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The course will provide to the student the knowledge required to address the products/processes innovation topics. At the end of the course, the student will possess the theoretical and critical knowledge related about the concept of innovation, the operational and decision-making methods and the tools for validating the new solutions.
1. Course introduction 2. Introduction to innovation 3. Designing innovation: conceptual and detailed design methodologies 4. Product validation 5. Laboratory on product/process innovation
1. Course introduction
2. Introduction to innovation Defining innovation Differences between innovation and invention Internal, closed and open innovation approaches Product and process innovation Radical and incremental innovation Technological, commercial and organizational innovation Innovation indicators Examples
3. Designing innovation: conceptual and detailed design methodologies Functional analysis Quality Function Deployment Preliminary design Materials selection Life cycle assessment (LCA) Life cycle costs (LCC)
4. Product validation Virtual validation Design of experiment (DoE) for robust design and rational planning of experimental tests on prototypes
5. Laboratory on product/process innovation
Michael F. Ashby "Materials Selection in Mechanical Design" ed. A Butterworth-Heinemann Title ISBN 0750661682.
Course slides.
Lectrures. Case-studies discussion. Course project.
Course project with oral presentation.