Circular Momentum Giovanni Formentini Circular Momentum · Copenhagen
Publications

Peer-reviewed work

Design for assembly, design for disassembly, circularity indicators and life cycle assessment, from 2019 to the present. The methodologies behind the expert review and the due diligence work are in this list, which means the assumptions behind a verdict are published and anyone can challenge them.

Journal and conference papers

  1. 2026 Automatic assessment of rust level on screws using convolutional neural networks M Mandolini, L Manuguerra, S Dimanche, G Formentini Proceedings of the Design Society
  2. 2026 Circular Design Through Machine Learning: A Preliminary Study About Disassembly Time L Manuguerra, G Formentini, D Ramanujan, C Favi, M Rossi, et al. Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering V
  3. 2025 Circular Design Through Machine Learning: A Preliminary Study About Disassembly Time Evaluation of Rusted Screws L Manuguerra, G Formentini, D Ramanujan, C Favi, M Rossi, M Mandolini, et al. International Conference of the Italian Association of Design Methods
  4. 2025 A review of disassembly systems for circular product design G Formentini, JPJ Prioli, J Ko, B Hapuwatte, V Ferrero, F Badurdeen, et al. Journal of Cleaner Production
  5. 2025 Information Needs for Establishing Circularity-Focused Collaborations Among Product Manufacturers and Recyclers G Formentini, RHEM Koppelaar, D Leone, S Dell'Ambrogio, A Fontana, et al. EcoDesign for Circular Value Creation: Volume I
  6. 2025 Systems Engineering Framework Enabling Holistic Design for Disassembly in the Circular Economy G Formentini, JPJ Prioli, JL Rickli, D Ramanujan 1st International Conference on Absolute Sustainability
  7. 2024 An Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework for Product Life Cycle-Oriented Decision-Making A Fontana, M Sorlini, D Leone, L Rossi, S Dell'Ambrogio, J Nika, et al. Circular Economy and Sustainable Development
  8. 2024 Assessing the disassembly performance of washing machines through the design for circular disassembly methodology G Formentini, TA Martiny, C Müller, T Vernica, D Ramanujan Proceedings of the Design Society
  9. 2024 Knowledge collection in aircraft passenger seat assembly: insight for a conceptual design method development R Rizzioli, GA de Lima, G Formentini, C Cuiller, F Boussiere, C Jurbert, et al. Procedia CIRP
  10. 2023 Examining the role and future potential of design for disassembly methods to support circular product design G Formentini, D Ramanujan Proceedings of the Design Society
  11. 2023 Design for circular disassembly: Evaluating the impacts of product end-of-life status on circularity through the parent-action-child model G Formentini, D Ramanujan Journal of Cleaner Production
  12. 2023 Accounting for product end-of-life status in disassembly time estimation using modified Maynard operation sequences G Formentini, D Ramanujan Procedia CIRP
  13. 2022 Design for manufacturing and assembly methods in the product development process of mechanical products: a systematic literature review G Formentini, NB Rodríguez, C Favi The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  14. 2022 A framework to collect and reuse engineering knowledge in the context of design for additive manufacturing G Formentini, C Favi, M Mandolini, M Germani Proceedings of the Design Society
  15. 2022 Conceptual design for assembly methodology formalization: systems installation analysis and manufacturing information integration in the design and development of aircraft … G Formentini, F Bouissiere, C Cuiller, PE Dereux, C Favi Journal of Industrial Information Integration 26, 100327
  16. 2022 CDFA method: a way to assess assembly and installation performance of aircraft system architectures at the conceptual design G Formentini, F Bouissiere, C Cuiller, PE Dereux, C Favi Research in Engineering Design 33, 31–52
  17. 2021 A method to assess design for assembly efficiency of aircraft cabin concepts G Formentini, C Favi, F Bouissiere, C Cuiller, PE Dereux, C Jurbert International Conference on Design, Simulation, Manufacturing
  18. 2021 Eco-design actions to improve life cycle environmental performance of face masks in the pandemic era NB Rodríguez, M Marconi, C Favi, G Formentini Proceedings of the Design Society
  19. 2021 Conceptual design for assembly in aerospace industry: Sensitivity analysis of mathematical framework and design parameters G Formentini, C Favi, C Cuiller, PE Dereux, F Bouissiere, C Jurbert Proceedings of the Design Society
  20. 2021 Engineering design process of face masks based on circularity and life cycle assessment in the constraint of the COVID-19 pandemic N Boix Rodríguez, G Formentini, C Favi, M Marconi Sustainability
  21. 2021 Impact assessment of design guidelines in the conceptual development of aircraft product architectures G Formentini, C Cuiller, PE Dereux, F Bouissiere, C Favi Procedia CIRP
  22. 2021 Environmental implication of personal protection equipment in the pandemic era: LCA comparison of face masks typologies NB Rodríguez, G Formentini, C Favi, M Marconi Procedia CIRP
  23. 2021 Engineering design in food-packaging industry: The case study of a tuna canning machine G Formentini, C Favi, F Moroni, A Pirondi Procedia CIRP
  24. 2021 Challenging the engineering design process for the development of facial masks in the constraint of the COVID-19 pandemic G Formentini, NB Rodríguez, C Favi, M Marconi Procedia CIRP
  25. 2020 Extrapolation of design guidelines during the conceptual design phase: a method to support product architecture design G Formentini, C Favi, F Bouissiere, C Cuiller, PE Dereux, R Guillaume, et al. Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference
  26. 2020 Eco-design of cooking appliances based on food habits and diets C Favi, G Formentini, NB Rodríguez Procedia CIRP
  27. 2019 Design for assembly in the conceptual development of aircraft systems C Favi, G Formentini, F Bouissiere, C Cuiller, PE Dereux, C Malchair International Conference of the Italian Association of Design Methods
  28. 2019 Conceptual design for assembly in aerospace industry: a method to assess manufacturing and assembly aspects of product architectures F Bouissiere, C Cuiller, PE Dereux, C Malchair, C Favi, G Formentini Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design

Theses

  1. 2022 Towards the definition of an engineering method to support the design for assembly and installation of aircraft systems at the conceptual design stage PhD thesis Università degli Studi di Parma
  2. 2017 Conceptual design for assembly method in aerospace: how to conceive optimized product architectures oriented to manufacturing and assembly MSc thesis Politecnico di Milano

Compiled from Google Scholar on 1 August 2026. Author lists are reproduced as Scholar records them, including Scholar's own truncation.

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