This morning when I got to office, I felt surprised and excited to receive the captioned news from Prof.Zhang in TTU, US.

I wish CIRP2010 will be held succesflly in my Alma master. For the details of the confernce, please refer to the following:

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

17^th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2010)
19-21 May 2010, Hefei, China
Sustainable Manufacturing: Fundamental Theories, Application Technologies and Future Development

Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to participate and/or submit paper(s) to the 17th CIRP international Conference on Life Cycle Engineering to be held at Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China, on 19-21 May 2010. This conference will be supported by sustainable manufacturing group, the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES), and Division of Engineering and Material Science, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

The detailed information about this conference is as follows:

Scope and Topics

Ø  Design knowledge in a changing world

Ø  Closed loop design and closed loop economy

Ø  Design for disassembly and recycling 

Ø  Disassembly techniques

Ø  Eco-design and Eco-innovation

Ø  End-of-life strategies

Ø  Integrated product policy

Ø  Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Ø  Life cycle costing (LCC)

Ø  Life cycle management (LCM)

Ø  Life cycle engineering education

Ø  Reuse, remanufacture and recycling techniques

Ø  Social LCA, Methods and tools

Ø  Reverse logistics and product recovery

Ø  Sustainable business models

Ø  Quantitative Sustainability Assessment

Ø  Design for local and global consumers

Ø  Smart design for sustainability

Ø  Energy saving product development and manufacturing processes

Ø  Alternative energy technology

Ø  Reusable, recyclable and refurbishable energy technology

Ø  Biomaterials and bio-energy technology

Ø  Degradable biomaterials

Important Dates

Abstract submission:                                       1st October 2009

Notification of abstract acceptance:               1st November 2009

Full paper submission:                                    15th December 2009

Notification of full paper acceptance:             8th February 2010

Camera-ready paper deadline:                       29th March 2010

Conference Fee

Up to 1st March 2010:                        $425

After 1st March 2010:                         $580

Students:                                             $160

Tours:

Pre-Conference Tours:                                   8-18 May 2010

Post-Conference Tours:                                 22-30 May 2010

Organized by

Institute of Green Design and Manufacturing Engineering

Hefei University of Technology

193 Tunxi Road

Hefei, Anhui 230009

P.R.China

Tel: +86 (551) 2901775

Fax:+86 (551) 2901775

Contact Information:

For scientific, registration and general information please contact:

Haihong Huang (lce2010@hfut.edu.cn)

 

For general details visit our website:

 

http://lce2010.hfut.edu.cn/