Graduate students from the Industrial Sustainability Laboratory, advised by Associate Professor Karl Haapala, attended the California Forum on Energy Efficient Manufacturing (CaFEEM) October 1, 2015 at the University of California at Davis. Matteo Smullin, Harsha Malshe, Kamyar Raoufi, Mike Doran, and former lab member Ian Garretson (now a Ph.D. student at UC Davis) presented their research on sustainable characterization of manufacturing processes, energy modeling, smart manufacturing utilizing 3D printing, and electrically assisted machining. The forum focused on solutions for decreasing industrial energy usage and emissions in manufacturing facilities and brought together academics, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and students.