BTH Product Development Research Lab - PDRL

About

At PDRL we do research and education within product development, and focus methods, tools and rationale to support companies to deliver innovative sustainable products with higher value to the customers.

Story

The Product Development Research Laboratory is the research unit of Department of Mechanical Engineering. Research has been carried out in this field at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) since the start. The unit is active in research, education and collaboration, and is a specialized unit with in-depth knowledge.

Our work is focused on activities that build product development competence and support the development of innovative, sustainable products for the future sustainability society.

"The Product Development Research Laboratory is a research team at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology.The unit is highly specialized on in-depth knowledge on digital product development.Our work is focused on developing the “engineers desktop" with methods and tools to support companies to deliver innovative product-service system concepts that support the transition to a future sustainability society.We are focusing on three main research fields;- Innovation Engineering Engineering the capability to deliver innovation output- Product-Service Systems Product to function; Engineering life-cycle solutions- Model Driven Development Digital product development"