Raj Machchhar – Product Development Research Lab

BTH PDRL at the 24th International Conference on Engineering Design 2023

4th August 2023
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PDRL (Product Development Research Lab) was well represented at the conference with six research papers and hosted a workshop on “Design of Product-Service Systems (Extended Reality technologies for PSS design)”.

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VIRTUALLY HOSTED HACKATHONS FOR DESIGN RESEARCH: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ENGINEERING ANNUAL (IDEA) CHALLENGE 2022

4th July 2023
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Abstract The International Design Engineering Annual (IDEA) Challenge is a virtually hosted hackathon for Engineering Design researchers with aims of: i) generating open access datasets; ii) fostering community between researchers; […]

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SUPPORTING CHANGEABILITY QUANTIFICATION IN PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEMS VIA CLUSTERING ALGORITHM

19th June 2023
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Abstract The design of Product-Service Systems (PSS) is challenging due to the inherent complexities and the associated uncertainties. This challenge aggravates when the PSS being considered has a longer lifespan, […]

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Congratulations Raj Jiten Machchhar, Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering!

17th December 2022
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Raj Jiten Machchhar presented his licentiate thesis entitled “Towards Changeability Quantification for Product-Service Systems Design” in front of an hybrid audience of online listeners and physically present people. Raj made […]

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A Framework to Address Complexity and Changeability in the Design of Circular Product-Service Systems

13th October 2022
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Abstract The design of a circular PSS solution goes beyond the traditional perspective of circular product design encompassing multiple complexity dimensions that need to be considered and addressed in the […]

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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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BTH PDRL at the DESIGN’22 online conference

31st May 2022
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PDRL attended Design 2022 with hosting one workshop, two conference chairs, and five research papers over the 4-day conference, and also getting a Reviewers Favourite award

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IDEA challenge – PhD Hackathon 2022

18th May 2022
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Three of our PhD students participated in the second running of the IDEA challenge – PhD Hackathon 2022. It is an event where groups of PhD students from several universities […]

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Digital Twin research on IVA 100 list for 2022

11th May 2022
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Digital Twin research on IVA 100 list for 2022

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Data-Driven Design Automation for Product-Service Systems Design: Framework and Lessons Learned from Empirical Studies

11th November 2021
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Abstract The digitalization era has brought about unprecedented challenges for the manufacturing industries, pushing them to deliver solutions that encompass both product and service-related dimensions, known as Product-service Systems. This […]

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