Journal Articles

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.

Willis, B, Jones, M, Rigby, O, Jones, L, Woolley, E, Vialle, C, Sablayrolles, C, Qu, Y, Beattie, N (2025) Towards more sustainable photovoltaics: Reducing environmental impact at the laboratory scale, Procedia CIRP, ISSN: 2212-8271.

Olavil Karayi, S, Punathil, P, Rigby, O, Kartopu, G, Jones, L, Tyrer, J, Willis, B, Barrioz, V, Zoppi, G, Beattie, N, Woolley, E (2024) Energy efficient production: Diode laser annealing of thin film CZTS photovoltaic absorbers, Procedia CIRP, ISSN: 2212-8271.

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

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, 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.

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

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.

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.