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Workshops & Seminars
Product Development Symposium 2018
The Product Development Symposium is DTU Mechanical Engineering’s annual forum for industry practice and research in product development-related state-of-the-art results and projections.
Job Vacancies
3-Year Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Healthcare Systems Design at Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
The Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Healthcare Systems Design will be part of the research division of Engineering Systems, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), north of Copenhagen.
Job Vacancies
Research Assistant (m/f) in the field of mechatronic systems – Optimization and automatic design –
The Chair of Engineering Design at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are looking for a Research Assistant in the field of mechatronic systems.
Conferences
LWD-PD 2018 Lightweight Design in Product Development
The LWD-PD 2018, Lightweight Design in Product Development symposium, will take place at ETH Zurich on 13-15 June 2018. We call for submission of oral and poster contributions from PhD-students.
Job Vacancies
Research Assistant (m/f) in the field of tolerance management – tolerance optimization –
The Institute of Engineering Design at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are recruiting a full-time Research Assistant (m/f) in the field of tolerance management – tolerance optimization.
Job Vacancies
Research Assistant (m/f) in the field of Assistance Systems – multi-criteria analysis –
The Institute of Engineering Design at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are looking for a full-time research assistant in the field of Assistance Systems - multi-criteria analysis
Job Vacancies
Head of the Division of Integrative Systems and Design - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD) was newly established in 2017 with a vision to epitomize the use of project-based experiential learning in design education.
Young members
Spring School “Eco-Design of Complex Systems”
This spring school is open to 20 people, in priority from EcoSD network, the Design Society and Université Paris-Saclay, but not only. It is supervised by Pr. Bernard Yannou, administrator of EcoSD and member of the Design Society.
News
In Memoriam: Professor Ken Wallace
Ken Wallace 1944-2018: It is with great sadness that the Design Society has learnt of the death of founder member and Honorary Fellow Professor Ken Wallace.
Young members
5th International Summer School “Product Architecture Design"
Held in fanciful Helsinki Finland at the Design Factory at Aalto University, this PhD researcher course will cover the latest research in modularity and product architecture.
Young members
9th International UBI Summer School 2018 (UBISS 2018)
Call for Participants to workshop “MAKE. WEAR. MATTER: EXPLORATIONS IN DESIGN, MAKING & CREATIVITY” (application deadline March 13, 2018)