Dr. Jihong Yan, professor of advanced manufacturing at Harbin Institute of Technology in China, will present a seminar titled “Sustainability Assessment and Energy Efficiency Oriented Simulation,” at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, in Room 213 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Yan will present a modular design methodology for achieving sustainable design as well as fulfilling functional requirements with a novelty 6R concept (reuse, recycle, reduce, recover, redesign and remanufacture). The event is part of the Bernard Sarchet Graduate Seminar Series sponsored by engineering management and systems engineering.