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Urban Mining as a Case for PSS

ABSTRACT Reports about the depletion and pollutant of the earth by human interference and the increasing need for urbanised areas require us to think differently about how we go about achieving this increased urbanisation. In this context, urban mining, where demolition sites are mined for increased recycling and value extraction. Due to high specialisation of […]

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Hyperloop pod design day for students

It could be seen as crazy, or at least a little bit on the side, to focus time and efforts on designing pods for Elon Musks Hyperloop idea, or? The reasoning behind this can be read in “Why right now is the perfect moment to launch a Hyperloop startup“. At our research lab it makes […]

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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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Becoming An Innovative Company: Assessing An Organization’s Innovation Capability From The Perspective Of A Team

Research paper published in the 15th International CINet Conference, in Budapest, Turkey, 2014. Abstract Literature points out the need for companies to innovate continuously. Such need requires that companies develop capacities to exploit and improve current work as well as to develop and explore more radical opportunities. This paper is a case study that investigates […]

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Volvo CE har innovationscoachmöte på BTH

Arton stycken innovationscoacher från Volvo CE träffades på BTH då Director Jenny Elfsberg förlade Volvo CE:s årliga innovationscoachmöte till lärosätet. Det var innovationscoacher från hela världen som träffades. På plats fanns representanter från bland annat USA, Tyskland, Korea, Sverige och Frankrike. Under dagen handlade det om nätverkande, fokusering, innovativ förmåga, att jobba i små team […]

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