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Karl Haapala
218A Dearborn Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
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Karl R. Haapala is a Professor in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, where he directs the Industrial Sustainability Lab and the OSU Energy Efficiency Center. His research addresses sustainable manufacturing challenges, including life cycle engineering methods, manufacturing process performance modeling, and engineering education. His work has appeared in more than 150 peer-reviewed chapters, proceedings, and journal articles. He has participated in over $38M in research from the Army, DOE, NIST, NSF, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oregon BEST, the Oregon Metals Initiative, USDA, and industry, including Boeing, Benchmade, Blount, Caterpillar, HP Inc., Lam Research, Master Chemical, PGE, Sheldon Manufacturing, and Tillamook. He serves as Director of OSU's DOE Industrial Assessment Center and leads activities of the CESMII Western Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center satellite office at OSU. He has served in volunteer leader positions within ASME and SME, and has been inducted into the honor societies of Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi. He has been recognized by the NAE (2015 Frontiers of Engineering) and SME (2014 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and 2012, 2015 & 2023 Distinguished Faculty Advisor Awards) and received Best Paper Awards from ASME (2015 & 2016 DFMLC), CIRP (2012 LCE), and ISSS (2017). He received a Fulbright-Tampere University Faculty Scholar Award for the 2019-2020 academic year to conduct research and teaching at the intersection of smart and sustainable manufacturing as applied to additive manufacturing processes. He completed his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, as an NSF IGERT trainee, at Michigan Technological University.
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Dr. Haapala specializes in sustainable design and manufacturing. Broad research topics within this area include life cycle engineering; manufacturing process modeling for environmental performance improvement; evaluation of novel approaches for environmental impact reduction, e.g., micro- and nanomanufacturing and product servicing; and sustainable engineering education.
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Sutherland, J. W.†, K. L. Gunter*, K. R. Haapala*, K. Khadke*, S. J. Skerlos, J. B. Zimmerman*, W. W. Olson, and R. Sadasivuni, 2003, “Environmentally Benign Manufacturing: Status and Vision for the Future,” Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 31, p. 345-352, also appeared as SME Paper MR03-188.
Kumar, V.*, K. R. Haapala*, J. L. Rivera*, M. J. Hutchins*, W. J. Endres, J. K. Gershenson, D. J. Michalek, and J. W. Sutherland†, 2006, “Infusing Sustainability Principles into Manufacturing/ Mechanical Engineering Curricula,” SME Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 215-225.
Sutherland, J. W.† and K. R. Haapala*, 2007, “Optimization of Steel Production to Improve Lifecycle Environmental Performance,” CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 56, No. 1, p. 5-8.
Haapala, K. R.*, J. L. Rivera*, and J. W. Sutherland†, 2008, “Application of Life Cycle Assessment Tools to Sustainable Product Design and Manufacturing,” International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, Vol. 4, No. 3, p. 577-591.
Haapala, K. R.*, K. L. Brown*, and J. W. Sutherland†, 2008, “A Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Comparison of Product-Service Systems,” Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 36, p. 333-340.
Sutherland, J. W.†, D. P. Adler*, K. R. Haapala*, and V. Kumar*, 2008, “A Comparison of Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Energy Intensities with Application to Diesel Engine Production,” CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 5-8.
Haapala, K. R.†, J. L. Rivera*, and J. W. Sutherland, 2009, “Reducing Environmental Impacts of Steel Product Manufacturing,” Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 37, pp. 419-426.
Sutherland, J. W., T. L. Jenkins*, and K. R. Haapala†, 2010, “Development of a Cost Model and its Application in Determining Optimal Size of a Diesel Engine Remanufacturing Facility,” CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 49-52.
Bohm, M. R.†, K. R. Haapala, K. Poppa*, A. Nix*, R. B. Stone, I. Y. Tumer, 2010, “Integrating Life Cycle Assessment into the Conceptual Phase of Design to Aid Decision Making,” Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, No. 9, 091005 (12 pp.).
Haapala, K.R.†, A.V. Catalina, M.L. Johnson, J.W. Sutherland, 2012, “Development and Application of Models for Steelmaking and Casting Environmental Performance,” ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 134, No. 5, 051013 (13 pp.).
