Modelling and simulation are today a natural part of engineering design in businesses of all types and sizes. However, transition from simulation as primary a tool for verifying solutions that are already decided upon towards the use of simulation to stimulate creation of new concepts and provide guidance towards more optimized designs, especially in early […]
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The 2018 edition of the MT2554 Value innovation course featured a total of 8 projects in collaboration with 5 company partners. The course is offered to students in the Master Programme of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Economy. It builds on the Design Thinking Methodology and gives participants the opportunity to experience the development of new products […]
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Jojje Sundblad and Sebastian Tuma Fischer have been awarded for the excellent quality of their master thesis, run in collaboration with PDRL research partner Dynapac. Jojje and Sebastian have received the award together with a 25.000 sek scholarship in the yearly event sponsored by Sparbanksstiftelsen Kronan at BTH. Their work has been selected among 68 […]
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Supporting the construction workers of both current and future construction sites has been the topic of the global product development challenge posed to seven final-year MSc students from BTH and Stanford University. In their capstone project ME310, which runs from November to June, they move through phases of needfinding, ideation, prototytping and more to arrive at a final detail designed product to display at the final exhibition, EXPE, at Stanford University.
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The engineer of the 21st century is expected to possess a broad range of skills and abilities. Besides more traditional technical knowledge and engineering skills, interpersonal skills, critical thinking, creativity, and design makes its way into the curriculum of our engineering education. Our underlying pedagogical approach to teaching design is based on constructivism. Which basically […]
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Can we transform a compaction roller to become temporary autonomous for executing a specific task? And can we do it in a cheap and flexible way? That´s the challenge that Jojje Sundblad and Sebastian Tuma Fischer, master thesis students in Mechanical Engineering at BTH, have faced in collaboration with our research partner Dynapac. Endurance tests […]
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This year’s iteration of the Design Thinking course (MT2547) has completed with a Design Expo at BTH where the students presented and demonstrated their results to other student peers, teaching staff, and general public as well as media. Design Thinking depicts an approach to product (and service) development that puts emphasis on designing with empathy […]
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Projektkurs 2 (MT1459) med studenter från Maskintekniks tredje år genomförde den 24/5 2018 sina slutpresentationer och en utställning för allmänheten och media. Studenterna berättade om och visade sina prototyper för hälsoövervakning på distans, säker och effektiv torrsättning av båtar (med Hasslö Varv), en soldriven gräsklippare, en fjärrstyrd räddningsrobot, ett plåtsepareringsverktyg (med BRODD Automation) en innovativ kryddburk, en […]
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Studenterna i årskurs två har under vårterminen jobbat med en mekatronisk utmaning där uppgiften var att konstruera, bygga och programmera en autonom robot. Årets utmaning i projektkursen MT1458 fokuserade på samarbete, roboten skulle lösa en given uppgift så bra som möjligt genom att samarbeta med en robot konstruerad av en annan grupp studenter. En viktig […]
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