This years’ breed of Innovative product development students from three different programs have come together to address challenges from four different partner organizations.
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For the duration of a day, the students in PSS Extreme Innovation have gone full circle in a design thinking process.
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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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We welcome Dr Andreas Larsson to us. Andreas is an Associate Professor starting at BTH from May 1, focusing innovation and collaboration with a base in Product Development Research Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, but operating with entire BTH and society in focus for his innovation work. A previous BTH alumni returning home… Who are […]
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Needfinding is considered an applied approach to identifying, capturing and communicating human needs into the process of product innovation. It assumes that designers need to be involved at the early stages of product innovation to have an impact on the product definition. The development of Needfinding includes creation of new methods to complement the product […]
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Research paper published in ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE). Abstract The research within the Product-Service Systems (PSS) field aims to support manufacturing industries’ ability to provide value in terms of a service offer to its customers, simultaneously taking a more holistic approach to eco- […]
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Objectives: Design for Wellbeing redirects the focus of product development from technology-based development, via needs-based development, to participative product development and innovation. By adapting a multidisciplinary approach, involving health sciences and engineering disciplines, we are able to manage the entire development cycle from an initial understanding of usersÂ’ needs to studies of finished products in use. […]
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