TIP100 Industrial Innovation and Technology

The course is based on a project-based approach to learning, where workshop activities and project assignments and other forms of active learning are used. As a supplement to this, it will be possible to organize ordinary lectures to support the learning activities. The lectures may include relevant topics such as the history of innovation, innovation history, creative processes and idea creation, idea descriptions, patenting and pattern protection, product design and prototype development, project organization etc.

The workshop-activities (including mandatory hand-ins) are organized so that they will give the students a practical approach to the use of digital tools for design (CAD - Computer Aided Design) and basic equipment for computer controlled modelling and production (3D-printing, Laser cutting etc.). The project assignments consists of two consecutive parts. Part 1: Is focused on concept-verification relative to customer/end-users of a new product, with the aim to verify and establish a "Product market fit". Part 2: This is a "Problem solving project", where the students are to use experiences and knowledge they have acquired during the course to solve a task or a problem. Such tasks may have been suggested by external organizations, industry or be a part of current Research.