Analysis of network design for a circular production system using multi-objective mixed integer linear programming model Available to Purchase

K.E.K. Vimal received the PhD degree in Sustainable Manufacturing in 2016; MTech degree in Industrial Engineering in 2012 from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India; and Production Engineering degree in 2010, from the PSG college of Technology, India. He has more than six years of teaching and research experience in Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis in sustainability and environmental conscious manufacturing. He also has interest in industrial engineering, six sigma and advanced manufacturing concepts, namely, lean and agile manufacturing. He has worked as Guest Editor of International Journals of Enterprise Network Management and Polymer & Polymer Composites. Presently, he acts as Reviewer for more than ten prestigious Web of Science journals. In addition, he has also published as author (and co-author) more than 8 book chapters and 30 articles in journals and conferences (ten articles in journals indexed in Web of Science core collection). He is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Patna, India.

Sonu Rajak is working as Assistant Professor at Department of Production Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He completed the PhD and MTech Degrees from Production Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. He has published eight papers in International Journals and 12 papers in international conferences. His areas of research interests include multi-objective optimization, metaheuristic algorithms and supply chain management.

Jayakrishna Kandasamy is working as Associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the VIT University at Vellore. He received the Doctorate Degree in Production Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, in 2014; Master’s Degree in Production Engineering from P.S.G College of Technology, Coimbatore, in 2009; and Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, in 2006. His research is focused on sustainable manufacturing processes and their applications in automotive industries. Jayakrishna’s current work at VIT University investigates on imbibing sustainable manufacturing practices into ERP systems for Industry 4.0, developing hybrid composites for aerospace applications. He has published 23 international journals papers in leading SCI/SCOPUS Indexed journals and more than 64 papers in international conferences; he has also published and edited two books, and authored 15 book chapters. He is editorial board member and reviewer of reputed international journals. He has received several awards including MHRD postgraduate and doctoral scholarships.