Journal Articles

Qaiser, M, Hatton, F, Colwill, J, Webb, P, Woolley, E (2025) Towards a circular economy for plastic food packaging: wear assessment of polyethylene terephthalate, Sustainability, 17(19), 8695, ISSN: 2071-1050. DOI: 10.3390/su17198695.

Olavil Karayi, S, Punathil, P, Rigby, O, Kartopu, G, Jones, L, Tyrer, J, Willis, B, Barrioz, V, Zoppi, G, Beattie, N, Woolley, E (2025) Energy efficient production: diode laser annealing of thin film CZTS photovoltaic absorbers, Procedia CIRP, 135, pp.843-848, ISSN: 2212-8271. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2024.12.092.

Willis, B, Jones, M, Rigby, O, Jones, L, Woolley, E, Vialle, C, Qu, Y, Beattie, N (2025) Towards more sustainable photovoltaics: Reducing environmental impact at the laboratory scale.

Jagtap, S, Trollman, H, Woolley, E (2025) Guest editorial: Digitizing food supply chains: a path to ensuring food security, International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 7(2), pp.97-99, ISSN: 2690-6090. DOI: 10.1108/IJIEOM-04-2025-083.

Olavil Karayi, S, Sezer, K, Kartopu, G, Jones, M, Punathil, P, Oklobia, O, Tyrer, J, Jones, L, Qu, Y, Barrioz, V, Zoppi, G, Beattie, N, Woolley, E (2025) Diode laser induced crystallization of CZTS thin films deposited on flexible molybdenum foils, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 192(2025), 109387, ISSN: 1369-8001. DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2025.109387.

Jones, M, Willis, B, Campbell, S, Kartopu, G, Maiello, P, Punathil, P, Cheung, WM, Woolley, E, Jones, L, Oklobia, O, Holland, A, Barrioz, V, Zoppi, G, Beattie, N, Qu, Y (2024) Ecodesign of kesterite nanoparticles for thin film photovoltaics at laboratory scale, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 12(31), pp.11613-11627, ISSN: 2168-0485. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c02841.

Mohamed Yusoff, NIB, Godsell, J, Woolley, E (2024) Towards zero waste: A comprehensive framework for categorizing household food waste, Sustainable Production and Consumption, 48, pp.1-13, ISSN: 2352-5509. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2024.05.002.

Goffin, N, Jones, L, Tyrer, J, Ouyang, J, Mativenga, P, Li, L, Woolley, E (2023) Industrial energy optimisation: a laser cutting case study, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, ISSN: 2288-6206. DOI: 10.1007/s40684-023-00563-y.

Qaiser, M, Woolley, E, Colwill, J, Hatton, F, Webb, P (2023) Intelligent assessment of reusable plastic food packaging for a circular supply chain [Abstract], Engineering Proceedings, 40(1), 12, DOI: 10.3390/engproc2023040012.

Jones, L, Goffin, N, Ouyang, J, Mirhossein, N, Xiong, J, Li, Y, Li, L, Tyrer, J, Liu, Z, Woolley, E, He, Y, Mi, G, Mativenga, P (2022) Laser specific energy consumption: How do laser systems compare to other manufacturing processes?, Journal of Laser Applications, 34(4), 042029, ISSN: 1042-346X. DOI: 10.2351/7.0000790.

Nahar, S, Sian, M, Larder, R, Hatton, F, Woolley, E (2022) Challenges associated with cleaning plastic food packaging for reuse, Waste, 1(1), pp.21-39, DOI: 10.3390/waste1010003.

Wilson, G, Clark, N, Hatton, F, Trimingham, R, Woolley, E (2022) Perpetual plastic for food to go: a design-led approach to polymer research, Polymer International, 71(12), pp.1370-1375, ISSN: 0959-8103. DOI: 10.1002/pi.6401.

Ouyang, J, Mativenga, P, Goffin, N, Liu, W, Liu, Z, Mirhosseini, N, Jones, L, Woolley, E, Li, L (2022) Energy consumption and performance optimisation of laser cleaning for coating removal, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 37, pp.245-257, ISSN: 1755-5817. DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2022.02.001.

Ouyang, J, Mativenga, P, Liu, Z, Goffin, N, Jones, L, Woolley, E, Li, L (2022) Sankey diagrams for energy consumption and scope 2 carbon emissions in laser de-coating, Energy, 243, 123069, ISSN: 0360-5442. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.123069.

Woolley, E, Luo, Z, Jellil, A, Simeone, A (2021) A data driven approach to reducing household food waste, Sustainable Production and Consumption, 29, pp.600-613, DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2021.11.004.

Watson, N, Bowler, A, Rady, A, Fisher, O, Simeone, A, Escrig, J, Woolley, E, Adedeji, A (2021) Intelligent sensors for sustainable food and drink manufacturing, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 642786, DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.642786.

Goffin, N, Jones, L, Tyrer, J, Ouyang, J, Mativenga, P, Woolley, E (2021) Mathematical modelling for energy efficiency improvement in laser welding, Journal of Cleaner Production, 322, 129012, ISSN: 0959-6526. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129012.

Harastani, R, James, L, Ghosh, S, Rosenthal, AJ, Woolley, E (2021) Reformulation of muffins using inulin and green banana flour: Physical, sensory, nutritional and shelf-life properties, Foods, 10(8), 1883, DOI: 10.3390/foods10081883.

Goffin, N, Jones, L, Tyrer, J, Woolley, E (2020) Just how (in)efficient is my laser system? Identifying opportunities for theoretical and auxiliary energy optimization, Journal of Laser Applications, 33(1), 012030, ISSN: 1042-346X. DOI: 10.2351/7.0000312.

Simeone, A, Woolley, E, Escrig, J, Watson, NJ (2020) Intelligent industrial cleaning: A multi-sensor approach utilising machine learning-based regression, Sensors, 20(13), 3642, ISSN: 1424-8220. DOI: 10.3390/s20133642.

Harastani, R, James, L, Walton, J, Woolley, E (2020) Tackling obesity: A knowledge-base to enable industrial food reformulation, Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 64, 102433, ISSN: 1466-8564. DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2020.102433.

Escrig-Escrig, J, Simeone, A, Woolley, E, Rangappa, S, Rady, A, Watson, N (2020) Ultrasonic measurements and machine learning for monitoring the removal of surface fouling during clean-in-place processes, Food and Bioproducts Processing, 123, pp.1-13, ISSN: 0960-3085. DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2020.05.003.

Goffin, N, Jones, L, Tyrer, J, Ouyang, J, Mativenga, P, Woolley, E (2020) Characterisation of laser system power draws in materials processing, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 4(2), 48, DOI: 10.3390/jmmp4020048.

Escrig, J, Woolley, E, Simeone, A, Watson, N (2020) Monitoring the cleaning of food fouling in pipes using ultrasonic measurements and machine learning, Food Control, 116(October 2020), 107309, ISSN: 0956-7135. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107309.

Escrig, Escrig, J, Woolley, E, Rangappa, S, Simeone, A, Watson, NJ (Accepted for publication) Clean-in-place monitoring of different food fouling materials using ultrasonic measurements, Food Control, 104, pp.358-366, ISSN: 0956-7135. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.05.013.

Garcia-Garcia, G, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S (2019) Identification and analysis of attributes for industrial food waste management modelling, Sustainability, 11(8), pp.2445-2445, DOI: 10.3390/su11082445.

Simeone, A, Deng, B, Watson, N, Woolley, E (2018) Enhanced clean-in-place monitoring using ultraviolet induced fluorescence and neural networks, Sensors, ISSN: 1424-8220. DOI: 10.3390/s18113742.

Goffin, N, Tyrer, J, Woolley, E (2018) Complex beam profiles for laser annealing of thin-film CdTe photovoltaics, Journal of Laser Applications, ISSN: 1042-346X. DOI: 10.2351/1.5038072.

Woolley, E, Luo, Y, Simeone, A (2018) Industrial waste heat recovery: A systematic approach, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 29, pp.50-59, ISSN: 2213-1388. DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2018.07.001.

Jellil, A, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S (2018) Towards integrating production and consumption to reduce consumer food waste in developed countries, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, ISSN: 1939-7038. DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2018.1428834.

Simeone, A, Woolley, E, Luo, Y, Williams, O, Rahimifard, S (2017) Infrared monitoring of aluminium milling processes for reduction of environmental impacts, International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES), 6(6), pp.8-21, ISSN: 2319-183X.

Goffin, N, Lisco, F, Claudio, G, Tyrer, J, Woolley, E (2016) Annealing of thin-film cadmium telluride photovoltaics using holographically controlled laser processing, 102, pp.70-79, ISSN: 1876-6102. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.11.320.

Garcia-Garcia, G, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S, Colwill, J, White, R, Needham, L (2016) A methodology for sustainable management of food waste, Waste and Biomass Valorization, 8(6), pp.2209-2227, ISSN: 1877-2641. DOI: 10.1007/s12649-016-9720-0.

Seow, Y, Goffin, N, Rahimifard, S, Woolley, E (2016) A 'design for energy minimization' approach to reduce energy consumption during the manufacturing phase, Energy, 109, pp.894-905, ISSN: 0360-5442. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.099.

Simeone, A, Luo, Y, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S, Boer, C (2016) A decision support system for waste heat recovery in manufacturing, CIRP Annals Manufacturing Technology, ISSN: 0007-8506. DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2016.04.034.

Luo, Y, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S, Simeone, A (2015) Improving energy efficiency within manufacturing by recovering waste heat energy, Journal of Thermal Engineering, 1(5), pp.337-344.

Garcia-Garcia, G, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S (2015) A framework for a more efficient approach to food waste management, International Journal of Food Engineering, ISSN: 2301-3664. DOI: 10.18178/ijfe.1.1.65-72.

Seow, Y, Rahimifard, S, Woolley, E (2013) Simulation of energy consumption in the manufacture of a product, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, ISSN: 0951-192X. DOI: 10.1080/0951192X.2012.749533.

Parnell, S, Woolley, EB, Boag, S, Frost, CD (2008) Digital pulsed NMR spectrometer for nuclear spin-polarized 3He and other hyperpolarized gases, Measurement Science and Technology, 19.

Conferences

Qaiser, M, Hatton, F, Colwill, J, Webb, P, Woolley, E (2025) Surface degradation assessment of post-consumer reusable plastic food packaging for a circular economy. In 32nd CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2025); Procedia CIRP, Manchester, UK, pp.954-959, DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2024.12.103.

Willis, BL, Jones, MDK, Campbell, S, Kartopu, G, Punathil, P, Cheung, WM, Woolley, E, Jones, LCR, Barrioz, V, Zoppi, G, Qu, Y, Beattie, NS (2024) Using Life Cycle Assessment to Improve the Sustainability of Laboratory Synthesis of Chalcogenide Nanoparticles for Thin Film Photovoltaics. In 2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), pp.0785-0787, DOI: 10.1109/pvsc57443.2024.10748794.

Woolley, E, Nahar, S, Simeone, A, Lee, K, Wilson, G (2024) A circular economy for reusable plastic packaging: digital assessment for cleaning assurance. In 31st CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2024); Procedia CIRP, Turin, Italy, pp.348-353, DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2024.01.051.

Wilson, G, Clark, N, Hatton, F, Woolley, E (2024) Perpetual Plastic for Food to Go: end of project. In Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge – Enabling Research Programme Event; Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge – Enabling Research Programme Event, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

Sezer, K, Woolley, E, Kartopu, G, Jones, L, Tyrer, J, Jones, M, Qu, Y, Oklobia, O, Barrioz, V, Zoppi, G, Beattie, N (Accepted for publication) Exploring laser annealing as an alternative approach to improve CZTS thin film quality for photovoltaic cells. In International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO) 2023, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Wilson, G, Baird, HM, Beswick-Parsons, R, Clark, N, Eman, S, Gavins, J, Greenwood, S, Lilley, D, Mattinson, P, Webb, TL, Woolley, E, Woy, P, York, N (2023) New metaphors for plastic packaging. In Niinimäki, K and Cura, K (ed) 5th PLATE 2023 Conference; PROCEEDINGS 5th PLATE Conference, Espoo, Finland, pp.1160-1167, ISBN: 9789526413679.

Woolley, E, Watson, N, Wilson, G (2023) Assessing surface cleanliness: a pathway to sustainability. In 9th International Conference on Food Chemistry & Technology (FCT-2023), Paris, France.

Yusoff, NIM, Woolley, E, Godsell, J (2023) Food Security via Food Waste Prevention: Categorization of Household Food Waste for Artificial Intelligence-Driven Interventions. In International Conference on Industry 4.0 for Agri-food Supply Chains, IC4AFSC 2023, pp.4-4, DOI: 10.3390/engproc2023040004.

Woolley, E, Sian, M, Nahar, S, Clark, N, Hatton, F, Larder, R, Trimingham, R, Wilson, G (2023) Towards making polymer food packaging suitable for the circular economy: Cleanliness is next to godliness. In Kohl, H, Seliger, G, Dietrich, F (ed) 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM 2022); GCSM 2022: Manufacturing Driving Circular Economy, Berlin, Germany,ISBN: 9783031288395. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_26.

Nahar, S, Woolley, E, Wilson, G, Clark, N, Trimingham, R, York, N, Larder, R, Hatton, F (2022) Optical cleaning assurance for reusable PET (re-PET) food packaging [Abstract]. In 36th EFFoST International Conference 2022, Dublin, Ireland.

Larder, R, Nahar, S, Sian, M, Hatton, F, Woolley, E, Clark, N, Trimingham, R, Wilson, G (Accepted for publication) Designing perpetual plastic packaging. In Loughborough University Research Conference 2021 - Creating Change: Your Research Legacy, Loughborough, UK.

Woolley, E, Jellil, A, Simeone, A (2021) Wasting less food: smart mass customisation of food provision. In CIRPe 2020 global web conference, Leuven (Online), pp.189-194, DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2021.01.073.

Goffin, N, Tholen, A, Jones, L, Tyrer, J, Woolley, E (2021) Off-axis laser beams for improved welding efficiency. In 40th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO); 2021 ICALEO conference proceedings, Online.

Woolley, E and Hill, R (2019) Cleaning assurance for reusable plastic packaging using ultraviolet induced fluorescence. In 7th International Symposium on Sensor Science, Naples, Italy.

Woolley, E, Wanjeri, A, Simeone, A (2018) Enhancement of clean-in-place procedures in powder production using ultraviolet-induced fluorescence. In , Online. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.176.

Lisco, F, Goffin, N, Abbas, A, Claudio, G, Woolley, E, Tyrer, JR, Walls, JM (2017) Laser annealing of thin film CdTe solar cells using a 808 nm diode laser. In 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, Portland, Oregon, pp.1-6, ISBN: 9781509056057. DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366657.

Gould, O, Simeone, A, Colwill, J, Woolley, E, Willey, R, Rahimifard, S (2017) Optimized assembly design for resource efficient production in a multiproduct manufacturing system. In , 10th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering - CIRP ICME '16, Naples, Italy. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.06.114.

Simeone, A, Woolley, E, Rodriguez, AZ, Rahimifard, S (2017) Eco-intelligent monitoring for fouling detection in clean-in-place. In , Naples. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.06.032.

Garcia-Garcia, G, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S (2017) Optimising industrial food waste management. In , 14th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, Stellenbosch, South Africa. DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2017.02.055.

Woolley, E, Simeone, A, Rahimifard, S (2017) Eco-intelligent factories: Timescales for environmental decision support. In International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Bologna, Italy,ISBN: 9783319570785.

Rahimifard, S, Woolley, E, Webb, P, Garcia-Garcia, G, Stone, J, Jellil, A, Gimenez-Escalante, P, Jagtap, S, Trollman, H (2017) Forging new frontiers in sustainable food manufacturing. In , Bologna, Italy, pp.13-24, ISBN: 9783319570778. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_2.

Simeone, A, Watson, N, Sterritt, I, Woolley, E (2016) A multi-sensor approach for fouling level assessment in clean-in-place processes. In 5th CIRP Global Web Conference Research and Innovation for Future Production; Procedia Cirp, Patras, Greece, pp.134-139, DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.07.023.

Jellil, A, Woolley, E, Garcia-Garcia, G, Rahimifard, S (2016) A manufacturing approach to reducing consumer food waste. In 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Loughborough University,ISBN: 9781614996675. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-668-2-375.

Woolley, E, Garcia-Garcia, G, Tseng, R, Rahimifard, S (2016) Manufacturing resilience via inventory management for domestic food waste. In , Ho Chi Minh City/Binh Duong, Vietnam. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.01.070.

Colwill, J, Simeone, A, Gould, O, Woolley, E, Mulvenna, C (2016) Energy-efficient systems for the sensing and separation of mixed polymers. In 10th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering - CIRP ICME '16, Ischia, Naples, Italy. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2016.06.116.

Lisco, F, Goffin, N, Abbas, A, Claudio, G, Woolley, E, Tyrer, J, Walls, M (2016) Laser annealing of thin film CdTe solar cells using a 808 nm diode laser. In 43rd IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Portland, OR, pp.2811-2816, ISBN: 9781509027248. DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750165.

Simeone, A, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S (2015) Tool state assessment for reduction of life cycle environmental impacts of aluminium machining processes via infrared temperature monitoring. In The 22nd CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Sydney, Australia, pp.526-531, DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.070.

Goffin, N, Lisco, F, Simeone, A, Claudio, G, Tyrer, J, Woolley, E (2015) Use of laser beam diffraction for non-invasive characterisation of CdTe thin film growth structure. In , CIRPe 2015, Online, pp.101-106, DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2015.08.077.

Stone, J, Rahimifard, S, Woolley, E (2015) An overview of resilience factors in food supply chains. In 11th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, Leeds.

Woolley, EB, Sheldrick, L, Arinez, J, Rahimifard, S (2013) Extending the boundaries of energy management for assessing manufacturing business strategies. In Seliger, G (ed) 11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing - Innovative Solutions, Berlin, pp.353-358, ISBN: 978-3-7983-2609-5.

Rahimifard, S, Sheldrick, L, Woolley, EB, Colwill, J, Sachidananda, M (2012) How to Manufacture a Sustainable Future for 9 Billion People in 2050. In nee, A (ed) 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Singapore.

Chapters

Woolley, E, Seow, Y, Arinez, J, Rahimifard, S (2016) The changing landscape of energy management in manufacturing. In Greenhouse Gases, InTech /© The Authors,ISBN: 9789535122739. DOI: 10.5772/62227.

Internet Publications

Mohamed Yusoff, NI, Godsell, J, Woolley, E (Accepted for publication) Decoding Household Food Waste: Understanding Consumer Behaviours for Intervention Design - Household Food Waste Categorisation Framework – Post-evaluation.

Mohamed Yusoff, NI, Godsell, J, Woolley, E (Accepted for publication) Decoding Household Food Waste: Understanding Consumer Behaviours for Intervention Design - Full Result Delphi Survey.

Mohamed Yusoff, NI, Godsell, J, Woolley, E (Accepted for publication) Decoding Household Food Waste: Understanding Consumer Behaviours for Intervention Design - Household Food Waste Categorisation Framework – Pre-evaluation.

Mohamed Yusoff, NI, Godsell, J, Woolley, E (Accepted for publication) Household Food Waste Categorization Framework.

Posters

Olavil Karayi, S, Punathil, P, Jones, L, Beattie, N, Zoppi, G, Barrioz, V, Woolley, E (2025) Laser Annealing of CZTS Absorber Layers: Molecular Ink vs. Nano Ink Comparison, 53rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Confernce.

Larder, R, Nahar, S, York, N, Wilson, G, Woolley, E, Hatton, F, Clark, N, Trimingham, R (2022) Perpetual plastic for food to go: Enabling technology, Materials Research Exchange (MRE) 2022 Conference.

York, N, Larder, R, Nahar, S, Wilson, G, Clark, N, Trimingham, R, Woolley, E, Hatton, F (2022) Perpetual plastic for food to go: Consumer behaviour, Materials Research Exchange (MRE) 2022 Conference.

Larder, R, Nahar, S, York, N, Clark, N, Trimingham, R, Woolley, E, Wilson, G, Hatton, F (2022) Enabling the reuse of food-to-go packaging, 22nd Annual RAPS (Recent Appointees in Polymer Science) Meeting (RAPS 2022).

York, N, Larder, R, Nahar, S, Wilson, G, Clark, N, Trimingham, R, Woolley, E, Hatton, F (Accepted for publication) Perpetual Plastic for Food to Go (PPFTG) project: A multidisciplinary collaboration approach.

Datasets

Mohamed Yusoff, NI, Godsell, J, Woolley, E (2025) Decoding Household Food Waste: Understanding Consumer Behaviours for Intervention Design - COM-B dimension validation results, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.29366564.

York, N, Nahar, S, Woolley, E, Larder, R, Eland, A, White, J, Wilson, G (2025) Dataset for Return for reuse plastic food packaging: simulated wear processes and assessment techniques, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.29085977.

Mohamed Yusoff, NI, Godsell, J, Woolley, E (2024) Supplementary information files for "Towards zero waste: A comprehensive framework for categorizing household food waste", DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.31057741.

Garcia-Garcia, G, Woolley, E, Rahimifard, S (2019) Supplementary information files for article: 'Identification and Analysis of Attributes for Industrial Food Waste Management Modelling', DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.8052560.