Dr. Behdad received her PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. She has a Bachelor degree and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic University. She is the founding director of Green Engineering Technologies for Community of Tomorrow (GETCOT) research lab at UB. Her research interests include Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Remanufacturing, and End-of-Use Recovery of Electronic Waste. She is the member of ASME, IIE, and SME.