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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Blekinge Institute of Technology
371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden

Tobias Larsson

Professor
Research Director

Product Development Research Lab

Biography

Professor with experience and skills from applied research and projects in the intersection between academia and industry. Experience from primarily digitalized product development, and innovation engineering, within the aerospace, automotive and industrial sector but also in healthcare sector. 

High focus on the digitalisation and constant transformation going on in industry with start in computer aided engineering processes (1996-) and recently on a model based digitalisation work where digital twin and IoT comes together for delivering customer value through product-service systems.

Has been supervisor to several PhD (23) and Lic degrees (23). Contributed to 100+ publications within the research area. Acting research leader for several research projects.

Education

  1. March 2001

    PhD in Mechanical Engineering

    Luleå University of Technology
  2. March 1999

    Tech Lic in Mechanical Engineering

    Luleå University of Technology
  3. June 1996

    MSc in Mechanical Engineering

    Luleå University of Technology

Professional Appointments

  1. 2011
    Professor in Mechanical Engineering
    Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden
  2. 2009-2011
    Guest Professor in Mechanical Engineering
    Lund University, Lund, Sweden
  3. 2007-2011
    Professor in Functional Product Development
    Luleå University of Technology, Luleå Sweden

Awards & Prizes

  • 2013
    Reviewers favourite, top 10%. ICED’13 conference.
    ICED
  • 2011
    Best paper award at the International Conference on Research into Design - ICoRD'11, with the paper “Towards open innovation practices in aerospace industry: challenges and opportunities”
    International Conference on Research into Design
  • 2008
    Ranked top 4 in “Future Technology Star”
    Metro Magazine
  • 2001
    CONEX award of SEK 50.000 for research efforts within “Modelling and Simulation in Product Development”.
    CONEX