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Search Publications by: Kelsea Schumacher (Fed)

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Manufacturing in a Circular Economy: Research Needs in Design, Systems Modeling, and Digital Thread

September 8, 2026
Author(s)
Noah Last, Kelsea Schumacher, Nehika Mathur, Vincenzo Ferrero, Matthew Triebe, Buddhika Hapuwatte, Naser Alqseer, Maya Reslan, Katherine Morris
Momentum is building to transition from a linear (take-make-use-discard) economy into a more circular one in which materials are kept in the economy through value-retention and -recovery processes. This momentum is taking the form of shifts in consumer

Standards Needs for Circular Textiles Workshop Report

December 2, 2024
Author(s)
Kelsea Schumacher, Amanda Forster
The textile industry is increasingly recognizing the need to transition towards a more circular economy to address growing concerns about the environmental and social impacts of textiles and, in particular, the rapid increase in the amount of textile waste

Circular Economy in a High-Tech World

October 18, 2022
Author(s)
Kelsea Schumacher, Martin L. Green
The proliferation of electronics, batteries, and solar panels in recent decades has resulted in a substantial generation of end-of-life (EoL) "high-tech" products. Currently, these products follow a largely linear – extract, make, use, dispose – model, but

Circular Economy in the High-Tech World Workshop Report

December 14, 2021
Author(s)
Martin L. Green, Kelsea Schumacher
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a Technical Workshop on January 27 and 28, 2021 to assess the state and challenges of a Circular Economy (CE) in the High-Tech World. Scientists, researchers, and program managers in the CE
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