In the master's program Product development, students work in teams for six months in a project course. All projects are done in collaboration with the industry and are based on current and real problems. The students' task is to explore solutions that, in addition to a project report, are also presented with models and prototypes in an exhibition.
The projects vary and deal with everything from satellite communications to modular accessories for snowmobiles. Many companies participate every year and sometimes with several projects. Volvo Cars, a recurring participant, contributed this year with two projects. One was about a new innovative way to clean car windows instead of traditional windshield wipers, and the other was about developing a sustainable steering wheel concept.
There is no requirement to produce finished products. Rather, it is about demonstrating different solutions based on an engineering approach and learning cooperation. But many companies take the ideas and concepts with them in their continued development work.
“This course is important because the way you work in a team to solve an overall problem is very close to real-life engineering. Therefore, it is also important that students get to work with topical project proposals that have been prepared by committed engineers or entrepreneurs from industry”, says the examiner, Lars Almefelt.
The exhibition takes place every year in the study hall in the M building on Campus Johanneberg. There are usually around ten to twelve projects with between five and seven students in each group. All projects have supervisors from both academia and industry.
If you want to know more, you are welcome to contact Lars Almefelt.
All projects 2023
- ASSA ABLOY - Net Zero Door
- Sahlgrenska Academy & Chalmers - Loading device for dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Satcube - Satellite communication terminals for broadband connectivity wherever you go
- GKN - Variable nozzle for a ducted electric fan
- Volvo Penta - Energy to Utility
- Volvo Cars - Cleaning system for the future
- Vidde - Modular accessories for sustainable snowmobiles
- Skisens - Enhancing a powermeter for cross-country skiing
- Be GeoSpatial - UAV (Drone) Payload for automated in-water pumping and filtering
- Husqvarna - Optimal wheel tread pattern for grass cutting robots
- Volvo Cars - Sustainable Steering Wheel Concept
- Clean Motion - Energy production and storage system for fixed installations
Product development, MSc
Master multi-disciplinary product development while taking user needs and the full life cycle of a product into consideration. Product development is a core industrial activity encompassing a great many diverse challenges — a multidisciplinary process of identifying and imagining the wishes of companies, end users, and wider society, and bringing those wishes to reality. Studying this master’s programme, you will acquire the knowledge and practical skills necessary to master multi-disciplinary product development while taking all phases of the product life cycle into consideration. After graduation, you will be well-placed for a variety of career paths, including R&D for large corporations, business development, start-up entrepreneurship, consultancy, or research.
- Senior Lecturer, Product Development, Industrial and Materials Science