Shashank is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and is working on the development and operationalization of a Safe and Sustainable-by-Design framework for additive manufacturing-enabled repair and remanufacturing within the NWA ADD-reAM project.

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Professional experience

Shashank obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology, India, in 2021. He subsequently completed his MSc in Sustainable Energy Technology from TU Delft in 2024, where he developed a strong background in sustainability assessment, energy systems, and prospective life cycle assessment (pLCA).

In his master’s thesis, he assessed the environmental impacts of silicon heterojunction based photovoltaic system, manufactured in the Netherlands, by conducting a Prospective Life Cycle Assessment for the year 2035 under different system scenarios. His work included analytical studies like sensitivity analysis and hotspot identification to determine key improvement areas across multiple impact categories, and explored potential strategies such as material/process substitutions and efficiency improvements to enhance the sustainability performance of the PV technology.

Research topic

Shashank’s PhD research focuses on the development of a Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) decision-support framework for additive manufacturing-enabled repair and remanufacturing within the NWA ADD-reAM project. His work assesses when and under which conditions, repair using additive manufacturing can contribute to more sustainable and circular product life cycles, taking into account environmental, social, and safety dimensions. His research combines Prospective Life Cycle Assessment (pLCA), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), scenario modelling, optimisation, and decision-support approaches, with the aim of developing a flexible yet robust framework applicable across a wide range of industrial cases.