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Extreme PSS Innovation 2017/18 completed

Christian Johansson — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:21:00 +0000

In the Extreme PSS Innovation course, students from BTH’s masters programmes in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management and Engineering, and Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation (MSPI) are given challenges from real industrial companies to solve. The course is a central part of BTH’s mantra “In Real Life”.

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Extreme PSS Innovation Completed

Christian Johansson — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:39:01 +0000

Using their achieved engineering skills to solve real challenges from real industrial companies is an important and inspiring challenge for the almost ready engineering students and a central part of the “In Real Life” mantra that BTH students practice. This years’ breed of Innovative product development students from three different programs have come together to address challenges from six different partner organizations.

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PSS Extreme Innovation Bootcamp 2016

Christian Johansson — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 14:07:30 +0000

To boost the students’ creative confidence and to familiarise them with Design Thinking they were tasked with a boot camp that is essentially a scaled down version of the development process.

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Carolina Villamil

Christian Johansson — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 12:03:19 +0000

“I suggest students to be intensely involved in the projects with the companies. Learning by doing is very effective to understand and apply the concepts. Learning from the achievements and the mistakes is the best way of education.”

In this segment of meeting our MSPI alumni, we’re now reacquainting ourselves with Carolina Villamil of the MSPI 2012 class.

Carolina Villamil

Hi! Who are you?

My name is Carolina Villamil, I am a Colombian Industrial designer, working both in industry and academia. Most of the time I have been a professor in several universities in Colombia. My main field of teaching is the basic concepts of design, and the design and development of sustainable products and services.

Which years did you study MSPI?

I did my Master from 2010 to 2012.

What are you currently working with?

I am working as a part time professor in two Universities in Colombia, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano and Politecnico Grancolombiano. In the first one I work with first-year students to develop their creativity capabilities and give them the basic tools to design. In the second University I have the opportunity to guide students through the product Life cycle Assessment (LCA) and next they propose solutions for all the steps of the cycle.

Besides I am a consult in a Colombian company that focuses on development of bus parts, called Transtec Diseño e Ingenieria. In this company I have developed some design projects focused on holistic and sustainable solutions.

In my free time, I design board games focused on sustainable issues in order to involve different stakeholders in the solution of these challenges and show them possible actions to take.

Carolina Villamil

How has your experience and the skills you learnt at MSPI helped you in your career?

All the information and experiences I got from MSPI have been very useful in my career and in my life. Many of my students have learned about Product service system (PSS), product Life cycle Assessment (LCA), co-design, and their application. One of the best contribution is sharing and multiplying this knowledge to the future social designers and entrepreneurs.

In 2014 I started a Sustainable Development Research. The results are presented in some Industrial Design Lectures and events at Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. The name of the two articles are: “Drilling territories: Extraction, sustainability, sovereignty and co-design in the South” and “Sustainable Product Service System (PSS) in European context and its relation with South context”. I will published them on the University academic material in 2017.

From 2013 to 2015 I was part of workshops that guide students to develop projects on social innovation and community wellbeing. The knowledge that I got form the Master was a very important key to guide the student’s projects, focusing them on: human-centered design, ethnography, design thinking, sustainability-driven innovation, PSS, and many other useful approaches.

On MSPI

Coming back to your experience as a student at BTH, what are some of the memories that you have from your time at BTH and in the MSPI program?

Being in BTH was a wonderful experience. I learned a lot, met new people, knew about different cultures, and many worthy things.

For a class called Systems Engineering, we developed a project with the partnership of BTH, called “Bike sharing system”. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with people in the University, and offer them a project that can be useful for the community, their culture, and the environment. It had useful results for the staff in BTH, offering a whole picture of the system, giving them new ideas to implement, create nets of collaboration, and many positive aspects for the development of future projects.

In most of the classes at MSPI we had to develop a project with a company or an organization. It was a good experience, but at the same time it was a big challenge to manage the group, the expectations, and the requirements of the company. In the group we tried to do our best effort. In a project developed for Swedish company Dynapac (now Atlas Copco), we worked very hard to develop a very creative proposal. For that reason I got the Global Swede award by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in May 2012. I got it for excellence in areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. I got the award in the name of all the members of the group who worked very hard.

Carolina Villamil with Dynapac Prototype

One of the activities that really changed my way of solving problems was the Art of hosting. It was about leadership, problem solving, networking creation, engagement, etc. Besides of learning, I met and shared with people from different cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, expectations, etc. It was a very significant activity, because it shaped me as an individual acting in a collective way. It was the opportunity to understand the importance of working in groups to empower and engage stakeholders in order to accomplish effective, valuable, and lasting solutions.

Many of the staff was very close, friendly, intelligent, and easy going. Tony Thompson, Tobias Larson, Zaida, and many other teachers and instructors were very supportive and charismatic. One thing that makes MSPI and BTH very valuable is the staff. I know that many of the teachers are new, but they try to choose competent, experienced, and sociable people.

Why did you choose MSPI and BTH?

When I first saw the name and the focus of the program (2009), I liked the name and its structure. Besides, in my country, design is separated from most of the disciplines. But the opportunity of being part of a multidisciplinary program was a very good opportunity (in Colombia design belongs to Art department and MSPI is in a different department: Mechanical Engineering). Sustainability is a very recognized topic in BTH research. For that reason it looked motivating and indispensable.

Which was your favorite course on the MSPI program?

Most of the courses were very good and useful, it depends on your expectations, background, etc. Many of the topics were fascinating and convenient. As a professor, I apply them in my classes fruitfully. Extreme PSS Innovation and Creativity courses were my favorites. We had the opportunity to develop projects with Swedish companies in multidisciplinary and multicultural groups. It was an excellent experience to be very creative and apply our knowledge and skills with real problems in industry and in different organizations.

Tell us what your Master Thesis was about?

I did the Master Thesis with Sabine Mukase. The title was Product Service System: Co-Designing for Social Impact. We wanted to create a sustainable PSS proposal for an organization called “Bushman Living organization” (they work with the application of permaculture in some regions in Africa). In the research we found that it was necessary to approach to the context. Being involved with the community, engaging in active participation of stakeholders, and many other actions is very useful to develop lasting and valuable sustainable solutions for the low income communities. Additionally, we evaluated and analyzed several products that poorly solved the real needs of the communities. We studied several design approaches to tackle the sustainable, social, and economic challenges of the communities. For that reason the research focused on developing 10 actions to co-design for community well-being in low income countries.

The key areas for the program is Sustainability/sustainable development, Product-service systems and Innovation. How do you think engineers can benefit from mastering these perspectives?

Students can learn and apply different tools and approaches, such as: Framework for strategic sustainable development FSSD (Natural step), Product service system, Human Centered Design, Design thinking, Life cycle Assessment, Collaboration and engagement, networking, Holistic perspective, among many others.

For me, many topics were completely new. For example, Product Service System (PSS), Cradle-to-cradle, and product Life cycle Assessment (LCA). The PSS concept helped me to understand to focus more in the use or the experience instead on the ownership of the products. It means that it is not necessary to own a product to solve a need. That there are many sustainable means to solve needs in different ways.

The product Life Cycle Assessment and the Cradle-to-cradle approaches were very useful to understand the importance to contemplate all the steps in the product life cycle and how it is necessary to close the loop.

What would you recommend our current and future students to think about while studying and preparing for the real life?

I suggest students to be intensely involved in the projects with the companies. Learning by doing is very effective to understand and apply the concepts. Learning from the achievements and the mistakes is the best way of education.

The connections that BTH have with different universities, organizations, and companies are meaningful. It is possible to know the processes deeply, to understand the management and requirements of the organizations. In my case, I had the opportunity to connect to another university. I did a course in the summer break called “All just Rubbish” Sustainability Summer School in 2011 at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. Here the focus was on food packaging and on the themes of green product design, waste, and material life cycles.

Carolina Villamil

What should we in academia – educating tomorrows engineers and leaders – focus on to be relevant for the real life of industry?

I consider that some topics can be developed and apply deeply. One of them is Biomimicry, which takes nature as inspiration. It is a wonderful idea to look and research the way how nature have solved problems in a very effective way, with few resources, and without wasting or damaging the equilibrium of the systems. Nature is perfect, nothing is considered as waste, everything is connected, and everything has a purpose. It is concept that can complement the PSS proposals in a very creative and sustainable way.

Is there anything else in particular from the education in MSPI that you would like to highlight?

The connection with the MSLS-program was great. We shared many classes and projects. It is not the same program, but both have many things in common and can be complemented. I learned a lot from the close academic and social relationship.

I had the opportunity to be part of the University choir. It was a great opportunity to know about the Swedish culture and to meet new people. It was wonderful to meet different people who were together for the same passion: music!

Carolina Villamil in Karlskrona

Living in Sweden was a very meaningful experience. I learned a lot about many things: sustainability, innovation, culture, etc. People were very friendly, the teachers and the staff at BTH were kindly, welcoming and supportive. MSPI means for me: creativity, networking, sustainable driving innovation, collaborations, holistic perspective, realistic solutions, exploration, learning by doing, and much more. Those 2 years in Sweden was one of my best experiences so far, and I highly recommend it.

Thanks to all people who were part of this experience!

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PSS Extreme Innovation 2015/16 Completed

Christian Johansson — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:10:38 +0000

This years’ breed of Innovative product development students from three different programs have come together to address challenges from four different partner organizations.

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Autumn student projects completed

Christian Johansson — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:38:02 +0000

Moving into the spring semester, it’s time to look back at some of the student projects done in the courses of the autumn semester.

Knowledge Enabled Engineering

The students of the first year, completed their first semester by presenting the Knowledge Enabled Engineering projects. Two groups presented an impact measuring device for rugby and a warning system for epilepsy respectively.

Rugby Impact Measurement

Seizure Bracelet

Read more on the PDRL web: http://www.productdevelopment.se/?p=2129

PSS Extreme Innovation

The second-year students completed their 15 ECTS credit projects working with Abu Garcia, Atlas Copco, GKN Aerospace Sweden and SICAHT.

Fishing App

GKN Service Portal concept

Dynapac Roller

Elderly Social Network

More info can also be found on the PDRL web: http://www.productdevelopment.se/?p=2166

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Program content

Tobias Larsson — Sun, 03 May 2015 21:37:53 +0000

The programme provides academic training as well as professional skills and career-enhancing credentials, drawing on Swedish and international experience. Graduates will be prepared for a wide spectrum of tasks such as:

Analyzing sustainability challenges of an organization in a scientific way.
Incorporating a strategic sustainability perspective into the innovation process of a company.
Utilizing new methods and tools, and previous engineering specialization, for working with companies on sustainable product-service system innovation.
Advancing the global shift to a more service-based economy.

Courses

Here is a list of the courses included in the MSPI programme. Click on the course name to get more information about the course.

	Green = Focus mainly on sustainability
	Blue = Focus mainly on innovation and engineeing (with a PSS mindset)
First year
Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4
Introduction to Strategic Sustainable Development [7.5 credits]	Engineering for a Sustainable Society [7.5 credits]	Methods for Sustainable Product-Service System Development [7.5 credits]	Design Thinking [7.5 credits]
Value innovation [7.5 credits]	Knowledge Enabled Engineering [7.5 credits]	Management of Technology and Innovation[7.5 credits]	Systems Engineering [7.5 credits]

Second year
Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4
Creativity for Product Service System Development [7.5 credits]	Product-Service System Design Research [7.5 credits]	Master Thesis in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation [30 credits]
PSS Extreme Innovation [15 credits]

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Testimonials

Tobias Larsson — Sun, 03 May 2015 20:03:19 +0000

Testimonials from MSPIs and partners.

”What I find amazing is that not only are different disciplines connected, but also people from all over the world. This give perspectives and influences in the work that we have not previously thought of or paid attention to. The end result will come into direct use, not only as inspiration, but also as roadmaps for the future.”

Jenny Elfsberg, Director, Emerging Technologies, Volvo Construction Equipment in relation to the PSS Extreme Innovation project presentations 2012.

“It change dramatically how we develop products and services”

Behrad Mirafshar, Iran, MSPI’12

“The last two years have completely changed my life. So many tremendous experiences”

Aaron Lewis, Canada, MSPI’12

“Via MSPI we will have good access to students that are trained in solving the problems we are facing as we speak”

Ola Isaksson, Company Specialist, Adjunct Professor, GKN Aerospace Engine Systems at company hosted field trip 2011.

“Wow, I learned so many things … I think I’m a system thinker now. The international aspects make this a great experience”

Carolina Villamil, Colombia, MSPI’12

“It gives me great tools, for real life, MSPI is the future!”

Björn Tenland, Sweden, MSPI’12

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PSS Extreme Innovation

Tobias Larsson — Sat, 02 May 2015 21:35:40 +0000

The students in the PSS Extreme Innovation course develops sustainable PSS innovations, in close collaboration with industry and society.

Course Purpose

The purpose of the course is for the students to gain an understanding of how different solutions are developed within industry today through applying and integrating knowledge necessary for future product- and service innovation. Participants will gain knowledge in project management, creative concept development, systems thinking for sustainability and technological solutions.

Course Objectives

The course is focused on carrying out a product/service system innovation project with sustainability and innovation focus.

The objective of the course is to acquire, apply and integrate knowledge central to the development of sustainable PSS innovation, in close collaboration with industry and society. By carrying out real team based projects in a collaborative mode the student will have the chance to reflect upon acquired theoretical base and apply this in a real setting. The experience will render the student a good position to enter into the work life.

Course Contents

Team collaboration
Innovation engineering
Needfinding
Creative concept development
Concept selection
Engineering design
Simulation driven design
Prototyping

Aims & Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course the student will know:

How to perform needfinding
How to develop and evaluate concepts
How to prototype solutions
How to work effectively in team based setting
How to develop innovative PSS design
How to work in concurrent engineering mode
How to employ advanced simulation driven design tools in applied setting

Learning & Teaching

Course focus is to give the participant knowledge to perform and carry out real product/service development with focus on sustainability and innovation Through reflection sessions, workshops, team exercises and project work students will gain an understanding of the course content. Students will complete assignments on group basis, and will share his/her learning with others through his/her written documents, group work and presentations. The course will be provided in English.

See examples of projects from the 2011-2012 course!

Course examiner

Professor Tobias C. Larsson.

Course Leaflet

BTH-PDRL-Leaflet-PSSEI-Course

More PSS Extreme Innovation

PSSEI 2017/2018:
PSSEI 2016/2017:
PSSEI 2015/2016: Fishing, Asphalt Rollers, Aero Engine Services, and Elderly loneliness.
PSSEI 2014/2015: Urban Mining, Quantified Self, and Aero Engine Marketing Strategy.
PSSEI 2013/2014: High Voltage Cables, Urban Mining, and Keyless Rollers.
PSSEI 2011/2012: Medtech and Construction Equipment.
More about PSS Extreme Innovation

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PSS Extreme Innovation 2014/2015

Christian Johansson — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:11:02 +0000

Students from the Master’s programs in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Economy and Management as well as the Master’s program in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation (MSPI) have teamed up to work on real projects provided by the three industrial partners – GKN Aerospace Sweden, Quantified Helf (qHelf) and Volvo Construction Equipment – to focus on real world problems with Design Thinking, Innovation and Sustainability.

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PSS Extreme Innovation 2013/2014

Christian Johansson — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:19:28 +0000

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PSS Extreme innovation 2011-2012

Tobias Larsson — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:26:33 +0000

The course is focused on, together with external partner, carrying out a product-service system innovation project with sustainability and innovation focus.

Projects

See the final presentation of PSS Extreme Innovation course here (20120119).

The teams where:

Team MedTech: project within healthtech development
Team Volvo: project with Volvo Construction Equipment
Team Dynapac: project with Dynapac Compaction Equipment

Download PSS Extreme Innovation folder here: BTH-PSSEI-2012.pdf

Links:

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Autonomous roller

Tobias Larsson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:54:11 +0000

Carolina and Nanond

This project was about coming with an extreme PSS idea in collaboration with a partner company. The student group made a prototype of how a future asphalt compaction machine might work, including a remote control and road cam!

Team: MSPI & Mechanical Engineers

Partner: Dynapac (Atlas Copco)

Course: Product-Service System Extreme Innovation (PSSEI)

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Future driving environment

Tobias Larsson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:48:23 +0000

This project was about coming with an extreme PSS idea in collaboration with a partner company.

The student group here put together some ideas for how augmented reality and a united recycling alliance can help prepare the way to autonomous worksites of the future! The cab provided a demonstration of how the driver experience could be when the real operating experience is augmented for improved performance.

Team: MSPI and Mechanical Engineers

Partner: Volvo Construction Equipment

Course: Product-Service System Extreme Innovation (PSSEI)

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Med Tech Leg Rest

Tobias Larsson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:37:12 +0000

A project in the PSS Extreme Innovation course at BTH has developed a Med Tech Leg Rest.

Legrest project poster.

This project was about coming with an extreme PSS idea in collaboration with a partner company. This group worked with an entrepreneurial nurse who has developed a new device to make her job easier! The Project Team suggested several improvements and then made a physical prototype to show how the improved leg-rest could work.

Legrest prototype.

The product is today marketed in the company Legpal.

Team: MSPI and Mechanical Engineers

Partner: Christina Wieslander, Landstinget Blekinge

Course: Product-Service System Extreme Innovation (PSSEI)

Project brief:

MSPI-MedTech-TheLegrestProject-BabakKianianEtAl-2012.pdf

More info:

2012: PSSEI project presentations
2015: Vårdfokus, lätta benlyft

Legrest project posters.

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