Applied Circular Economy Engineering Technologies and Business Solutions to Implement Circularity

Dr. Juliano Bezerra de Araujo studied Production Engineering at the Federal University of Sao Carlos and did his doctorate at the University of Sao Paulo in the area of sustainable manufacturing. He has worked in the areas of operations management, sustainability consulting, business intelligence, as a lecturer in undergraduate and

graduate courses, as well as a researcher both in business and academic environments. Since 2023, he is a visiting scientist at Pforzheim University´s Institute for Industrial Ecology and conducts research on CE and corporate sustainability.

 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henning Hinderer studied Business Administration and Engineering at the German Stuttgart University. After establishing a Spanish production site, he transferred to the Stuttgart-based Fraunhofer-Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO), where he received his PhD, and was appointed head of department. In 2006 he became associated partner and head of procurement and logistics of a Porsche Services company. 2011 he was appointed professor at Pforzheim University for Business Administration and Technical Sales, currently serving as vice dean and the head of the Business Administration and Engineering department. His research focuses on strategic and technical aspects of value chains e.g. for automobiles.

 

Prof. Dr. Tobias Viere studied environmental and sustainability sciences and received a PhD in business studies. He worked in international capacity building projects on cleaner production in South-East Asia before joining a software and solution provider in the field of LCA, industrial ecology and CE. Since 2013 he is a professor at Pforzheim University?s business school, directs the master program M.Sc. Life Cycle & Sustainability and conducts research on CE, LCA and corporate sustainability at the University?s Institute for Industrial Ecology.

 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Woidasky studied "Technical Environmental Protection" at the Technical University of Berlin and did his doctorate in mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart on the recycling of plastic fuel tanks. From 1994 to 2012 he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) in Pfinztal in the field of recycling and waste management. In 2012, he was appointed Professor of Sustainable Product Development at the Faculty of Engineering at Pforzheim University. His research and teaching areas are sustainable process and product design for the implementation of the "Circular Economy".