Academia

Before becoming an entrepreneur, I was an academic. And once an academic, always an academic.

I used to work as a researcher at the Universidad Politècnica de València, in Spain. With a Ph.D in Development, Sustainability, and Ecodesign, my research fields were ecoinnovation, sustainability and creativity. I worked mainly in the packaging, toy, and electronic sectors, since I was part of research group Integration of Design & Environmental Assessment (ID&EA).

Academics have to share their work, results, and thoughts, so naturally I’ve been involved in a number of publications! The following list shows my contributions in high-impact research journals (click for abstracts and more info):

• Method for Setting Environmental Targets in Product Development: Incorporating Use-Phase Impact by Subsystem (Source) (Collado-Ruiz, D. and Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi, H.). 2015. Journal of Industrial Ecology 20(1), pp 8-17.
• Estimating environmental behaviour without performing an LCA (Source) (Collado-Ruiz, D. and Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi, H.). 2012. Journal of Industrial Ecology 19(1), pp. 31-42.
• Tool for the environmental assessment of cranes based on parameterization (Source) (Collado-Ruiz, D. and Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi, H.). 2011. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 16(5), pp. 392-400.
• Influence of environmental information on creativity (Source) (Collado-Ruiz, D. and Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi, H.). 2010. Design Studies 30(5), pp. 479-498.
• Comparing LCA results out of competing products – Developing reference ranges from a product family approach (Source) (Collado-Ruiz, D., Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi, H.). Journal of Cleaner Production, 18(4), pp. 355-364. Elsevier.
• Fuon theory: Standardizing functional units for product design (Source) (Collado-Ruiz, D., and Ostad-Ahmad-Ghorabi, H.). 2010. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 54(10), pp. 683-691.
• Modularity and Ease of Disassembly: study of electrical and electronic equipment (Source) (Collado-Ruiz, D., and Capuz-Rizo, S.). 2010. Journal of Mechanical Design, 132(1), pp. 014502-1-5.
• Is environmental product information important to consumer of the base of the pyramid? (Source) (Pacheco-Blanco, B. Collado-Ruiz, D, Bastante-Ceca, M.J., Capuz-Rizo, S.F.) 2009. Dyna, 84(3), pp. 231-236.
• Design for end-of-life of small electrical appliances. Case study for electric toothbrushes (Source) (Collado-Ruiz, D, Ruescas-Nicolau, A., Viñoles-Cebolla, R., Bastante-Ceca, M.J., Pacheco-Blanco, B.). 2008. Dyna, 83(8), pp. 507-515.

Master Theses

I have supervised the following theses.