Recently, students from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden and Stanford University collaborated on a project focusing on innovations in construction equipment and trucking through the application of Biomimicry principles. Over a span of nine months, four students from Blekinge and six students from Stanford embarked on an exciting journey to explore innovation opportunities in […]
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Jenny Elfsberg successfully defended her PhD thesis “Innovation Engineering in Practice: Bridging Exploration and Exploitation in Large Manufacturing Incumbents” in front of some 60 people in the room and online and after thorough questioning by the opponent Professor Martin Steinert (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) and the grading committee consisting of Professor Mario […]
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Det började som ett studentprojekt i kursen Value Innovation där studenter från maskinteknik fick använda sig av metodiken Design Thinking för att tillsammans med Karlskrona Kommun under 8 veckor skapa lösningar för “hållbar turism”. Prototyper togs fram och presenterades (https://www.productdevelopment.se/?p=13272) Kommunen fann resultaten intresanta och tillsammans med BTH gick man vidare för att utveckla en […]
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Monday afternoon Mats Sigvant (PhD, Technology Development, Volvo Cars and Adjunct Lecturer at Mechanical Engineering, BTH) held is trial lecture for appointment as Docent at BTH (Associate Professor). The title of the trial lecture was “Sheet Metal Forming Simulation: essential for the automotive industry and also an interesting academic challenge”. Some 50 people followed the […]
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To celebrate the fact that the Building Moonshot book was released the event “Big Thinking in Blekinge” was held with Blue Science Park and Blekinge Institute of Technology as organisers. Authors Tamara Carleton and William R. Cockayne, both researchers and senior lecturers at Product Development Research Lab / Mechanical Engineering, started out with sharing nuggets […]
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Alexander Barlo presented his licentiate thesis entitled “Failure Prediction of Complex Load Cases in Sheet Metal Forming: Emphasis on Non-Linear Strain Paths, Stretch-Bending and Edge Effects” in front of an +50 people hybrid audience of online listeners and physically present people. Alex made a popular presentation of the background of his research and the findings […]
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Mubeen Ur Rehman is a PhD candidate at BTH that started Feb 1, 2023, signed up in Mechanical Engineering research education. He will be working in close collaboration with our research partners and in several of our portfolio of projects. WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND? I am Mubeen. I majored in Mechanical Engineering […]
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Leon Poot is a PhD candidate at BTH that started Dec 1, 2022, signed up in Mechanical Engineering research education. He will be working in close collaboration with our research partners and in several of our portfolio of projects. WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND? As the title might suggest, I am Leon. […]
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Karl-Henrik, Hedvig, Stefan och Ludwig skapade tillsammans med Stanfordstudenter Nomad och Oasis – två enheter som tillsammans kan generera och distribuera energi till eldrivna maskiner utanför elnätet, till exempel vid katastrofarbeten. Projektet är en del av kursen ME310, en årlig kurs och ett globalt samarbete med Stanford University där bland annat Volvo Construction Equipment utmanar […]
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