Leonardo da Vinci is remembered in history as a “universal genius”, he was an artist, a scientist, a mathematician and an engineer. He generated a huge amount of ideas and sketches of revolutionary concepts in his days. Although, almost none of these became reality. Why was it like that? What is the reason that brilliant ideas don’t become innovations – in...
Under två dagar samlades industri och akademi till Techtank Conference 2016 på Volvo Cars i Olofström. Konferensen erbjöd en framtidsblick inom stampingområden som industriell produktutveckling, processberedning, tillverkning samt processunderhåll.
Extended product warranties up to 10 years, leasing or pay-per-use schemes are just few examples of how manufacturing companies are shifting their focus from selling products to offering “solutions” (functional sales, product-service systems etc.), combining products and services. The opportunity to maximize customer value is a main reason for this, still great challenges remain when “value” is measured and communicated...
BTH-samarbetet med GKN Aerospace lyfts fram som exempel på gott industrisamarbete i Produktion2030:s visionsprogram. – Våra forskare har medverkat i framtagningen av det nya visionsprogrammet och det är positivt att resultaten av vårt industrisamarbete inom forskningen uppmärksammas, säger Tobias Larsson, professor vid institutionen för maskinteknik.
BTH Professors Göran Broman, Karl-Henrik Robèrt and Tobias Larsson, has together with Terrence J. Collins (Carnegie Mellon University), George Basile (Arizona State University), Rupert J. Baumgartner (University of Graz), Tobias Larssona, Donald Huisingh (University of Tennessee) been editors for a Special Issue of Journal of Cleaner Production.
Globally, healthcare is under great pressure as the population increases; we live longer. In 2020 there will be more than 7.6 billion people. If the trend continues, a large percentage have problems with health. More than 30 percent of the world population are exercising too little, 20 percent are overweight and 13 percent are 60 years or older.
October 17, 2016, was a historical day as the Product Development Academy (PDA) in Sweden was officially established. During the meeting at Linköping university the founding team are: professors Fredrik Elgh (JU), Johan Ölvander (LiU), Ola Isaksson (Chalmers), Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck (LTU), Tobias Larsson (BTH), Sofia Ritzén (KTH), Glenn Johansson (MDH), and (missing in the picture) Björn Fagerström (ABB/MDH).
“Modelldriven utveckling och beslutsstöd” heter en av BTH:s två forskningsprofiler. Temat är hur digitala modeller kan utvecklas och användas för att snabbare utveckla nästa generations produkter som passar in ett hållbart samhälle. Under tre dagar träffades forskare och företagsrepresentanter i forskningsprofilen för att diskutera resultat och lägga ut planen för de kommande 3 åren av forskning och samverkan.
Upcoming week, several PDRL researchers are taking part in the VCE Innovation Conference in Eskilstuna. The meeting is bringing together researchers, engineers and innovators in the VCE network in order to share, learn, inspire, and connect.
Jenny Elfsberg intervjuas om innovationsförmåga på Volvo CE, ett arbetssätt som BTH PDRL medverkar till att utveckla inom bland annat forskningsprofilen “Model Driven Development and Decision Support“.
