Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Behdad Lab
Led by Sara Behdad · Environmental Engineering Sciences
What we study
The Behdad Lab studies sustainable design and manufacturing, focusing on intelligent remanufacturing, robotic disassembly, and resource recovery. They use data-driven decision-making and robotic systems to improve product lifecycles.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Building & testing
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Project Classification of commercial vessel activity from automatic identification system records
The lab uses ship tracking data to figure out what a vessel is doing—whether it is moving, waiting, or turning—without extra maps. The student will build a method that uses only speed, heading, and position to tell these activities apart.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 526
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Recent papers, explained
- Evaluating Large and Lightweight Vision Models for Irregular Component Segmentation in E-Waste Disassembly
2026 · Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
Compares vision models for segmenting e-waste components in robotic disassembly.
- Electric Vehicle Batteries Recycling: A Review
2026 · Waste Management
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- Human-robot collaboration for e-waste disassembly: task modeling, allocation, and ergonomic assessment
2026 · Ergonomics
Tests whether robots can help humans safely disassemble e-waste by studying task division and safety.
- Transforming remanufacturing automation with large language models: A forward-looking analysis with case studies
2026 · Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Uses large language models to improve automation in remanufacturing for circular economy.
- Aligning lithium‐ion battery durability with consumer needs: A data‐driven analysis of consumption behavior
2025 · Journal of Industrial Ecology
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