{"id":158,"date":"2015-04-26T20:55:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T20:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.productdevelopment.se\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2022-03-31T12:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T10:34:15","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.productdevelopment.se\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy and mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-123093 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-599788 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-669422 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">History<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-281030 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>The department of Mechanical Engineering, within the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, is a unit that has been at the core of BTH since the start in early 1990s. The department is active in research, education and collaboration, and is a specialized unit with in-depth knowledge.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont,;\">We work in high degree accordingly to Blekinge Institute of Technology&#039;s profile &#8220;applied IT and innovation for sustainable growth\" and in our student and research labs we have modern equipment and systems to support product development, prototyping and visualization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We gather our research efforts under the flag of two research labs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Product Development Research Laboratory\n<ul>\n<li>Research Director: Prof Tobias Larsson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Structural Mechanics Research Laboratory\n<ul>\n<li>Research Director: Prof Sharon Kao-Walter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All labs are within the research subject of Mechanical Engineering. Education is carried out in the subject of Mechanical Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-255134 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Legacy<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-490516 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont,;\">Some events in the Department of Mechanical Engineering&#039;s history worth mention:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2018: Recieves continuation on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.productdevelopment.se\/?p=68\">Knowledge Foundation Profile grant in Model Driven Development<\/a>\u00a0(MD3S+) to further profile the strong research environment at BTH<\/li>\n<li>2012: Receives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.productdevelopment.se\/?p=68\">Knowledge Foundation Profile grant in Model Driven Development<\/a>\u00a0to build strong research environment at BTH<\/li>\n<li>2012: The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bth.se\/tisu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Strategic Sustainable Development<\/a> is successfully created as a spin-off from the department.<\/li>\n<li>2010: The new master&#039;s Programme in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mspi.se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Product-Service Systems Innovation<\/a> begins successfully.<\/li>\n<li>2005: Mechanical Engineerings two first Ph.D exams<\/li>\n<li>2004: The new master&#039;s Programme in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability begins successfully.<\/li>\n<li>2003: A new master\u00b4s programme in Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability was approved.<\/li>\n<li>2003: The two first licentiate of technology where examined at the Department of Mechanical Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>2002: &#8220;Civilingenj\u00f6rsutbildning\" (a master programme) in Mechanical Engineering was approved<\/li>\n<li>2001: The department got its own research area in Mechanical Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>2001: Our first fulltime professor was appointed.<\/li>\n<li>2001: Two licentiate of technology, supervised at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, where examined.<\/li>\n<li>2000: The three year education programme in Virtual product development and design started<\/li>\n<li>2000: Our first associate professor (docent) was appointed.<\/li>\n<li>1997: The first PhD student began working at the department.<\/li>\n<li>1996: Our master programme in Structural mechanics started.<\/li>\n<li>1993: The three year education programme in Product Development started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-393632 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-612230 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Mission<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-606986 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>\nOur mission statement describes why we exist (i.e. our purpose).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &#039;Segoe UI&#039;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &#039;Helvetica Neue&#039;, sans-serif;\">Our mission is to:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Produce high quality research of significance for our partners and society, and of national and international interest<\/li>\n<li>Act for efficient knowledge transfer from research to application through education, projects and dissemination activities<\/li>\n<li>Support research that brings new knowledge to the field of development of products and services for a sustainable society<\/li>\n<li>Facilitate and educate multi-disciplinary process thinking, forward thinking, design thinking, so that engineers can have a deep understanding of industry\u2019s and society\u2019s needs<\/li>\n<li>To make a measurable difference in the field of product development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-590675 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Vision<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-504139 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>We want to provide capability!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With practice and science, we support innovation teams in product development through new work methods, tools and processes that will empower them to create and develop new product and services for the sustainable society.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our dream!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>We aim to be a nationally leading and internationally strong actor within our focus areas by scientific excellence, innovative ways of thinking and great collaborative skills, and by this do epic stuff!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-711905 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Goals<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-885335 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Our 5-year viewpoint for 2024 states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our PD research is the benchmark for PD research in Sweden<\/li>\n<li>We should be the role model for applied research collaboration in Sweden<\/li>\n<li>A reference source for industrial companies striving for innovation.<\/li>\n<li>A research team that think outside the box.<\/li>\n<li>Not the biggest but smartest through focus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our vision for the upcoming five-year period (2019-2024) embraces the perspective of PD with cornerstones in value models, innovation, creativity and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Some KPI areas we pay attention to are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Competent co-workers.<\/li>\n<li>Increased collaboration with industry.<\/li>\n<li>Increased presence\u00a0on the international arena.<\/li>\n<li>Increased collaboration with leading international universities, and their research centers, in our domains on even terms.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>An increased number of high ranked journal publications (ISI).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The ability to effectively share knowledge and expertise through outreach is key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-378802 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-336332 kc_col-sm-12 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