I am involved in issues relating to:
- Quality and development: Enabling educational development work and, together with the faculties, ensuring that our programmes meet future requirements.
- Teaching conditions: Working with resource allocation, premises, infrastructure, operational support and the digital environment to create a good working environment for teaching staff and students.
- Strategic planning: Coordinating and allocating the department's resources so that its long-term goals for undergraduate education, research and collaboration can be achieved.
Pedagogy and technology in practice
In addition to my management duties, I still have one foot in practical teaching. I am passionate about lowering the barriers for students to go from idea to finished product. A concrete example is creating the conditions for integrating additive manufacturing (3D printing) into the programmes. Through investments in advanced equipment, such as SLS technology, students will gain hands-on experience of modern industrial production.
I teach courses in areas including:
- Product development methodology
- Design and product development
- Bachelor's thesis for the Civil Engineering Programme in Mechanical Engineering
- Supervision and examination of Master's level theses.
Research
My research background is in product development, with a focus on design methodology and Design For Manufacturing. Among other things, I have been interested in how production methods affect the design process and how we can structure creative work to solve complex problems more effectively.
