P13 EPD: Sustainability in Engineering Product Development #03 ONLINE

The course is part 2 of the 20 HEC four-module-PhD course on Engineering Product Development (EPD). Please refer to: The Product Development Academy (PDA), Sweden

Target group

Professionals and PhD candidates who want to increase their knowledge about how various sustainability aspects relate to Engineering Product Development.

Prerequisites

MSc in Engineering or similar.

Fee for industrial members

7 500 SEK

Content

The course will include lectures, literature seminars, and a written assignment. A number of pressing themes relating to Sustainable Development will be addressed and through the seminars and assignment these will be reflected upon in relation to their criticality for society and connection to the field of Engineering Design and Product Development. The connection to each PhD student’s own research will also be addressed.

Planned themes are:

1. Sustainable product development & Ecodesign
2. Social sustainability
3. Circular Economy/Sustainable business models.

In addition, the basics of Sustainable Development will be addressed.

At the end of the course participants are expected to write a course paper where they relate their own research to literature on sustainable product development. The paper shall be presented at the third meeting and each participant must also act as “opponent” of another participant’s paper.

DATES

Next course spring 2023 (if >8 participants from Swedish Universities).