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Improving Green Manufacturing Education in China Universities and Colleges

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Green manufacturing is the irresistible development trend of manufacturing industries throughout the world, and green manufacturing education plays an extremely significant part in the process of going green for sustainable manufacturing. In this paper, several typical definitions and meaningful benefits of green manufacturing are firstly introduced, then the situations of green manufacturing education in USA are analyzed for reference to improve the green manufacturing education in Chinese universities and colleges. The indispensable contents of green manufacturing for higher education of Chinese students are summarily presented, involving the related laws and regulations, and some key green manufacturing technologies and methodology such as digital technology, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), new materials, green energy, near net shape technology, cleaner production, short production processes, automation technology and 6R methodology.

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Acknowledgment

The authors thank Professor QIU Ke-qiang, Dean of the Federally Funded R & D Center of Shenyang Tiexi Equipment Manufacturing Industry Gathering Area, for his constructive suggestions and financial support.

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  1. School of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China

    Li Chen

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China

    Qing-chun Xiang

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  1. Industrial Engineering Institution of CM, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

    Ershi Qi

  2. Industrial Engineering Institution of CM, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

    Jiang Shen

  3. College of Management and Economics Industrial Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

    Runliang Dou

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Chen, L., Xiang, Qc. (2014). Improving Green Manufacturing Education in China Universities and Colleges. In: Qi, E., Shen, J., Dou, R. (eds) Proceedings of 2013 4th International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2013). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40060-5_101

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