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SUMMARY:Case Studies of Design Practice at the Department of Mechanical En
 gineering\, Bologna University - Giorgio Olmi and Alessandro Freddi
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CONTACT:Saba Hinrichs
DESCRIPTION:Four case studies will be presented at this talk by two visito
 rs from Bologna University:\n1. Improving Educational courses for graduate
  students\n- Tools for systematic design\n- Engineering and Industrial Des
 ign interaction\n- Training for the small and medium enterprises \n\n2. Im
 proving the design process for local SMEs\n- Examples of design of prototy
 pes and mass production\n\n3. Healthcare product design\n- Design and Expe
 rimentation of a Pneumatically Actuated Vestibular Stimulator for Diagnost
 ic Medical Tests\n\n4. Service design\n- Design of pneumatic devices on hi
 gh-speed automatic machines through a hybrid approach \n\nBIOGRAPHY OF ALE
 SSANDRO FREDDI\n\nBorn in 1939\, Graduated in Electric Engineering Bologna
  University in 1963.\nResearch Assistant at Bologna University\, Visiting 
 Scholar at T.H. Stuttgart (Germany) in 1966 and at T.U. Delft (Holland) in
  1968\, University Professor in 1975\, Head of the Institute of Machine De
 sign at Engineering Faculty of Bologna University in 1980\, Consultant of 
 Industrial Companies for Electrical Machinery since 1994. Organizer or coo
 rganizer and teacher of several Summer Courses on Design for Quality\, Eng
 ineering and Management\, Engineering Design and Industrial Design Interac
 tion for Technicians of Central European Countries\, at Bologna University
 . Director of the Institute of Advanced Study (ISA) of  Bologna University
  in 2003-2006\, Member of Academy of Science of Bologna in 2008\, Honorary
  Professor of Wroclaw University of Technology in 2010.\nResearch interest
 s in Engineering Design and Experimental Structural Analysis with more tha
 n 100 papers.\n\nBIOGRAPHY OF GIORGIO OLMI\n\nBorn in 1976\, Graduated in 
 Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bologna in 2001\, Ph.D.  Mater
 ial Mechanics and Technological Processes in 2005\, Assistant Professor of
  Machine Design in 2008\, Consultant of Automatic machinery industry. \nHi
 s research interests are in the general area of Experimental Mechanics and
  Reliability and Safety of Mechanical Constructions. He is author of about
  50 papers. \n
LOCATION:Arthur Marshall Meeting Room (next to EDC loft)\, Inglis Building
 \, Engineering Department
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