Sustainable Product & Service Design
Sustainable Product & Service Design
A student that completes this profile will be able to develop sustainable and innovative products, services and product-service systems
This profile focuses on knowledge and methods to support the design and development of sustainable products and product service systems, both in the organizational and start-up context. The focus is on providing holistic solutions that reduce energy consumption and environmental impact by focusing on the product life cycle, and includes supporting concept development and detailed design to a level where designs are ready for production.
Examples of entry-level competencies, skills & knowledge (these help a graduate acquire their first job)
Facilitation of innovation (facilitating (multi-disciplinary) teams in doing innovation sessions), Circular and bio-inspired design execution, models and methods for sustainable design, reframing design challenges, navigating the needs of various stakeholders & end-users, analysis and design of product-service systems
Examples of long-term competencies, skills & knowledge (these help a graduate build their career over the next 10 years)
Managing and facilitating development processes in smaller or larger organizations, analysing and designing complex platforms and architectures, analysis and design of complex product-service systems.
Suggested courses:
General Competence 2 course:
| 38107 | Business Design for Sustainability | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 41084 | Biologically Inspired Design | 5 | point | January |
Tecnological Specialization courses:
| 12772 | Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Systems | 10 | point | Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
| 38103 | X-Tech Entrepreneurship | 10 | point | Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17), Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17) |
| 41073 | Development and operation of product/service-systems | 10 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) and Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 41628 | Conceptualisation | 10 | point | Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17) |
| 41635 | Robust design of products and mechanisms | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 42081 | Staging co-creation and creativity | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 42429 | Project Management | 5 | point | August |
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| 42430 | Project Management | 5 | point | January |