June 12, Andre Benaim, PhD candidate in Innovation Engineering, presented his Licentiate thesis. The title of the thesis is: “Innovation Capabilities – Measurement and Assessment“. Minna Saunila of Lappeenranta University of Technology was the licentiate opponent and delivered an enjoyable session for the audience. Andre started out by presenting his work for some 40 minutes, whereafter Minna continued […]
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Telenor har under 6 månader tillsammans med BTH genomfört en uppdragsutbildning med fokus på innovativ produktutveckling. Med fokus på tre moment; global konkurrenskraft, värdeinnovation, och lean, har man genomfört lektionspass, workshops och egna uppgifter. Syftet har varit att skapa en förståelse för de krafter som är i spel i en alltmer global konkurrenssituation, och att […]
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Turning waste into value has been the topic of a global product development challenge for 11 students for the past year within the Stanford ME310 Global Design Innovation course. The innovation challenge was performed in collaboration with industrial partner Volvo Construction Equipment. The project culminated with a presentation at the prestigious Stanford EXPE. Seven final-year BTH students in […]
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Next course start November 2022. Application declaring your intention to participate and a short abstract of your research profile to grantsoffice@bth.se before October 1, 2022. Target groups (20 seats): 1 ) PhD students, preferably in their second half of doctoral studies 2) Post docs, if seats are available, are also welcomed. Background Learning how to plan, market […]
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What is the next step in the road construction business? How do we create competitive advantage by redesigning the machines todays in use? These, and similar questions, have been addressed by the students of the Systems Engineering course that have presented their final project results in the morning of May 26th. Six groups of students […]
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Avoid losing track, tumbling over, or getting stuck, turned out to be determining factors of success for the competing teams of students at their project delivery in their first project course – MT1458.
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Ett legendariskt bidrag! Massimo deltog i ForskarFredag Grand Prix 2014, här är videon av hans presentation. Hur man kan utveckla en produkt med kundvärde i fokus? http://forskargrandprix.se/massimo-panarotto/ Sharing
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During a day, 9th grade kids were invited for an innovation workshop. Exploring efficiency (through assembling a torch faster and faster), planning, and innovation was the task at hand. Using littleBits, Lego Mindstorms, 3D printing and lowtech workshop material we explored the process of needfinding, ideation, and prototyping of solutions. Professor Tobias Larsson and PhD […]
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ABSTRACT The paper presents a discussion about gaps and opportunities for cross-pollination between Value Driven Design and Lean Product Service Development to promote the use of value-driven method and tools since the preliminary design stages. In particular the paper discusses how methods and tools developed in Value Driven Design have the potential to be applied […]
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Sharon Kao Walter has recently been appointed Professor in Mechanical Engineering.
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