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Studenter presenterar sina arbeten inom Produktutveckling och Teknisk design.

Kl. 13.00 Hugo Hermansson och Elias Nilsson (Teknisk design)

Titel: Exploring the Potential of Acoustic Simulation for Microphone Port Design

Beskrivning: The microphone port, the small pathway in the housing of a product, which allows soundwaves to reach an embedded microphone, is not as intuitive to design as one might expect. The reason for this is that the microphone port has a significant impact on the embedded microphone’s ability to capture sound accurately, and how a certain design will impact the embedded microphone can be difficult to foresee. This often results in the need for iterative prototype making and testing when designing a product with an embedded microphone. In response, this project aims to act as a pre-study to investigate whether simulation software can be used to study how the microphone port design impacts an embedded microphone’s ability to capture sound accurately. 

Handledare: Jože Tavčar
Examinator: Damien Motte
Opponenter: Cenny Aronsson och Gustav Kuljis

Kl. 14.00 Pontus Pauli och Sebastian Månsson (Produktutveckling)

Titel: Redesign of home appliances for a circular economy

Beskrivning: The circular economy is a way to shape unsustainable linear consumption into a long lasting and sustainable system. To capture the value in this change and to decrease environmental impact, companies must redesign their products and business models. Order Nordic is one of the companies driving the circular transition. In this project concepts for OrderNordic’s C3 percolator were developed according to a “slowing the loop” perspective. The goal of this thesis was to exemplify how theories about circular product design could be realized by doing a case study on the C3 percolator. 

Handledare: Ander Warell och Axel Nordin
Examinator: Glenn Johansson
Opponent: Isabel Carlsson och Joel Toryd

Kl. 15.00 David Möttus (Produktutveckling) 

Titel: The Development of a Commode Pan for a Hygiene Chair

Beskrivning: Commode pans are a common accessory product for hygiene chairs, enabling toileting and hygienic transport for patients with limited mobility. While not critical components, their presence and ease of use significantly impacts caregivers’ work. Commode pans have traditionally been attached to hygiene chairs via rails. This attachment method, although simple, implies hygiene issues as well as a pinching risk of the caretaker’s genitalia. During the summer of 2024 a new commode pan concept was developed to address these issues. While successful in mitigating the highlighted issues, this concept did imply new limitations. This thesis project aims to refine the commode pan concept with a focus on usability, ergonomics, sustainability, and producibility.

Handledare: Axel Nordin
Examinator: Per Kristav
Opponent: Pontus Pauli och Sebastian Månsson

Kl. 16.00 Erik Dättermark och Kajsa Nygren (Teknisk Design) 

Title: Development of leak proof, silicone free lid for IKEA 365+ food container

Beskrivning: IKEA has the ambition to phase out all non-recyclable materials by 2030. Today, silicone is energy-intensive to produce, and practically non-recyclable. IKEA therefore wants to minimize the usage of silicone where it is not strictly necessary. Today, the IKEA 365+ food container uses a silicone gasket to seal the lid to the container, making it leak proof. This thesis explores concepts of how a silicone free lid can be made, without sacrificing the sealing properties of the current design. 

Handledare: Anders Warell
Examinator: Per Kristav
Opponent: Albin Thuvér och Johanna Bistedt