Product Development
The research interest in product development consists of product development methods, including integrated product development processes, creative collaboration, design thinking and leveraging artificial intelligence in product design.
Research in product development in the department can be divided into two streams: product development methods and development practices in organisations.
- In product development methods, our research focuses on idea generation, conceptual design, framing, integrated product development processes and leveraging artificial intelligence in product design.
- In terms of product development practices in organisations, our research investigates how different types of individual perceptions, team practices and organisational processes support developing innovative products.
Product development also has two minors and a major - check out the advanced study major, master's level minor in Interdisciplinary Product Development and bachelor's level minor Aaltonaut.
Latest publications
The dynamics of innovation efforts in the early career
Tua A. Björklund, Shannon K. Gilmartin, Sheri D. Sheppard
2023
Creativity and Innovation Management
Inconstant Empathy – Interpersonal factors that influence the incompleteness of user understanding
Jie Li, Katja Hölttä-Otto
2023
Journal of Mechanical Design
Expedite change
Tua Björklund
2022
Designing Change : New Opportunities for Organisations
Towards Radical Creativity
Tua Björklund, Vikki Eriksson, Xiaoqi Feng, Nico Klenner, Anna Kuukka, Floris van der Marel
2022
Under the umbrella : components of empathy in psychology and design
Alvaro M. Chang-Arana, Antti Surma-aho, Katja Holtta-Otto, Mikko Sams
2022
Design Science
Using the Electrochemistry Designette to Visualize Students' Competence and Misconceptions on Electrochemical Principles
Vanessa Y. Y. Chia, Katja Holtta-Otto, Franklin Anariba
2022
Journal of Chemical Education
Understanding engineering students' perceptions of their curiosity, diligence, and perseverance and assessing its impact on their creativity
Saurabh Deo, Abhijeet Malge
2022
CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation
AN EXPLORATION OF TEACHERS' COMPETENCIES IN INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Xiaoqi Feng, Katja Hölttä-Otto
2022
19th International Conference on Design Education (DEC)
Looking beyond your own speciality: student and faculty perceptions of collaboration opportunities
Xiaoqi Feng, Tua Björklund
2022
CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation
MAPPING DESIGN BRIEFS AND RESULTS OVER A DECADE OF UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY STUDENT PROJECTS
Sara Figueiredo, Vikki Eriksson, Tua Björklund, Kalevi Ekman
2022
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Personnel
Design Factory
Design Factory develops creative ways of working and enhanced interdisciplinary interaction to support world-class product design in educational, research and practical application contexts.
