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Kick-off for the year in Eriksberg

The yearly department kick-off was this year held in beautiful Eriksberg Vilt & Natur. Two days of knowledge sharing among the team members via ad-hoc workshops where researchers got to “feel” the research, and understand the problems. Long hours, great food, some marvelous wine and beer, and simply great company! Now we head into the […]

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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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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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Andre Benaim presented his Licentiate thesis

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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BTH och Telenor i samarbete om Innovativ produktutveckling

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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Urban Mining global innovation project with Stanford

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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