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Green Materials for a Circular Economy

Materials Selection, Product Development, and Lifecycle Extension Strategies

  • 1st Edition - September 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: S.M. Sapuan, Dzuraidah Abd Wahab, Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla, Muhd Ridzuan Mansor
  • Language: English

Green Materials for a Circular Economy: Materials Selection, Product Development, and Lifecycle Extension Strategies provides fundamental and practical knowledge on design for ci… Read more

Description

Green Materials for a Circular Economy: Materials Selection, Product Development, and Lifecycle Extension Strategies provides fundamental and practical knowledge on design for circularity, especially for product development applications and throughout their entire lifecycle. Topics covered range from conceptual design to materials selection, environmental lifecycle assessment, and lifecycle extension strategies. Additionally, there are a number of recent case studies showing design for circularity in practice in applications such as automotive component design, furniture design, user behavior, and joining design. Researchers, students, design practitioners, and engineers working with green materials, biocomposites, recycling, and materials will find this book to be a comprehensive source.

Key features

  • Provides in-depth explanations of the concept and practice of design for circularity
  • Focuses on green materials and lifecycle extension strategies
  • Illuminates real-world instances of design for circularity through a range of case studies

Readership

Researchers, students, design practitioners, and engineers working with green materials, biocomposites, recycling, and materials from waste

Table of contents

1. Zooming into Design for Circularity with the Emphasis on Green Materials and Life Cycle Extension Strategy

2. Review of Design for Circularity: Recycled “green” composite materials from agricultural wastes

3. Development and application of green hybrid nanocomposite materials

4. Advancement of bioadhesives in recycled wood composites

5. Mechanical behaviour of cellulosic composites under cyclic loading conditions

6. Materials selection in biocomposites for circular economy

7. Life Cycle Assessment in biocomposite products

8. TRIZ in biocomposites product developments to enhance circular product design

9. Design for circularity of wood furniture through life cycle assessment

10. Decision making for product upgrades during remanufacturing

11. Transition towards remanufacturing of electric vehicle transmission parts

12. Fuzzy based decision-making system for remanufacturing repair using additive manufacturing technology

13. The implementation of design for disassembly: Key concepts for circular product design

14. Behavioural design for product circularity

15. Joining design for product material circularity

16. Resource circularity for manufacturing industry

17. Leveraging ecodesign expertise towards moving to circular economy

18. Materials selection of natural fibre composites for renewable energy application

19. Design for Circularity on Green Materials for Energy Saving Applications

20. Circular economy: Socioeconomic synergy of utilizing green product based business

21. Framework for design for circularity in fused deposition modelling

22. Enhanced Decision-Making Model for Conceptual Product Design in Circular Economy

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

SS

S.M. Sapuan

S.M. Sapuan is a Professor (Grade A) of composite material Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Head of Advanced Engineering Materials & Composite Research Centre, UPM and Chief Executive Editor of Pertanika journals in office of Deputy Vice Chancellor, UPM. He earned BEng in Mechanical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia, MSc in Engineering Design, Loughborough University, UK and PhD in Material Engineering, De Montfort University, UK. He is Professional Engineer, and Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, Society of Automotive Engineers International, Academy of Sciences Malaysia, International Society for Development and Sustainability, Plastic & Rubber Institute Malaysia, Malaysian Scientific Association, International Biographical Association and Institute of Material Malaysia. He is Honorary Member of Asian Polymer Association and Founding Chairman and Honorary Member of Society of Sugar Palm Development & Industry, Malaysia. He was World Class Visiting Professor, Andalas University Indonesia. He is Editor in Chief of Journal of Natural Fibre Polymer Composites, co-editor-in-chief of Functional Composites and Structures, Associate Editor-in-Chief, Defence Technology, Elsevier, and editorial board member of 30 journals. He has produced over 2000 publications including over 988 journal papers, 68 books, and 250 chapters in book. He has delivered 75 plenary and keynote lectures, and 150 invited lectures. He organized 33 journal special issues as guest editor, reviewed 1500 journal papers and has 8 patents. He successfully supervised 100 PhD and 75 MSc students and 16 postdoctoral researchers. His h-index is 121 with 53,000 citations (Google Scholar). He received ISESCO Science Award, Khwarizimi International Award, National Book Award, Endeavour Research Promotion Award, Citation of Excellence Award, Emerald, UK, Malaysia’s Research Star Award, Publons Peer Review Award, USA, Professor of Eminence Award and Top Research Scientists’ Malaysia Award. He was listed in World Top 2% Scientists, Stanford University, USA. He received SAE Subir Chowdhury Medal of Quality Leadership, International Society of Bionic Engineering Outstanding Contribution Award, China, Ikon Akademia 2022, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia , The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Award in Engineering Sciences, Materials Science Leader Award by Research.com, IET Malaysia Leadership Award, William Johnson International Gold Medal, Life Time Achievement KnowTex Award and COMSTECH Best Scientific Book Award.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of composite materials at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and is head of the Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia

DW

Dzuraidah Abd Wahab

Dzuraidah Abd Wahab is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, and the Head of Centre for Automotive Research in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment. Her research interests include product design for sustainability, engineering lifecycle, remanufacturing, AI applications in design, and concurrent engineering.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

RG

Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla

Raja Ariffin Raja Ghaziila is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Head of the Centre for Sustainable and Smart Manufacturing in the Faculty of Engineering. His areas of research interest cover design and management for environmental sustainability, human-centred design, design for manufacturability, and methods and technique in design.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MM

Muhd Ridzuan Mansor

Muhd Ridzuan Mansor is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Durian Tunggal, Malaysia. His research interests lie in product design, materials selection, lifecycle assessment, biocomposite materials, and materials characterization.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Automotive, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia