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Life Cycle Engineering and Management (LCEM)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been the academic and research focus of the Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering (DMIE), which aims to improve the world by meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. This is achieved through teaching students at the undergraduate and graduate levels about the Triple Bottom-line of Sustainability (Economic, Social, and Environmental) and fundamental ideas of Sustainable Manufacturing, which are linked to SDGs 12, 8, and 9. In order to promote responsible consumption and production, DMIE has already established a Research Cluster on Life Cycle Engineering and Management (LCEM) under the major umbrella of SDG 12. This is achieved by looking at sustainability at the level of products, processes, and systems, through life cycle engineering and management principles. This research team has currently produced a number of research findings in the area of Design and Development of Decision Support Systems to Evaluate Sustainability at Product, process and system Level and to Advocate Product and Process Design Stages to Enhance Sustainability Using Eco Design and Eco Innovation Concepts. Some of the current research aims to expand this to the systems level to include complete supply chains and to promote the circular economic aspects of the modern supply chain network through extending products for multiple lifecycles. As a research collaboration, LCEM work in partnership with UNEP SATEC Life Cycle Initiative, RMIT Australia, IGES-Japan, MPI-New Zealand, VIT-India.

Team

• Prof. Asela K. Kulatunga (Principal Researcher and Team leader)
• Eng. S. Kamalakkannan
• Eng. J.L.L Jayawardane
• Ms. Sachini Dissanayake

• J.L.L Jayawardane (2021 onwards) PhD jointly with RMIT Australia on “INVESTIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF MODERN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES – FOCUSING ON MODULAR CONSTRUCTION AND 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

• S. Kamalakannan (2021), MPhil on “Design and development of a decision support system for eco-design based on life cycle management”


• M.P. R.L. Peiris (2020), MPhil on “Enhance the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-scale local Manufacturing Sector with Sustainable Manufacturing Concepts”

• Evaluating Environmental Sustainability of Modern Construction Practises: Modular Construction and 3D Printing in Construction - Jointly with RMIT Australia
• Environmental impact research of the Single-Use Plastics selected by the Sri Lankan government through Life Cycle Assessment– jointly with Central Environmental Authority (CAE), and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES-Japan)
• Strengthening Sri Lanka’s efforts to quantify GHG related to postharvest losses of Banana Supply Chain – jointly with National Institute of Post-Harvest Management (NIPHM) and Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) – New Zealand

• Developed a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) and database development for agri-food sector in Sri Lanka (Consumer Information for Sustainable Consumption and Production: SCP-CI Project) with the collaboration of National Cleaner Production Center (NCPC), Sri Lanka and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Conducted comparative life cycle assessments (LCA) for ceramic, tea, dairy and rice industries and identified environmental hotspots by modeling on SimaPro software. Results were published in research papers (Covered areas: Ceramic tiles, Black tea, Rice process).
• Design and development of decision support system for eco-design on life cycle management. (Covered areas: Ceramic and Tea Industries)
• Development of IoT based real time data acquisition system and construction of a cloud base life cycle inventory database for Tea Industry in Sri Lanka.

• Janappriya Jayawardana; Asela K. Kulatunga; J.A.S.C. Jayasinghe; Malindu Sandanayake; Guomin (Kevin) Zhang, Environmental sustainability of off-site construction in developed and developing regions: A systematic review, Journal of Architectural Engineering (Accepted).
• Kamalakkannan, S., Abeynayaka, A., Kulatunga, A.K., Singh, R.K., Tatsuno, M. and Gamaralalage, P.J.D., 2022. Life Cycle Assessment of Selected Single-Use Plastic Products towards Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations in Sri Lanka. Sustainability, 14(21), p.14170. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114170
• Chandrasiri, C.; Dharmapriya, S.; Jayawardana, J.; Kulatunga, A.K.; Weerasinghe, A.N.; Aluwihare, C.P.; Hettiarachchi, D. Mitigating Environmental Impact of Perishable Food Supply Chain by a Novel Configuration: Simulating Banana Supply Chain in Sri Lanka. Sustainability 2022, 14, 12060. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912060
• Kamalakkannan, S & Kulatunga, A.K., ‘Optimization of Eco-design Decisions Using Parametric LCA’, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Volume 27, July 2021, Pages 1297-1316
• Kamalakkannan, S. and Kulatunga, A.K., 2021. IIOT Applications for Sustainable Manufacturing. In Handbook of Smart Materials, Technologies, and Devices: Applications of Industry 4.0 (pp. 1-22). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
• Amaraweera, S.M., Gunathilake, C., Gunawardene, O.H., Dassanayake, R.S., Fernando, N.M., Wanninayaka, D.B., Rajapaksha, S.M., Manamperi, A., Gangoda, M., Manchanda, A. and Fernando, C.A., 2022. Preparation and Characterization of Dual-Modified Cassava Starch-Based Biodegradable Foams for Sustainable Packaging Applications. ACS Omega.
• Kamalakkannan, S., Wasala, W.M.C.B., Kulatunga, A.K., Gunawardena, C.R., Bandara, D.M.S.P., Jayawardana, J., Rathnayake, R.M.R.N.K., Wijewardana, R.M.N.A., Weerakkody, W.A.P., Ferguson, I. and Chandrakumar, C., 2022. Life Cycle Assessment of Food Loss Impacts: Case of Banana Postharvest Losses in Sri Lanka. Procedia CIRP, 105, pp.859-864.
• Jayawardana, J., Kulatunga, A.K., Sandanayake, M., Zhang, G. and Jayasinghe, J.A.S.C., 2023. Life Cycle Assessment for Modular-Constructed Buildings: A Proposed Methodological Framework. In 12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (pp. 519-532). Springer, Singapore.
• Amaraweera, S.M., Gunathilake, C., Gunawardene, O.H., Dassanayake, R.S., Fernando, N.M., Wanninayaka, D.B., Rajapaksha, S.M., Manamperi, A., Gangoda, M., Manchanda, A. and Fernando, C.A., 2022. Preparation and Characterization of Dual-Modified Cassava Starch-Based Biodegradable Foams for Sustainable Packaging Applications. ACS Omega.
• Wickramaratne, K.S.L. and Kulatunga, A.K., 2021. Building life cycle assessment: a scenario analysis of a basic dwelling unit to evaluate environmental sustainability. International Journal of Sustainable Materials and Structural Systems, 5(3), pp.262-284.
• Wickramaratne, K.S.L. and Kulatunga, A.K., 2020. Building Life Cycle Assessment to Evaluate Environment Sustainability of Residential Buildings in Sri Lanka. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 53(4), p.01.
• Kulatunga, A.K., Peiris, R.L. and Kamalakkannan, S., 2020. Evaluation of Environment Sustainability of Clay Roof Tiles Manufacturing Practices in Sri Lanka using LCA. ENGINEER, 53(04), pp.21-32.
• Kamalakkannan, S., Kulatunga, A.K. and Kassel, N.C., 2020. Environmental and social sustainability of the tea industry in the wake of global market challenges: A case study in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, 4(2-4), pp.379-395.
• Kamalakkannan, S., Kulatunga, A.K. and Bandara, L.A.D.A.D., 2020. The conceptual framework of IoT based decision support system for life cycle management. Procedia Manufacturing, 43, pp.423-430.
• Kamalakkannan, S., Peiris, R.L. and Kulatunga, A.K., 2019. Life cycle assessment in ceramic floor tile industry in Sri Lanka. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Bangkok, Thailand, March (pp. 5-7).
• Peiris, R.L., Kulatunga, A.K. and Jinadasa, K.B.S.N., 2019. Conceptual model of Life Cycle Assessment based generic computer tool towards Eco-Design in manufacturing sector. Procedia Manufacturing, 33, pp.83-90.
• Chandrakumar C, Kulatunga A.K. & Mathavan S 2017, ‘A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Evaluate Sustainable Product Designs Based on the Principles of Design for Sustainability and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process’, In: Campana G., Howlett R., Setchi R., Cimatti B. (eds) Sustainable Design and Manufacturing. ISBN: 978-3-319-57077, Springer, Cham.

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