November news: Lots of collaboration…
During the month of November lots of items were going on, below is a snapshot with links, see the full PDRL web for all the activities.
News
Techtank Conference 2016 samlade företag kring industrins digitalisering
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.
From rocket science to everyday use: how BTH is transforming Value Driven Design research
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...
En hockeytokig professor med KHK-visioner!
En galen hockeyprofessor? Nej, men en hockeytokig farsa och teknikprofessor – som är oavlönad ordförande i en klubb med en omsättning uppemot 90 miljoner kronor. Sydöstran träffade KHK:s ordförande Tobias Larsson för att snacka SHL-succé, föreningsvisioner och en alltför snabb framgång som skapade huvudbry. Sydöstrans artikel här: http://www.sydostran.se/lordagslatt/en-hockeytokig-professor-med-khk-visioner/?fb_action_ids=10205794525461155&fb_action_types=og.likes Artikeln som PDF: http://www.tobiasclarsson.com/wp-content/uploads/20161112-En-hockeytokig-professor-med-KHK-visioner-Sydöstran.pdf
Special Issue: Science in support of systematic leadership towards sustainability
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.
Raka puckar med professorn
BTH utbildningskatalog har en feature; “Raka puckar med Professorn”. Läs katalogen här: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/68eb5ae2#/68eb5ae2/20
Lyckat Robothon 2016!
Mekatronik för att sätta en basketboll! Under höstlovet passade vi på att tillsammans med Molybden och Hyper Island återigen arrangera ett Robothon för ungdomar i kommunen, det 4’e i ordningen i denna konstellationen. 30-40 ungdomar deltog under dagen i Hyper Islands kreativa lokaler, och 6 team valde att anta utmaningen att bygga en robot som klarade att få en basketball i korgen.
Radical Innovation Workshop; Applied healthcare and wearables
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.
Future Exploration Design-Build-Test
During a rainy saturday, some 20 BTH students joined for the research labs event “Future Exploration Design-Build-Test challenge” in collaboration with Volvo Construction Equipment.
Product Development Academy formed
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).