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中法核工程与技术学院核声论坛(总第176期)

Overcoming the WEEE challenge thanks to sustainable electronics, with a focus on the printed circuit boards

发布人:邢丽丽
主题
Overcoming the WEEE challenge thanks to sustainable electronics, with a focus on the printed circuit boards
活动时间
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活动地址
中山大学珠海校区瀚林3号C615讲学厅
主讲人
GRENNERAT Vincent Professor

Abstract:

The development of sustainable electronic devices and assemblies has become a major challenge in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, scarcity of non-renewable mining, and limiting the volume of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Part of the solution relies on a huge enhancement of the circularity of these products, which will release the pressure on raw materials and waste management.After an introduction of the WEEE problematic, circularity models will be presented and developed in the context of the electronic devices and their market. 

The life cycle analysis has become a mandatory tool for eco-designers, to properly assess ecological impacts. In the context of ecological planetary boundaries, typical electronic devices life cycle will be presented, with their main ecological impacts.

Then, to reduce these impacts, current research paths like parts standardization, design modularity, use of biosourced / biodegradable materials will be developed, with a special focus on speaker’s current research: the printed circuit board on which all electronic parts are assembled.

About the speaker:

After his degree in electrical engineering, GRENNERAT Vincent specialized in micro-electronics digital design. His fields of expertise and teaching at Grenoble-Alpes University (France) and IFCEN are embedded and real-time systems, and programmable system-on-chip design. He involved in the Grenoble University Space Center (CSUG) to design nanosatellites payloads with his students. Since 2022 his research at G2Elab (power electronics team) and CROMA (hyper-frequencies and sustainable electronics team) laboratories focuses on the reduction of the environmental impacts of digital electronics and power electronics.