“Volvo – The home of bright ideas”; feature article of BTH/Volvo CE innovation collaboration with Tobias Larsson
http://www.volvoce.com/constructionequipment/corporate/en-gb/press_room/articles/innovation/Pages/volvo_the_home_of_bright_ideas.aspx
New research video for BTH product development (in swedish)
The video is a promo for the Mechanical Engineering research field with emphasis on product development. Professor Tobias C. Larsson is chaired professor in Product Development at School of Engineering, BTH.
Promotional video for MSPI Masters in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation
A new promotional video for the MSPI Masters in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation. Professor Tobias C. Larsson is chaired professor in Product Development at School of Engineering, BTH.
PrimCareIT kick-off in Seinäjoki
February 6-8, PrimCareIT project held a kickoff to get the project started. The kickoff took place in Seinäjoki in Finland. A beautiful place in this cold winter, when sun is shining and air is dry and crisp. With a start at Mediwest we carried out strategic planning in the project board, went through the objectives and goals of the project...
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...
Knowledge seminar at Blekinge Health Arena
Blekinge Institute of Technology, and Blekinge Health Arena offered a Knowledge Seminar in the TestLab at Blekinge Health Arena, situated at Rosenholm in Karlskrona. Research plays a central and vital role in the development of Blekinge Health Arena. On the themes of physical activity, health and technology, Blekinge Institute of Technology, and Blekinge Health Arena jointly organized a knowledge-based seminar in which current projects, and completed studies were presented. As a guest lecturer during the day was Per Nilsson, Director General...
Measuring innovation seminar at INDEK11 conference
How do we know that we are innovative? During the National Conference on Industrial Economics, INDEK’11, Professor Tobias Larsson held a session on “Measuring Innovation in Industrial Environment”. Participants in the session were, besides Tobias Larsson; Fredrik Nilsson (Associate Professor Design Sciences, Lund Unviersity), Niclas Nillroth (Global Director, Environmental Care & Safety, Volvo Construction Equipment), Johanna Wallin (Innovation Capability, Volvo...
Innovation workshops within new research project with Volvo Construction Equipment
For the last three days, Volvo Construction Equipment gathered their global innovation coaches (iCoaches) for a yearly meeting in Eskilstuna headquarters. During this event BTH took part within the boundaries of a new innovation research project with BTH and delivered inspirational talks and practical workshops. Professor Tobias Larsson (project leader of the innovation project) talked about ambidextrous organizations and how...
A Knowledge-based Master-model Approach with Application to Rotating Machinery Design
Research paper published in Concurrent Engineering (ISI Journal) Abstract Novel rotating machinery design concepts and architectures are being explored to reduce mass, energy consumption, manufacturing costs, and environmental impact while increasing performance. As component manufacturers supply parts to original equipment manufacturers, it is desirable to design the components using a systems approach so that they are optimized for system-level performance....
Health and Technology for All workshop at BTH!
School of Health held October 27-28 a workshop at BTH to find needs and opportunities for collaboration between Blekinge Institute of Technology and Linköping University within the field of Applied Health Technology. The workshop was aimed as an event to exchange information on ongoing activities, and to make a common external analysis of present and future needs and opportunities in applied health technology, focusing on the theme “Health and Technology for all”. They also wanted to find different interaction points in the existing projects anddiscuss the starts of new joint projects. Participants worked creatively in order...