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Professor Winifred Ijomah

Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management

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Personal statement

I am聽 Professor in the Department for聽Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management, (DMEM) and initiator and Technical director of the Scottish Institite for Remanufacture (SIR), a pan-Scotland expertise hub for Remanufacture hosted by the 糖心视频.聽 I gained a PhD in Remanufacturing from the University of Plymouth in 2002, and worked at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, from 2004 to 2007. I also hold a masters degree in Advanced Manufacturing Management and a bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering.

I joined the 糖心视频 as a lecturer in 2007 and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2011, to reader in 2017 then to professor in 2020. My research focuses on sustainable design and manufacturing, and to date has focussed on product end-of-life, particularly on remanufacturing. Here my research spans both product and process design with a view to enhancing remanufacturing potential.

Remanufacturing is a process of returning a used product to at least OEM original performance specification from the customer's perspective and giving the resultant product a warranty that is at least equal to that of a newly manufactured equivalent. Its key significance is that it harms the environment less than conventional manufacturing and can simultaneously have economic, environmental and societal benefits.

I initiated and lead the Remanufacturing Research Group at the 糖心视频, and have featured in more than 100 journal articles,聽book chapters and conference proceedings. I鈥檓 also the founder聽of the Springer Journal of Remanufacturing and was its Editor-in-Chief for 10 years-from its launch in 2011 until 2020.

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
7/7/2025
Recipient
9/4/2025
Recipient
8/1/2025
Recipient
30/5/2021
Recipient
16/2/2020
Recipient
10/1/2019

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Publications

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7th International conference on remanufacturing (ICoR 2025 ), pp. 1-17 (2025)
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7th International conference on remanufacturing (ICoR 2025 ), pp. 1-10 (2025)
Ramchandra, Rajiv, Chalifoux John, , Fitzsimons David
(2024)
Akano Damola Ikeoluwa, ,
EcoDesign for Sustainable Products, Services and Social Systems I (2024) (2024)
Nwankpa Chigozie Enyinna, ,
EcoDesign for Sustainable Products, Services and Social Systems I (2024) (2024)
Tuni Andrea, , , Mirpourian Maryam
Business Strategy and the Environment Vol 33, pp. 2771-2787 (2023)

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Teaching

My teaching interests primarily focus on the theory and practical implementation of sustainable design and manufacturing for the MEng and MSc courses in Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management. I am also involved in teaching design, design and engineering applications, mechatronics design and applications, and advanced materials and production technology. I also supervise a number of students in individual projects.

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Research Interests

My research is interdisciplinary, spanning across engineering, business, to the social and applied sciences. The long term goal of my cross-disciplinary research is to continue furthering knowledge in sustainable production, specialising in developing concepts, tools and techniques to facilitate sustainable design and manufacture through remanufacture. Remanufacturing has recently become globally critical because of its great potential to address environmental concerns (need to reduce waste during the material extraction and manufacturing processes), legislation (international agreement to reduce products鈥 and manufacturing processes鈥 environmental impacts) and economics (remanufacture is often a quality and cost effective option). However, there is a paucity of remanufacturing understanding, information, publications, as well as tools and techniques. I currently lead the UK's largest remanufacturing research group, specialising in holistic, interdisciplinary, practitioner-based research. In the long term I intend to further develop, and build the capacity, of my research team in the area of sustainable design and manufacture through remanufacture.

Professional Activities

Member of programme committee
12/11/2025
Keynote/plenary speaker
24/7/2025
Advisor
6/7/2025
Advisor
20/5/2025
Speaker
8/5/2025
Invited speaker
24/4/2025

Projects

Ijomah, Winifred (Principal Investigator) Windmill, James (Academic)
鈧16K sponsorship from Rematec for hosting ICoR 2025;
08-Jan-2025 - 10-Jan-2025
Ijomah, Winifred (Principal Investigator) Luo, Xichun (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2031
Brightman, Edward (Principal Investigator) Eales, Aran (Academic) Galloway, Stuart (Co-investigator) Ijomah, Winifred (Co-investigator)
22-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2025
Ijomah, Winifred (Principal Investigator)
Payment of 拢1,200.00 Plus VAT from China-Britain Business Council for organising the UK-China Remanufacturing Forum on 30th May 2024
15-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
Ijomah, Winifred (Principal Investigator)
Since 2019, I have had a partnership with Rematec, (the world鈥檚 largest remanufacturing Exhibition) for sponsorship of the ICoR conference series, at over 鈧15,000 per ICoR occurrence. The sponsorship covers provision by Rematec for ICoR fully equipped conference accommodation for up to 250 persons plus associated marketing. This indicated in the attached agreement under 鈥渃onference鈥 and "Marketing" in the attached agreement which was signed in 2019.

The invoice for ICoR 2025, also attached indicated that this is worth 鈧15.297,50
27-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2023
Fitzpatrick, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Ijomah, Winifred (Research Co-investigator) Reimer, Andreas (Research Co-investigator) Adu-Amankwa, Kwaku (Researcher) Devine, Ryan (Researcher) Hicks, Calum (Researcher) Howie, Scott (Researcher) Pimentel Espirindio E Silva, Misael (Researcher)
The ReMake Glasgow project is developing a first-of-its-kind national ReMake hub within the NMIS Digital Factory. The hub will provide the skills and technologies needed to support ambitious manufacturers of all sizes to adopt circularity and extend the life of products and parts.

The aim is to achieve a 99% reduction in CO2 compared to manufacturing from new through processes such as remanufacturing, refurbishing and repairs.

With under 2% of products manufactured in the UK currently designed and reused in this way, the ReMake hub is set to advance sustainable manufacturing by supporting companies to move towards a circular economy.

Partners in this project are:
- Boeing UK
- British Airways
- SSE Renewables
- James Howden & Company Ltd
- ATS
- Renewable Parts Ltd
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025

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Contact

Professor Winifred Ijomah
Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management

Email: w.l.ijomah@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4346