Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products

Dr. José Augusto de Oliveira is Professor at University State of Sao Paulo (UNESP), campus of São João da Boa Vista/SP and leader of the research group Center for Advanced and Sustainable Technologies (CAST). He is Specialist in Life Cycle Assessment with emphasis on Cleaner Production, Ecodesign and End-of-Life Strategies.Dr. Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva is Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Sorocaba / SP campus, in the Production Engineering course and Specialist in Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainable Manufacturing, Eco-efficiency and Ecodesign.Dr. Fábio Neves Puglieri is Professor at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), campus Ponta Grossa / PR, in the Production Engineering course and Specialist in Life Cycle Management, Strategic Environmental Planning and Corporate Strategies for Sustainability.Dr. Yovana María Barrera Saavedra is Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Lagoa do Sino / SPcampus, Center for Natural Sciences, in the courses of Administration, Environmental Engineering, Agronomic Engineering, and Food Engineering and Specialist in Life Cycle Assessment, Ecodesign, End-of-Life Strategies, Environmental Management and Waste Management.

• Introduction to Life Cycle Engineering and Management (LCEM).- Cleaner Production (CP).- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) – Definition of Goals and Scope.- LCA – Life Cycle Inventory Analysis and database.-  LCA – Product Life Cycle Impact Assessment.- LCA – Interpretation of results.- Theory and practice on Social Life Cycle Assessment.- Product Ecodesign.- Product-Service Systems (PSS).- Corporate Sustainability - Defining business strategies and models from Circular Economy.- Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Performance Measurement.- Green Supply Chain Management.- Communication and Environmental Labelling.