Classifying Multi-Generational Products for the Circular Economy”, Pro. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), Berlin, Germany, Oct. 2022.
  • Zannoun, H., J G. Guedes, Jesse Okorafor, Trey Asensio, Badurdeen, F., Peng Wang, I.S. Jawahir, Giampaolo Campana, Mattia Mele and Barbara Cimatti, (2022), “Leveraging Italian Design for Creating Sustainable Products”, Pro. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), Berlin, Germany, October 2022.
  • Thornton, E-L., Hartley, A., Caudill, D., Gamesu, M., Schoop, J., and Badurdeen, F., “Evaluating the Sustainability of Paper and Plastic Substitute Material LimeX”, (2022), Pro. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), Berlin, Germany, October 2022.
  • Dean, C., Badurdeen, F., and OoNorasak, K., (2022), “Enabling Sustainable Consumption: Development of an Inventory Management Tool for Food Recovery”, Pro. Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM), Berlin, Germany, October 2022.
  • Najarzadeh, A., and Badurdeen, F., (2022), “Modeling and Simulation to Assess the Role of Culture for Successful Lean Transformations”, Proc. FAIM, Detroit, Michigan, USA, June 2022.
  • Bou Hatoum, M., Nassereddine, H., and Badurdeen, F., (2022), “Towards a Canvas for Construction 4.0 Implementation in AECO Organizations”, Creative Construction e-Conference, 2022.
  • Enyoghasi, C. and Badurdeen, F., (2022), “Evaluating Performance of a Product Design: Risk Identification for Likelihood and Impact Assessments”, Proc. IISE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, May 2022.
  • Enyoghasi, C. and Badurdeen, F., (2021), “A Bayesian Inference-based Approach for Sustainable Product Design Risk Assessment”, The 30th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2021), – September 7-10, 2021, Athens, Greece (to be held virtually).
  • Ali, A., Enyoghasi, C., and Badurdeen, F., (2021), “A Quantitative Approach for Product Disassemblability Assessment”, International Conference on Resource Sustainability (iCRS), July 19-23, 2021, Dublin, Ireland (held virtually). (Best Conference Paper Award) 
  • Alvarez de los Mozos, E., Badurdeen, F., and Dossou, P., (2020), “Sustainable Consumption by Reducing Food Waste: A Review of the Current State and Directions for Future Research”, Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 51, pp. 1791-1798. 
  • Bal*., A. and Badurdeen, F., (2020), Multi-Objective Facility Location Model to Implement Circular Economy, 30th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2020) – cancelled due to COVID-19, Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 51, pp. 1592-1599. 
  • Enyoghasi, C. and Badurdeen, F., (2019), Risk-informed simulation for sustainable product design decision making, 17th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 43, pp. 399-406.
  • Bal*., A. and Badurdeen, F., (2019), An IoT-enabled multiple lifecycle approach: The Lease First-Then Sell Business Model, 29th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2019), June 24-28, 2019, Limerick, Ireland, Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 38, pp. 1284-1291.
  • Abedini, A., Li, W., Badurdeen, F., and Jawahir, I.S., (2019), Sustainable production through balancing trade-offs among three metrics in flow shop scheduling, 26th Life Cycle Engineering Conference, Procedia CIRP, Vol. 80, pp. 209-214.

Principal Investigator

Fazleena Badurdeen

Professional headshot of Fazleena Badurdeen.

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Director of Graduate Studies for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Earl Parker Robinson Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering

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