Sample Papers from the 2000 Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. November 6-8, 2000.

• [4193-01] Substitution policies for a hybrid system, A. Korugan, S. M. Gupta, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-03] Effect of reusable rate variation on the performance of remanufacturing systems, H. K. Aksoy, S. M. Gupta, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-07] Economics of PC recycling, J. E. Boon, J. A. Isaacs, S. M. Gupta, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-08] Economic analysis of end-of-life computer systems in educational institutions, E. A. Kizilkaya, M. Dincer, S. M. Gupta, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-09] Re-use of assembly systems: a great economical and ecological potential for facility suppliers, C. Buchholz, H. Weule, Univ. Karlsruhe (Germany)

• [4193-17] Life-cycle assessment of emergency lamp manufactured by the firm Beghelli, P. Neri, Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (Italy); R. Pareschi, Beghelli SpA (Italy); G. Tani, G. Danielli, Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy).

• [4193-18] Life-cycle assessment of an axial air compressor manufactured by the firm Fini Compressori, P. Neri, Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (Italy); M. Cremonini, Fini Compressori SpA (Italy); G. Tani, A. Ronchi, Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy).

• [4193-20] Tool to incorporate environmental costs into life-cycle assessment, S. K. Durairaj, S. K. Ong, A. Y. Nee, R. B. Tan, National Univ. of Singapore

• [4193-26] Optimizing the supply chain in reverse logistics, P. Veerakamolmal, IBM Corp.; S. M. Gupta, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-27] A Goal programming approach to the remanufacturing supply-chain model, E. Kongar, S. M. Gupta, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-28] Disassembly knowledge representation via XML, I. Zeid, S. M. Gupta, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-29] Case-based reasoning disassembly system, I. Zeid, S. M. Gupta, L. Pan, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-44] Complications in disassembly line balancing, A. Gungor, Pamukkale Univ. (Turkey); S. M. Gupta, S. V. Kamarthi, K. Pochampally, Northeastern Univ.

• [4193-56] Application of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology for valorization (recovery-reuse-recycling) of building materials and products, B. Sara, LCA Consultant (Italy); E. Antonini, Qualificazione e Sviluppo del Costruire (Italy); M. Tarantini, Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (Italy).

• [4193-62] Comparison between the environmental damages of two axial air compressors manufactured by the firm Fini Compressori, P. Neri, ENEA (Italy); M. Saric, Fini Compressori SpA (Italy); G. Tani, G. Bernardi, Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy).