Yearly Archives: 2015

Bra uppslutning till B. Brobergs symposium 24-25 augusti

Forskare från hela världen samlades på BTH under två dagar för att genom “5th B.Broberg Symposium on Mechanics of Materials” hedra minnet av den svenske forskaren och professorn Bertram Broberg (1925-2005). Symposiet arrangeras vartannat år växelvis i Sverige eller på Irland, där Bertram Broberg från år 1991 var professor emeritus vid University College of Dublin. […]

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Volvo CE Specialist & iCoach days 2015

The yearly gathering of global innovation coaches (iCoaches) and specialists took place for some days in Eskilstuna. The Munktell Museum provided an excellent back-drop, and inspiration, with the 180 year industrial history behind Volvo Construction Equipment. The BTH research team of Professor Tobias Larsson, and Assistant Professor Christian Johansson (boosted also with entrepreneur Sebastian Sjöberg) supported VCE within […]

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A virtual turbine module demonstrator for aircraft engines

Aircraft engines are complex systems built by modules and components whose perfect coordination grants the safety and the performances of any aircraft. Bringing innovation in such a system is a complex and critical task that needs to be enabled by the right methods and technologies. The capability of virtually testing new ideas instead of recurring […]

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International Conference on Engineering Design 2015

ICED was back to Italy this summer, 34 years after it kicked off in Rome in 1981. PDRL was well represented with 6 papers, covering a range of topics under the common denominator of supporting innovation and engineering activities “in real life”. See below for more info on our contributions to ICED’15.   MODEL BASED DECISION […]

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Auralight light case

Aura Light got the prototype of the new lighting system printed the weekend before going to a fair. Today the product is on the market, very similar with the 3D printed working prototype. Sharing       

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Designing with Priorities and Thresholds for Health Care Heterogeneity

Research paper published at International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2015, Design for Life, Milan, Italy, 27-30 July, 2015. Abstract Designing systems working in health care needs complying with the heterogeneous, overlapping, non-overlapping, competing, or even contradicting requirements expressed by the various actors of the health care complex environment, including regulatory bodies. The unification method […]

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Book contribution

PhD candidate Babak Kianian, Professor Tobias Larsson, together with Sam Tavassoli (of Industrial Economics) will appear in the new book “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy – Knowledge, Technology and Internationalization” from Edward Elgar Publishing. The contribution is entitled “Manufacturing Renaissance: Return of Manufacturing to Western Countries”. S. Tavassoli, B. Kianian, T.C. Larsson. (2015) Manufacturing Renaissance: Return […]

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