Kalevi Ekman

Senior Advisor

T210 Design Factory

Professor Kalevi Ekman holds the chair of Product Development at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Aalto University. His interest in research covers product design and development in general, new innovation development, and the most important question “How to educate the best product developers in the world?”. He is interested in testing and applying these new ideas, not only in academic environment, but extending their usage into industrial contexts as well.

Full researcher profile

https://research.aalto.fi/...

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Phone number

+358505553566

Honors and awards

Vuoden opettaja Teknillinen korkeakoulu, Finland

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Mechanical Engineering Jan 2001

Vuoden opettaja 1999 Teknillisen korkeakoulun ylioppilaskunta, Finland

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Mechanical Engineering Jan 1999

Innovaatiopalkinto Otaniemi International Innovation Center, Finland

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Mechanical Engineering Jan 2008

Taideteollisen korkeakoulun kunniajäsenyys TaiK, Finland

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Mechanical Engineering Jan 2006

Publications

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

Future-ready skills development through Experiential Learning: perceptions from students working in multidisciplinary teams

Sara Santos Figueiredo, Apurva Ganoo, Vikki Eriksson, Kalevi Ekman 2022 CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

Inertial measurement method and application for bowling performance metrics

Sampo Laine, Topias Turunen, Martin Guggemos, Kalevi Ekman, Panu Kiviluoma, Petri Kuosmanen 2020 Proceedings of the 5th Baltic Mechatronics Symposium

Learning across silos: Design Factories as hubs for co‐creation

Tua Björklund, Teo Keipi, Sine Celik, Kalevi Ekman 2019 European Journal of Education

Preface

Johan Ölvander, Renee Wever, Glenn Johansson, Anders Warell, Fredrik Elgh, Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck, Ola Isaksson, Tobias Larsson, Martin Steinert, Kalevi Ekman, Poul Kyvsgaard Hansen, Tero Juuti, Johan Malmqvist, Sofia Ritzén, Rögnvaldur J. Sæmundsson, Claus Thorp Hansen 2018 NordDesign 2018 : Design in the era of digitalization