The REMADE Institute will host the Intro to Remanufacturing webinar, which offers a broad understanding of end-of-life reuse process and reman, related technologies, environmental impacts, and areas for growth. It will focus on business models for remanufacturing, technologies utilized within reman, and how Industry 4.0 can be used to increase reman.
This course is for managers, engineers, and technicians within the reman and end-of-life reuse industry or for individuals unfamiliar with, or new to, remanufacturing and offers a beneficial overview of the industry.
There will be a Q&A session following the webinar where you can ask our experts any remaining questions you might have about remanufacturing and the role it plays in the circular economy.
Kristi Sisak, Senior Materials Engineer at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Kristi Sisak is Senior Materials Engineer at the Golisano Institute of Sustainability at RIT. Ms. Sisak’s expertise includes materials microstructure analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and non-destructive product testing. She brings 10 years of industry experience, including eight years at Caterpillar (seven in remanufacturing), where she championed new technology from conception, through validation, to production manufacturing, and into reapplication to different products. She was a major contributor to CAT’s laser cladding programs, becoming an expert within the company, and was twice an invited presenter at the International Laser Additive Manufacturing Conference.
Mike Thurston, PHD, Remanufacturing and EOL Reuse Node Lead at REMADE Institute and Director of the NYS Center of Excellence in Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing (COE-ASM) at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, RIT
Dr. Mike Thurston builds on 15 years of experience in remanufacturing expertise in the areas of design, product use-phase performance and health monitoring, and remanufacturing process technologies. This expertise includes significant experience in technology development for governmental stakeholders, having worked extensively with the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, and Marine Corps. Prior to his work in research, Dr. Thurston worked as a Product Development Supervisor and Noise & Vibration Engineer for Delphi-Harrison Thermal Systems. He holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo.