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About Product Development Research Lab
Research
The ability to effectively deliver new values to the market; innovation, is a challenge on global scale for companies today.
The research at PDRL aims at targeting early development stages of product development by use of a model based engineering approach with simulation at the core.
The research is particularly oriented towards early development, and questions of how to best identify, communicate, utilize, and re-use knowledge about, for example, user needs and product usage, are of high interest together with aspects of team based innovation, value creation and engineering optimisation.
Creating the ability to run simulation driven design of new sustainable solutions by using a model based approach is a key in order to support global product development where sustainable lifecycle solutions; product-service systems is the goal.
The applied research efforts provide new work procedures, methods and tools as well as new insights that support and enable product development improvements for our partners, while the research at the same time is disseminated in the proper academic channels to ensure quality control.
Below are our main research areas within mechanical engineering.
Latest Research Publications
Measuring Experiential Learning: An Approach Based on Lessons Learned Mapping
Abstract: Fostering ‘experiential learning’ in real-life situations is a critical task for engineering educators when creating constructively aligned learning activities.…
Integration of value and sustainability assessment in design space exploration by machine learning: an aerospace application
Abstract: The use of decision-making models in the early stages of the development of complex products and technologies is a…
A hybrid data- and model-based approach to process monitoring and control in sheet metal forming
Abstract The ability to predict and control the outcome of the sheet metal forming process demands holistic knowledge of the…
Resource-Limited Societies, Integrated Design Solutions, and Stakeholder Input
Abstract Poverty is a multidimensional issue, characterized by deprivations and constraints at the individual, institutional, economic, and technological level. To…
Supporting Early Stage Set-Based Concurrent Engineering with Value Driven Design
Abstract Set-Based Concurrent Engineering is commonly adopted to drive the development of complex products and systems. However, its application requires…
Value Driven Design revisited: emerging modelling concepts and applications
Abstract Extended product warranties, leasing, and pay-per-use schemes are few examples of how manufacturing companies are shifting their focus from…
STPs’ role as facilitators when innovation-advising organizations develop a common quality-assured innovation advising process
Abstract This study explores science and technology parks’ (STP) role as facilitators when an innovation advising organization network (IAON) within…
Problems when creating innovation teams
Abstract This research explores problems occurring when practitioners use a research-based methodology regarding how to create high-performing innovation teams, namely…
Research Projects
Research Partners
Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. We contribute to the below goals, where #9 and #12 are our high impact goals. Here is our breakdown of the PDRL contributions.
