NordDesign 2026
August 11-14, 2026 | Tampere, Finland
Conference Agenda
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BEYOND THE "CO" IN COBOT: ETHICAL AND EMBODIED CHALLENGES TO COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS
UCL - Erhvervsakademi og Professionshøjskole, Denmark
10:50am - 11:10am
CROSS-GENERATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS FOR POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS OF TECHNICAL INHERITANCE AND SYSTEM GENERATION ENGINEERING
1: Institute for Product Development, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; 2: Institute of Product Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
11:10am - 11:30am
FROM HAZARD PREVENTION TO VALUE-BASED DESIGN: HOW PERCEIVED INSTABILITY SHAPES DOMESTIC SAFETY BEHAVIOUR
1: Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile; 2: Universidad de los Andes; 3: Universidad de Valparaíso; 4: Universidad de Concepción
11:30am - 11:50am
DESIGN FOR DRONE DETECTION: A MULTI-MODAL, COST-EFFECTIVE DRONE DETECTION SYSTEM
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
11:50am - 12:10pm
CONFIGURATION OF SENSOR NETWORKS FOR TECHNICAL INHERITANCE – A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON APPROACHES FOR OPTIMAL SENSOR AND SENSOR NODE PLACEMENT FOR STRAIN-BASED DEFORMATION FIELD RECONSTRUCTION
Institute for Product Development, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
POTENTIAL OF CROSS-UNIVERSITY DEVELOPED LEARNING MATERIALS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION
1: Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany; 2: TU Dortmund University; 3: University of Wuppertal
1:20pm - 1:40pm
ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DESIGN COMPREHENSION AND ITS IMPROVEMENT USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Engineering Design and Product Development, TU Dortmund University, Germany
1:40pm - 2:00pm
ARCHITECTING A WEB PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENTATION IN DIGITAL FABRICATION DESIGN EDUCATION
1: Centre for Applied Computing, University of Oulu, Finland; 2: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
2:00pm - 2:20pm
AI-BASED OBJECT DETECTION IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: RESULTS OF A LITERATURE REVIEW AND FIELD STUDY
TU Dortmund University, Germany
A PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN AI-DRIVEN ENGINEERING DESIGN
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
3:20pm - 3:40pm
DESIGNING RELATIONAL UI/UX FOR HUMAN–AI COEXISTENCE: A CASE STUDY OF AI-SUPPORTED FUTURES PROTOTYPING
Kyushu University, Japan
3:40pm - 4:00pm
HUMAN–AI COLLABORATION IN DESIGN EDUCATION: EXPLORING AI FEEDBACK AS SHARED SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
1: TUM - Technical University of Munich, Germany,; 2: srh Mobile University, Germany
4:00pm - 4:20pm
GENERATIVE AI ACROSS THE DOUBLE DIAMOND: ADOPTION PATTERNS AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
1: Hongik University, Republic of Korea; 2: Virginia Tech, United States
TRANSLATING CONTEXT-EMBEDDED EXPERIENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO DESIGN REQUIREMENTS IN EARLY-STAGE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
1: Stanford University, United States of America; 2: Santa Clara University, United States of America
10:50am - 11:10am
A TRIZ-BASED METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
1: University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany; 2: TRIZ Consulting Group GmbH
11:10am - 11:30am
A V-MODEL APPROACH FOR THE DESIGN OF CONDITION MONITORING MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS USING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MEASURANDS
Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Drive Technology, Beethovenstraße 1, 73430 Aalen, Germany
11:30am - 11:50am
BEYOND REGULATION: CONTEXTUAL FACTORS SHAPING AGILE ADOPTION IN DEFENCE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
University of the Bundeswehr Munich
HYBRID ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF COPPER-METAL-COMPONENTS – TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS AND FURTHER DIRECTIONS
Institute for Product Development and Machine Elements, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
1:20pm - 1:40pm
MODULAR DESIGN FOR ADAPTIVE SPORTS EQUIPMENT: A ROWING ERGOMETER CASE STUDY
Nowegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
1:40pm - 2:00pm
PROTOTYPE-DRIVEN EXPLORATION OF DYNAMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR A TENG TEST MACHINE
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
2:00pm - 2:20pm
USING ITERATION TO SUPPORT DESIGN REASONING IN INDIVIDUALISED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany
FROM AWARENESS TO REINFORCEMENT: SUPPORTING CULTURAL CHANGE IN RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERING
1: Paderborn University, Germany; 2: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; 3: Leiniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library, Germany
3:20pm - 3:40pm
ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY IN EARLY-PHASE REQUIREMENT ELICITATION: A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND COGNITIVE DYNAMICS IN PRODUCT INNOVATIONS
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
3:40pm - 4:00pm
MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF AGILE TRANSFORMATIONS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: A PROCEDURAL MODEL
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
4:00pm - 4:20pm
A VISION AND REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS FOR DIGITAL TOOL SUPPORT OF THE EXTENDED C&C²-APPROACH IN SYSTEM GENERATION ENGINEERING
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
CAN PRODUCT AFFORDANCES BE STUDIED THROUGH REACTION TIMES?
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
10:50am - 11:10am
FROM SCRIPT-NEUTRAL NORMS TO CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE GRIDS: TRANSLATING CHINESE CULTURAL-JIEGE ELEMENTS INTO PARAMETERISED UI LAYOUT RULES
1: Pingxiang University; 2: University of Gloucerstershire
11:10am - 11:30am
TYPOLOGY OPTIMISATION: COMBINATORIAL SEARCH ALGORITHMS IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
11:30am - 11:50am
LIFE GOES ON: DESIGNING THE DIGITAL PERIPHERY OF IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
University of Wuppertal, Germany
A LITERATURE-BASED INTERACTION PATTERN CATALOGUE FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ASSISTANTS
1: Heinz Nixdorf Institute; 2: Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design
1:20pm - 1:40pm
IMPLEMENTING A MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMART PSS ON AN AUTONOMOUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
University of Stuttgart, Germany
1:40pm - 2:00pm
DESIGNING INTEGRATED RURAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS: STRUCTURE SHARING BASED APPROACH
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bengaluru
2:00pm - 2:20pm
A FRAMEWORK FOR VALIDATING AGILE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COMPETENCIES: ENGINEERING THE LIVE-LAB LAT AS A SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEM
ISEM - Institute for Smart Engineering and Machine Elements, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, Germany
SNAPSHOTTING THE PARADIGM SHIFT: EMERGING PRACTICES AT THE INTERSECTION OF GENERATIVE AI AND CONTEMPORARY UX DESIGN
1: University of Aveiro, Portugal; 2: University of Waikato, New Zealand
3:20pm - 3:40pm
COLLABORATION WITHIN GEOMETRICAL PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (GPS): AN ISO/TS 21619-BASED GAP ANALYSIS
University of Wuppertal, Germany
3:40pm - 4:00pm
ENHANCING INTEGRATIVE PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT: 42 IMPROVEMENT MEASURES
1: Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM, Zukunftsmeile 1, 33102 Paderborn, Germany; 2: Paderborn University - Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Fürstenallee 1, 33102 Paderborn, Germany
4:00pm - 4:20pm
DESIGN IN CONTEXT: CONSISTENT CROSS-DOMAIN VARIANT MODELING FOR COMPLEX PRODUCT PORTFOLIOS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
1: University of Stuttgart,Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design, Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Helmut Schmidt University, Chair for Machine Elements and Computer Aided Product Design, Hamburg, Germany; 3: Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany; 4: Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Institute for Information Management in Engineering, Karlsruhe, Germany; 5: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Weissach, Germany; 6: Institute for Engineering Design, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
