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PSS Extreme Innovation projects released!

PSS Extreme Innovation projects released!

In the international masters programme in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation, MSPI there is project course with live industrial projects; PSS Extreme Innovation. For 4 months the students team up with companies to work on their challenges, trying to deliver innovative solutions to their challenges. The course is focused on, together with externa partner, carrying out a product-service system innovation project with...

Product/Service System Extreme Innovation project course…

Product/Service System Extreme Innovation project course…

Within the Master’s programme Sustainable Product/Service System Innovation (MSPI) we’re right now planning the project course PSS Extreme Innovation. We will put heavy focus on bringing in projects with true sustainability, innovation and renewal challenges from our partner companies in order to let our students deploy their skills in such a challenging environment as possible.

Congrats on your licentiate, Johan!

Starting from today, Johan Wenngren can title himself Licentiate in Engineering in Functional Product Development since he has presented and discussed his licentiate thesis. The title of the thesis is: Teambased Innovation – early problem setting activities in engineering design. Johan is part of the research project ProViking THINK (Teams for Heterogeneous Innovation Knowledge)and he describes different innovation processes in...

Congratulations Christian, PhD!

Congratulations Christian, PhD!

On Dec. 18th, Christian Johansson, Division of Functional Product Development, presented and defended his Ph.D. thesis “Knowledge Maturity as Decision Support in Stage-Gate Product Development: a Case from the Aerospace Industry”. Opponent was Dave Randall, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the grading committee consisted of Docent Sofia Ritzén, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Professor Johan Ölvander, Linköpings Universitet and Professor Anita Mirijamdotter, Växjö...

Fukt i luften blir dricksvatten

Fukt i luften blir dricksvatten

Under läsåret 2007-2008 arbetar Luleå tekniska universitet med ett globalt projekt som ska utveckla en produkt för framställning av dricksvatten ur luftfuktighet. Projektet genomförs i samarbete med Stanford University i USA samt med Kungliga tekniska högskolan och Lunds tekniska högskola. Fyra av LTU:s studenter från utbildningarna i teknisk design samt Arena innovativ teknik och företagande, åkte i slutet av oktober...

Design för välbefinnande

Design för välbefinnande

Innovationer för människor – det är vad projektet ”Design för välbefinnande” vid Luleå tekniska universitet går ut på. Om människors behov fångas och tas tillvara väl kan tekniken hjälpa oss att må bättre, och det är denna grundsyn som vägleder elva av studenterna i årets upplaga av kursen SIRIUS – Kreativ produktutveckling. Tillsammans med studenter från Stanford University i Kalifornien...