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Panel 15 – LTH | product development
PANEL 15: LTH – PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
CONTENTS
1. Department of Design Sciences.................................................................418
2. Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering
and Automation (IEA)................................................................................426
3. Department of Energy Sciences..................................................................431
4. Department of Industrial Management and Logistic.................................. 436
5. Department of Mechanical Engineering.................................................... 440
6. Division of Solid Mechanics....................................................................... 446
1. Department of Design Sciences
1.1. Background
The evaluation for this Department has been very difficult due to the fact
that only two (out of 5) Divisions had to be evaluated and that most of
the data were provided for the Department, with only limited information
on the two Divisions, combined or separately. Therefore, an Overall
Assessment was made on the Department, while for the detailed assessments
the two Divisions were evaluated, separately where possible.
The Department of Design Sciences (DDS) as a whole is a broad inter/
multidisciplinary organization dealing with design of products and
systems, and their interaction with society. It has 100 staff, 11 of which are
Professors, 7 adjunct professors, and 44 postgraduate students. Packaging
Logistics (DPL) and Machine Design (DMD), were the subjects of this
evaluation. The Department’s website indicated that the active research
staff in DPL consisted of, 1 Professor, 1 Associate Professor, 3 Assistant
Professors and 3 Adjunct Professors and two researchers, while DMD has 2
professors, 4 researchers and 5 staff members mainly dealing with teaching.
1.2 Overall Assessment (Department DDS) Very good (4)
DDS is quite young (1999) and has experienced a fast growth to reach a
present level of 100 people. The Department has managed, in less than 10
years, to develop a unique teaching and research environment on the design
of artifacts (products and systems) and their interaction with society,
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