Alessandro Bertoni – Product Development Research Lab

Designing Complex Systems: Final presentation of Systems Engineering Course at BTH

23rd October 2025
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October 22 marked the conclusion of the master’s course MT2574 Systems Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), celebrated with a series of final project presentations. This year, 27 students […]

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PROSUCCO – PRO SUstainable Co-COnfiguration | 2024

12th April 2024
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The PROSUCCO project focuses on supporting sustainable Co-configurability of High Value Low Volume (HVLV) products in the conceptual design phase. The HVLV industry entails complex, flexible processes encompassing consistent effort […]

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BTH PDRL at the 23rd IFIP/SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises

27th September 2022
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PDRL was finally back to physical conferences between the 19th and the 21st of September for the 23rd IFIP/SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises with theme “Collaborative networks in the era of digitalisation and Society 5.0”, also known as Pro-Ve 2022.

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Systems Engineering students designing the future of compaction equipment

31st May 2022
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After two problematic years for physical collaboration, the systems engineering course has finally had the opportunity to revamp the traditional university-industry collaboration that has characterised it for several years. On […]

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Model-Driven Product Service Systems design: the Model-Driven Development and Decision Support (MD3S) approach

31st August 2021
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Abstract: The paper presents a Model-Driven approach for Product-Service System (PSS) Design promoting an increased digitalization of the PSS design process based on the combination of data-driven design (DDD) activities […]

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Development of a Circularity Impact and Failure Analysis: Obsolescence and Recyclability Integration

3rd September 2020
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Abstract: The application of the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) has been an established practice in systems engineering and engineering design for some decades. The benefit of applying FMEA […]

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A framework for data-driven design in a product innovation process: data analysis and visualisation for model-based decision making

24th April 2020
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ABSTRACT: The paper presents a four-layer framework for the application of data-driven design in a product innovation process. The framework builds on the Knowledge Value Stream and on the Product […]

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Measuring Experiential Learning: An Approach Based on Lessons Learned Mapping

20th January 2020
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Abstract: Fostering ‘experiential learning’ in real-life situations is a critical task for engineering educators when creating constructively aligned learning activities. The paper proposes an approach to measure the students’ perception […]

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Integration of value and sustainability assessment in design space exploration by machine learning: an aerospace application

20th January 2020
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Abstract: The use of decision-making models in the early stages of the development of complex products and technologies is a well-established practice in industry. Engineers rely on well-established statistical and […]

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Iterative value models generation in the engineering design process

4th October 2019
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Abstract Value models are increasingly discussed today as a means to frontload conceptual design activities in engineering design, with the final goal of reducing cost and rework associated with sub-optimal […]

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