Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering Centre (ADMEC)

The Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering Centre (ADMEC) conducts research in advanced engineering technologies and circularity with applications in sustainable buildings, production, consumption, society and circular economy supported by research grants from EU, UK and international funding organisations. Our major research areas are detailed below.

Design engineering including design methods, integrated design and manufacture, design optimisation, safe and sustainable by design (SSbD),product design, industrial design, consumer product design, engineering product design, and product design pedagogy.

Technology for sustainability including circular economy, sustainable consumption and production, waste recycling system, measurement of consumer ecological footprints, industrial ecology, renewable energy, social and environmental lifecycle assessment, design for generation of clean power from tidal/ ocean/ solar energy, , eco-accounting including eco-cost, eco-credits, eco-incentive and eco-account.

Advanced manufacturing technology including condition monitoring, condition based maintenance, embedded systems, control, image processing, sensor fusion, industrial engineering and operations management.

AI and digital technologies including multimodal, GenAI, machine learning, IoT, digital twin, digital product passport, eco-label, blockchain, mobile computing, top and mid ware for collaborative work environment.

Multi-disciplinary technologies including smart cities, sustainable buildings, transportation, second-life bateroes, smart readiness indicators, societal readiness, advanced materials, mechanics, LED lighting, air conditioning, rapid prototyping, mechanical transmission, gears and cam mechanisms, analogue and digital electronics, vegetable farming and  food supply chain.

The activities of the group have been supported by grants from a variety of funding organisations including:

• EU
• Research Councils UK
• British Academy
• EPSRC
• AHRC
• Innovate UK
• Royal Society
• TSB
• HEFCE
• East Midlands Development Agency
• Sustainable Construction iNET
• Creating enterprise in universities programme and industry
• Ministry of Science and Technology, China.

ADMEC has a strong national and international reputation. Our staff have acted as panel members and assessors for research grant applications for funding organisations. They are also actively involved with many national and international professional organisations including IEE, IMechE, BSI, IFToMM, IIA, CMES and JEA.

We have been involved in many international activities including a number of collaborative research projects, visiting professorships, conference keynote speeches, invited lectures, and invited international research visits.

We also work closely with industry on different research and consultancy schemes. Our activities support research for the degrees of MPhil and PhD and input to postgraduate and undergraduate taught programmes as well as professional development training. We have access to a Goniophotometer (supplied by Pro-Lite).

For academic enquiries and further information about the research group, please contact the Research Group Leader, Professor Daizhong Su, by email or telephone +44 (0) 115 848 2306.

The group has been collaborating with a number of external academic and industrial partners to conduct research and joint research proposals including:

• Horizon Europe Smile City project consortium members: Association Europeenne Recyclage Pneus Etra (France), Agenzia Nazionale Per Le Nuove Tecnologie, L'energia E Lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (Italy), Les Industries Du Velo En Europe (Belgium), Universita Degli Studi Di Torino (Italy), Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (Italy), Politecnico Di Torino (Italy), European Cyclists Federation Asbl (Belgium), Stratagem Energy Ltd (Cyprus), Centre For Experiments In Urban Studies - CEUS (Serbia), Solum Photovoltaic Innovation Sl (Spain), Botta S.R.L. (Italy), Fondazione Ecosistemi (Italy), Kriti (Greece), FlexoFibers Europa Sl (Spain), Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki Pols (Poland), AIMPLAS - Asociacion De Investigacion De Material (Spain), Comune Di Lucca (Italy), Instytut Ekologii Terenów Uprzemysłowionych (Poland), Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Turkey), Kalyon Gunes Teknolojileri Uretim As (Turkey), Obshtina Varna (Bulgaria), Institut De Tecnologia De La Construccion De Cat (Spain), Cristoforos Kairidis Techniki Kai Emboriki Anonimi (Greece),  Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkey), Comsa Sau (Spain), Grad Beograd (Serbia), Recykl Organizacja Odzysku S.A. (Poland), Gmina Sosnowiec - Miasto Na Prawach Powiatu (Poland), Cittá Metropolitana Di Torino (Italy), Power Electronics España, S.L. (Spain), Little Electric Energy S.L (Spain), Mednarodno Zdruzenje Upravljavcev Infrastruk (Slovenia), Ajuntament De Manresa (Spain), Fundacion Patrimonio Natural De Castilla Y Leon (Spain)
• Horizon Europe REBELION project consortium members: Universitat Politecnica De Valencia (Spain), ACCUREC-Recycling GmbH (Germany), Sig De Raee Y Pilas Sociedad Limitada (Spain), Ona Product Sl (Spain), Universidad Nacional De Educacion A Distancia (Spain), The University Of Birmingham (UK), Fondazione Icons (Italy), Erion Energy (Italy), Erion Compliance Organization Scarl (Italy), Volkswagen Group Italia S.P.A. (Italy)
• EU Horizon 2020 CIRC4Life project consortium members: CIRCE Foundation (Spain), Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (Poland), Swerea IVF AB (Sweden), Laurea University of Applied Science (Finland), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (Greece), Enviro Data (Sweden), Scilly Organics (UK), Kosnic Lighting Ltd (UK), European EPC Competence Center GmbH (Germany), ONA Product S L (Spain), Indumetal Recycling S.A. (Spain), GS1 Germany GmbH (Germany), S.A.T ALIA (Spain), Make Mothers Matter (Belgium), Centre for European Policy Studies (Belgium) and Recyclia (Spain).
• EU FP7 cycLED project consortium members: Fraunhofer IZM (Germany), Riva GmbH Lighting (Germany), ONA Product S L (Spain), ELPRO Elektronik Produkt Recycling GmbH (Germany), Braun Schaltgerate und Service EK BSS (Germany), UMICORE NV (Belgium), ETAP NV (Belgium), Philips Lighting B.V. (Netherlands), Optotransmitter-Umweltschutz-Technologue EV (Germany), University of Wales Institute Cardiff EDCW (UK), Sirris Het Colletief Centrum Van Tecnologische Industrie VZW (Belgium), Institut Telecom (France)
• EU FP7 myEcoCost project consortium members: TriaGnoSys GmbH (Germany), Robert Mostyn (UK), Enviro Data (Sweden), Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI, Germany), Ecover Belgium N.V (Belgium), Climate Friendly Food (UK), Boots Ltd (UK)
• EU CIP Ecolight project consortium members: Ona (Spain), aaxsus (Sweden) and Mosmedios (Spain)
• Project partners of EU-Asia link project, EU-Asia IT&C project and FP7 Merie Curie IIP project: Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland), Labein Tecnalia (Spain), Harbin Institute of Technology, State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission (Chongqing University, China), Harbin Engineering University, Chemineer (UK)
• Partners of international collaborative research projects supported by the state funding bodies of China (Ministry of Science and Technology, and Natural Science Foundation): Chongqing Academy of Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing University of Technology and Business, State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission, Chongqing Xanest Co. Ltd, Chongqing Polycomp International Co.
• Sustainable Construction iNET project I and project II partners: Nottingham University (UK), CE Technologies Ltd (UK), European Thermodynamics Ltd (UK)
• Industrial partners of SIS projects and Innovation Fellowship project: Chemineer (UK), Ocean Navitas (UK), ONA Production Ltd (Spain), Olberon Ltd (UK)
• EPSRC / AHRC supported Snake Robotic Project partners: Merlin Robotics (UK), University of Leeds (UK)
• Industrial partners (UK) of IT&C Carrier project and KTP project: Romax Technology, Institute of Spring Technology Ltd, Binns and Berry (Halifax) Ltd, Turton Tonks Spring Ltd, Hanson Springs Ltd.

For academic enquiries please contact the Research Group Leader, Professor Daizhong Su by email or telephone + (0)115 848 2306.

The members of ADMEC have a considerable number of research papers published in refereed journals and prestigious international conferences. Below is a list of selected publications, reflecting their major research interests.

• Peng, W.; Su, D. (corresponding author); Wang, S.; Ianakiev, A. Environmentally Sustainable Raised Access Flooring Product Development. Buildings 2024, 14, 1849. Impact factor 3.8, Site score 3.4. Q1 (29 out of 189) in the “Architecture” category. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14061849
• Jose L. Casamayor, Daizhong Su & You Wu (2023): Eco-redesign of Lighting Products, LEUKOS, The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society, Taylor & Francis. Taylor & Francis. 2023, VOL. 19, NO. 3, 324–342. DOI: 10.1080/15502724.2022.2131437. Published online: 26 Dec 2022. Impact factor 3.6, SNIP 1.885 (2021), Q1 (2021) Best Quartile ’Atomic and molecular physics and optics’. SJR 2021: 0.962. CiteScore. Open access. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2022.2131437
• Shuyi Wang and Daizhong Su, ‘Sustainable Product Innovation Based on Triple Bottom Line’, Scholarly Community Encyclopedia https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/25343
• Shuyi Wang and Daizhong Su (corresponding author). ‘Sustainable product innovation and consumer communication’. Sustainability 2022, 14, 8395. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148395.  Received: 14 June 2022, Accepted: 4 July 2022, Published: 8 July 2022. Impact factor 3.889 (2021), 4.089 (5 years); SNIP 1.16; indexed by SCI and SSCI; Q1, at the top 15.6% (110/704) in the ‘Geography, Planning and Development’, and top 17.3% (18/104) in the “Environmental Science (miscellaneous)’).
• Wenjie Peng and Daizhong Su (corresponding author) ‘Novel ICT system for recycling and eco-shopping’, Sustainability 2022, 14, 7687. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137687. Received: 5 May 2022; Accepted: 16 June 2022; Published: 23 June 2022. Impact factor 3.889 (2021), 4.089 (5 years); SNIP 1.16; indexed by SCI and SSCI; Q1, at the top 15.6% (110/704) in the ‘Geography, Planning and Development’
• Shuyi Wang, Daizhong Su (corresponding author) and You Wu. 2022. ‘Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessments of an industrial LED Lighting product’, Environmental assessment Review, Volume 95, July 2022, 106804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106804. First Quartile 2.7% (17/679 Geography, planning and Development, 26.4% (33/125) in Environmental studies) impact factor 6.122 (2021), SNIP 1.975. Indexed by SSCI, Engineering Index.
• Hua Huang, Daizhong Su (corresponding author) and Wenjie Peng, ‘Novel Mobile Application for Implementation of an Eco-incentive Scheme’, Sustainability 2022, 14(5), 3055; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14053055. Impact factor 3.889 (2021), 4.089 (5 years); Q1, in the top 19.4% (132/679).Received: 16 January 2022 / Revised: 20 February 2022 / Accepted: 1 March 2022 / Published: 5 March 2022. Internal ranking: 3*+.
• Shuyi Wang, Daizhong Su (corresponding author), Ming Ma and Wentao Kuang, 2021, ‘Sustainable Product Development and Service Approach for Application in Industrial Lighting Products’. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27 (2021), pp.1808–1821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.04.003. impact factor 8.921 (2021), SNIP 1.307, Indexed by SCI Expanded, SSCI. Q1, top 15.8% (54/340) in industrial and manufacturing engineering, and 23.2% (29/125) in environmental studies. (Received 21 November 2020, Revised 31 March 2021, Accepted 4 April 2021, Available online 6 April 2021).
• Jose L. Casamayor and Daizhong Su, ‘Investigation of a Process to Eco-design LED Lighting Products to Enhance the Adoption of Eco-design Methods and Tools by Industry’, Sustainability 2021, 13(8), 4512; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084512 (registering DOI).  Impact factor 3.889 (2021), 4.089 (5 years); SNIP 1.16; Q1, in the top 19.4% (132/679); indexed by SCI and SSCI.
• Wenjie Peng, Daizhong Su (corresponding author) and Shuyi Wang, 2021, ‘Development of the Innovative ICT Infrastructure for an Eco-cost System with Life Cycle Assessment’, Sustainability, paper number 3118, Issue 6, Volume 13, 2021. Published 12 March 2021. DOI: 10.3390/su13063118 (Impact factor 3.889 (2021), 4.089 (5 years); SNIP 1.16; indexed by SCI and SSCI; Q1, in the top 19.4% (132/679); indexed by SCI and SSCI)
• Daizhong Su, Jose L Casamayor and Xuemin Xu, 2021, ‘An Integrated Approach for Eco-Design and Its Application in LED Lighting Product Development’. Sustainability 2021, 13(2), 488. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020488. doi:10.3390/su13020488. (Impact factor 3.889 (2021), 4.089 (5 years); SNIP 1.16; indexed by SCI and SSCI; Q1, in the top 19.4% (132/679), Geography, Planning and Development. Received: 2 December 2020; Accepted: 4 January 2021; Published: 6 January 2021.
• You Wu and Daizhong Su (corresponding author), ‘LCA of industrial LED Luminaire from the product environmental footprint perspective’. Journal of Cleaner Production, 305 (2021), 127159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127159. (Received 29 November 2020, Revised 9 April 2021, Accepted 15 April 2021, Available online 19 April 2021). Impact factor 11.072 (2021), SNIP 2.391. Indexed by SCI Expanded. Q1. top 1.9% (4/210) in general environmental science, and 6.57% 297(18/274) in Environmental Sciences.
• Hua Huang, Daizhong Su (corresponding author), Wenjie Peng and You Wu, 2020, ‘Development of a mobile application system for eco-accounting’, Sustainability, Issue 22, Volume 12, 9675. doi:10.3390/su12229675 (impact factor 2.576(2019) and 2.798 (5 years); SNIP 1.16; indexed by SCI and SSCI. Q1, in the top 19.4%=132/679).Received: 3 November 2020; Accepted: 14 November 2020; Published: 19 November 2020
• Shuyi Wang, Daizhong Su (corresponding author), You Wu and Zijian Chai, 2020, ‘Lifecycle assessment of domestic lighting products’, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (2020) 5:41. Volume 5, Issue 2, Article 41, August 2020 (Published 31 July 2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41207-020-00180-0 DOI: 10.1007/s41207-020-00180-0
• Daizhong Su (ed.), 2020, ‘Sustainable Product Development: Tools, Methods and examples’. Publisher: Springer, Cham. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39149-2. Print ISBN 978-3-030-39148-5, Online ISBN 978-3-030-39149-2.