November 2011

Measuring innovation seminar at INDEK11 conference

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...

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...