Ishaan Kaushal

Background

About Ishaan Kaushal

I am a Smart manufacturing and Sustainability researcher experienced in designing systems (using MBSE approach, Hubka’s model etc.) and quantifying the environmental impacts of products and manufacturing systems using methods such as life cycle assessment (LCA), process flow modelling and data science. I also work on using Machine Learning and Discrete Event Simulations (Plant simulation) for manufacturing analytics. I am interested in leveraging Digital technologies to estimate life cycle impacts associated with products and systems. I have worked on the project "Smart Mobile Factory for Hyperloop Infrastructure Projects (SMF4INFRA)" in collaboration with EuroTube, ETH Zurich and TU Delft. The project focussed on leveraging mobile factories for constructing Hyperloop infrastructure in Switzerland. I was involved in sustainable design of mobile factories, modelling factory layout, operations, logistics and sustainability assessment in the project. I am also an LCA practitioner and have conducted multiple LCA studies: 1. LCA for orthotic shoes with foreground data from Factory floor, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40684-022-00489-x 2. Dynamic LCA of PCBs (Using real-time data from PCB assembly line) 3. Simulation based LCA of PCB manufacturing (Gate to Gate) 4. LCA of Design concepts of Smart Mobile Factory. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-71637-9_3 5. Cost and Carbon emission of logistics involved in construction of futuristic Swiss Hyperloop project. My latest project focuses on Sustainability Modelling of Complex Manufacturing Systems to support Digital Product Passports (DPPs).