Dr. I.S. Jawahir is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, James F. Hardymon Chair in Manufacturing Systems, and Founding Director of Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY, USA).
His early pioneering workon cutting tool/machining performance, sustainable manufacturing processes (dry, near-dry (also known as MQL), and cryogenic machining/processing of materials)is well-recognized world-wide. His current research includespredictivemodeling and optimization of sustainable manufacturing processes, product design for sustainability and circular economy. He has received significant research funding from US federal agencies, US Department of Defense and from numerous industry groups.
He has published extensively with over 450 publications, including 170+ journal papers; awarded with 5 U.S. patents; and delivered 83 plenary/keynote presentations in major international conferences andover 150 invited presentations in 40 countries.He has also directed/supervised the research of 25 postdoctoral researchers, 46 PhD and over 100 MS graduates.
He is a Fellow of three major professional societies: CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing and Technical Editor of Journal of Machining Science and Technology.In 2005, he established the ASME’s Research Committee on Sustainable Products and Processes and served as the Founding Chairman for six years (2005-11). He has been active in international collaborative research through CIRP since 1990: led five CIRP research groups; founded the CIRP Conference Series onModeling of Machining Operationsin 1998; co-founded the CIRP Conference Series on Surface Integrity in 2012; and continued to play a major role in the Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM) series since its founding in 2004.
During the last three decades, Professor Jawahir has established active international collaboration with 30+ universities from 20 countries. (Australia, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Portugal, Qatar, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey) – A total of 40+ international exchange students and 22 faculty members from these countries have so far visited the University of Kentucky and have worked on collaborative projects. Numerous publications were produced from these collaborations, and international conferences were jointly organized and hosted in the US and other countries.
Professor Jawahir received numerous awards and honors, including the 2013 ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, 2015 William Johnson International Gold Medal and the 2022 SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal and the 2023 ASME Kos Ishii Toshiba Award. In 2017, he was awarded with a University Research Professorship at the University of Kentucky. Also, he was awarded the 2015 Distinguished Visiting Professorship by the Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom.