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Value-Driven Design – sustainable products and service innovation with value in focus

15th November 2016
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Value-Driven Design (VDD) research wants to understand how ‘value’ can be modelled and visualized in the engineering decision making process, so to guide early stage generation and selection of design concepts.

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Studiebesök på Wugang och Volvo i Olofström

8th November 2016
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I november besökte jag och mina kinesiska studenter, doktorander och forskare från BTH Wugang Tailored Blanks Sverige AB och Volvo Personvagnars karossfabrik i Olofström som en del i min kurs Datorstöd inom konstruktion i syfte att få en bra koppling mellan designprocessen som konstruktör och tillverkning.

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Kortare ledtid genom avancerade verktygsstrukturer med fokus på plåtformning | 2017-

17th October 2016
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Projektets syfte är att minska ledtiden för pressverktyg genom ökad leverantörssamverkan och forskning

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The state of Product Service System Research – IPSS 2016

23rd June 2016
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PDRL participated with four papers and a keynote to the 8th CIRP IPSS CONFERENCE Product-Service Systems across Life Cycle in Bergamo, Italy.

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PDRL at the 8th CIRP IPS2 Conference

17th June 2016
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The 8th CIRP IPS2 conference will kick-off this weekend with a Welcome reception at Chiostro Santa Marta, in the beautiful city of Bergamo, in Northern Italy CIRP IPS2 is a major yearly event for PDRL. The conference gathers researchers worldwide to share theoretical and practical experiences showing that transition towards Industrial Product-Service System. The conference this year is […]

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Besök vid Volvo Car Body Components

18th January 2016
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I samband med Institutionen för Maskintekniks (TIMA) sista personalmöte för året genomfördes ett studiebesök vid Volvo Car Body Components i Olofström. Dr. Mats Sigvant, teknisk expert inom plåtformning, hälsade oss välkomna och beskrev utvecklingen från bysmedja år 1735 till dagens avancerade och omfattande pressning av karossdetaljer samt framtagning av pressverktyg. Volvo Car Body Components levererar […]

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Techtank conference

27th November 2015
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Techtank is a new technology cluster initiative for advanced engineering and manufacturing, and November 26-27 there was a conference at Volvo Cars in Olofström. The theme was “Lighter, stronger” and “Industry 4.0”. Professor Tobias Larsson of BTH presented on the topic of Product Development for Industry 4.0. For more information contact Product Development Research […]

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“Dancing with ambiguity” in global Stanford/BTH/Volvo innovation project

24th October 2015
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Late October, a team of BTH Mechanical Engineering students, and future game-changers, travelled to Palo Alto, and the world #1 engineering university; Stanford University. It was time for the kick-off for the 2015/16 ME310 Global New Product Design Innovation. ME310 is a course where a global network of designers, engineers and innovators are challenging complex real world […]

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Andre Benaim presented his Licentiate thesis

12th June 2015
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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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Extreme Product-Service Innovation 2014/15 completed

27th January 2015
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On January 14 2015, students in the MT2534 PSS Extreme Innovation (PSSEI) course presented the outcome of this year’s innovation projects. Students from the Master’s programs in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Economy and Management as well as the Master’s program in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation (MSPI) have teamed up to work on real projects provided […]

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