A Survey of Researches in the Field of Ecodesign Related to Intralogistics at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2010-2017)

Abstract

Since its inception in the educational process at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (University of Belgrade) in 2008/2009 (Master and PhD studies), as the result of the Tempus project JEP 40069 “Design in Mechanical Engineering” (2006-2008), the field of ecodesign and sustainable logistics has a permanent growth both in tuition and research. That finally resulted in establishing Laboratory of ecodesign and logistics in 2014 and several researches conducted through the work in this Lab. Some of them have been done in the cooperation with some foreign academic institutions. The main stream of the mentioned researches was related to the assessment of environmental effects of intralogistics equipment, such as material handling (cargo handling equipment in ports such as are cranes and terminal tractors) and conveying (belt conveyors) equipment. Accordingly, the conducted researches and findings have been presented to a broader scientific community and published in international journals, books and presented at the international conferences. This paper gives a survey and compilation of those publications in the period 2010-2017.