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  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

John W. Sutherland is a researcher affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their academic work spans a variety of topics primarily within engineering and its applied subfields. The main field of study is Engineering, with significant contributions to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Strategy and Management, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The research topics addressed by Sutherland include:

  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Sutherland's recent papers demonstrate a focus on manufacturing systems, sustainability, and fault detection technologies. Selected recent publications include:

  • Closed-loop systems to circular economy: A pathway to environmental sustainability? (2022, CIRP Annals)
  • A transformer-based approach for novel fault detection and fault classification/diagnosis in manufacturing: A rotary system application (2023, Journal of Manufacturing Systems)
  • Detecting anomalies in time series data from a manufacturing system using recurrent neural networks (2020, Journal of Manufacturing Systems)
  • Analysis of enablers on the successful implementation of green manufacturing for Irish SMEs (2020, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management)
  • Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Assessment of Lithium Recovery from Geothermal Brine (2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)

Frequent publication venues include Procedia CIRP, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, and Resources Conservation and Recycling.

Collaborative work is a significant part of Sutherland's research, with frequent coauthors including Fu Zhao, Aihua Huang, Sidi Deng, Matthew J. Triebe, and Jesús R. Pérez-Cardona.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized within the professional community; notably, they were awarded the status of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Towards Energy and Resource Efficient Manufacturing: A Processes and Systems Approach

    Joost R. Duflou;John W. Sutherland;David Dornfeld;Christoph Herrmann

  • An exploration of measures of social sustainability and their application to supply chain decisions

    Margot J. Hutchins;John W. Sutherland

  • Dry Machining and Minimum Quantity Lubrication

    K. Weinert;I. Inasaki;J.W. Sutherland;T. Wakabayashi

  • Sustainability Science and Engineering: The Emergence of a New Metadiscipline

    James R. Mihelcic;John C. Crittenden;Mitchell J. Small;David R. Shonnard

  • A new approach to scheduling in manufacturing for power consumption and carbon footprint reduction

    Kan Fang;Nelson Uhan;Fu Zhao;John W. Sutherland

  • Integrated Sustainable Life Cycle Design: A Review

    Karthik Ramani;Devarajan Ramanujan;William Z. Bernstein;Fu Zhao

  • An Improved Method for Cutting Force and Surface Error Prediction in Flexible End Milling Systems

    J. W. Sutherland;R. E. DeVor

  • Environmentally benign manufacturing: Observations from Japan, Europe and the United States

    Timothy Gutowski;Cynthia Murphy;David Allen;Diana Bauer

  • A Review of Engineering Research in Sustainable Manufacturing

    Karl R. Haapala;Fu Zhao;Jaime Camelio;John W. Sutherland

  • A parallel simulated annealing method for the vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickup-delivery and time windows

    Chao Wang;Dong Mu;Fu Zhao;John W. Sutherland

  • EXAMINING THE ROLE OF CUTTING FLUIDS IN MACHINING AND EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL/HEALTH CONCERNS

    D. P. Adler;W. W.-S. Hii;D. J. Michalek;J. W. Sutherland

  • General Systems Theory: Foundations, Developments, Applications

    Ludwig von Bertalanffy;John W. Sutherland

  • Predictive Maintenance of Machine Tool Systems Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques Applied to Machine Condition Data

    Wo Jae Lee;Haiyue Wu;Huitaek Yun;Hanjun Kim

  • Structure of the global plastic waste trade network and the impact of China’s import Ban

    Chao Wang;Longfeng Zhao;Longfeng Zhao;Ming K Lim;Ming K Lim;Wei-Qiang Chen

  • A comparison of manufacturing and remanufacturing energy intensities with application to diesel engine production

    John W. Sutherland;Daniel P. Adler;Karl R. Haapala;Vishesh Kumar

  • Toward integrated product and process life cycle planning—An environmental perspective

    Yasushi Umeda;Shozo Takata;Fumihiko Kimura;Tetsuo Tomiyama

  • Preparing for end of service life of wind turbines

    Katherine Ortegon;Loring F. Nies;John W. Sutherland

  • Energy-conscious flow shop scheduling under time-of-use electricity tariffs

    Hao Zhang;Fu Zhao;Kan Fang;John W. Sutherland

  • Flow shop scheduling with peak power consumption constraints

    Kan Fang;Nelson A. Uhan;Fu Zhao;John W. Sutherland

  • An Experimental Investigation of Air Quality in Wet and Dry Turning

    J.W. Sutherland;V.N. Kulur;N.C. King;B.F. von Turkovich

  • Statistical Quality Design and Control: Contemporary Concepts and Methods

    Richard E. DeVor;John W. Sutherland;Tsong-how Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Fu Zhao
Fu Zhao Purdue University West Lafayette
Yuehwern Yih
Yuehwern Yih Purdue University West Lafayette
David Dornfeld
David Dornfeld University of California, Berkeley
Karthik Ramani
Karthik Ramani Purdue University West Lafayette
Chaoyong Zhang
Chaoyong Zhang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Shiv Gopal Kapoor
Shiv Gopal Kapoor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David R. Shonnard
David R. Shonnard Michigan Technological University
John H. Johnson
John H. Johnson Michigan Technological University
Richard E. DeVor
Richard E. DeVor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James R. Mihelcic
James R. Mihelcic University of South Florida

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