Center for Sustainable Energy and Environment
The Center for Sustainable Energy and Environment serves as an interdisciplinary research facility at the School of Engineering conducting extensive research on energy and environment related issues. The mission of the center is to contribute to the body of knowledge in related areas while increasing awareness on greening activities.
The research areas include: life cycle analysis, End-of-life (EOL) products, disassembly for environment, disassembly sequencing, disassembly scheduling, greening curricula, increasing participation of women in engineering.
The center also serves as a bridge between researchers and the community aiming at creating enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The center's SWE counselor and faculty advisor aim at increasing the female participation in STEM related research.
Genetic Algorithm for Disassembly Sequencing
End-of-life (EOL) processing options include reuse, remanufacturing, recycling and proper disposal. In almost all cases, a certain level of disassembly may be required due to possible changes in the original product structure. Thus, finding an optimal disassembly sequence is crucial to increasing the efficiency of the process. Disassembly operations are labor intensive, can be costly, have unique characteristics and cannot be considered as reverse of assembly operations. Since the complexity of determining the best disassembly sequence increases as the number of parts of the product grow, it is crucial that an efficient methodology for disassembly sequencing be developed.
Creating and Environmentally Benign Campus
鈥淓stablishing an Environmental Sustainability Program at 越南直播鈥� project will enrich engineering research at the University with the goal of promoting sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being and that are also compatible with sustaining natural (environmental) systems which provide ecological services vital for human survival.
- Kongar, E. and Gupta, S. M., 鈥淎 Multiple Objective Tabu Search Approach for End-of-Life Product Disassembly鈥�, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management (IJAOM), Vol. 1, No.2/3, pp. 177 鈥� 202, 2009.
- Kongar, E. and Gupta, S. M., 鈥淪olving the Disassembly-To-Order Problem Using Linear Physical Programming鈥�, International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research (IJMOR), Vol. 1, No. 4, 504-531, 2009.
- Kongar, E., Kontogiorgis, P., Russo N., Sobh, T., 鈥淲omen in Science, Engineering and Technology: Changing Roles and Perception within the Technical Services Industries鈥�, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences [Medwell], 4 (1): 46-50, ISSN: 1816-949X, 2009.
- Kongar, E., Pallis, J., Sobh, T., 鈥淎 Method for Evaluating the Performance of Engineering Schools鈥�, Submitted to the International Journal of Engineering Education (IJEE), November, 2009.
- Kongar, E. and Rosentrater, K., 鈥淕reening the Curriculum: Augmenting Engineering and Technology Courses with Sustainability Topics鈥�, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, (in review), 2010.
- Kongar, E., Rosentrater, K., 鈥淒ata Envelopment Analysis Approach to Compare the Environmental Efficiency of Energy Utilization鈥�, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (SEPS), December 2009 (in review).
- Kongar, E., Gupta, S. M., 鈥淒isassembly to Order System Under Uncertainty鈥�, OMEGA, Vol. 34, No. 6, 550-561, 2006.
- Kongar, E., Gupta, S. M., 鈥淒isassembly Sequencing Using Genetic Algorithm鈥�, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Volume 30, Numbers 5-6 / September, 2006.
- Kongar, E., Mueller, D., 鈥淒ata Envelopment Analysis for the Anthropogenic Iron Cycle, (to be submitted to Journal of Industrial Ecology).
- Kongar, E., Gupta, S. M., 鈥淎 Data Envelopment Analysis Approach for U.S. Household Appliance Recycling鈥�, Book Chapter, Web-Based Green Products Life Cycle Management Systems: Reverse Supply Chain Utilization, 2007, Editor(s):
- El-Sayed, A., Kongar, E., Gupta, S.M., 鈥淎 Genetic Algorithm Approach To End-Of-Life Disassembly Sequencing for Robotic Disassembly鈥�, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, NEDSI 2010, Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Alexandria, VA, March 26 鈥� March 28, 2010, (abstract accepted).
- Kongar, E. and Rosentrater, K., 鈥淕reening the Engineering and Technology Curriculum via Real Life Hands-on Projects鈥�,ASEE Northeast Section Conference, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, May 7-8, 2010 (abstract submitted).
- Kongar, E., Rosentrater, K., 鈥淎 Multiple Criteria Decision Making Model For Renewable Energy Technology Selection鈥�,NEDSI 2009, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT, April 1 鈥� 3, 2009.
- Kongar, E., Kontogiorgis, P., Russo N., Sobh, T., 鈥淚ncreasing the Participation of Women in the Engineering and Technical Services Industries鈥�, Proceedings of the ASEE Zone 1 Conference, March 26-27, West Point, NY, 2008.
- Kongar, E., Rosentrater, K., 鈥淣ot Just Informative, But Necessary: Infusing Green and Sustainable Topics Into Engineering and Technology Curricula鈥�, ASEE Conference, Pittsburgh PA, June 2008.
- Kongar, E., Mueller, D., 鈥淎 Comparative Study on Production and End-of-Life Cycles of Anthropogenic Iron Cycles鈥�, 5th International Logistics and Supply Chain Congress 2007, November 7-9, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Kongar, E., Mueller, D., 鈥淎 Data Envelopment Analysis Approach for Material Flow Analysis鈥�, Proceedings of the SPIEInternational Conference on Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, October 1-4, Boston, MA, USA, 2006.
Contact us
- Phone203‑576‑4974
- Emailresearch@bridgeport.edu