Ola Isaksson
Dr Ola Isaksson is professor in Product Development and leader of the Systems Engineering Design research group. He has a PhD in Computer Aided Design from 1999 at Luleå university of technology, and until 2015 he had a specialist carrier at GKN Aerospace Engine Systems (former Volvo Aero) in Trollhättan within Engineering Design and Product Development.
He has until now participated in more than 40 research projects nationally and internationally, and has research interest and experience in engineering design support systems for product development. Specifically in Platform Based Development, Set Based Engineering, Multidisciplinary engineering, Value Driven Design, engineering automation, knowledge enabled decision support and development of product-service systems.
Of particular interest to understand and develop product development capabilities to meet new societal and industrial needs and exploit technological advancement in digitalization and manufacturing.
Ola is one founders of the Swedish Product Development Academy in Sweden, and an active member in Design Society as well as ASME and SIG PM.
Ola has 100+ scientific publications and collaborate tightly with industry, nationally and internationally, with a bias towards aerospace and transport oriented manufacturing industry.
Showing 137 publications
A risk analysis method for implementation of additive manufacturing
Feasibility and suitability analysis of additive manufacturing in pre-conceptual design phase
Developing products for a sustainability transition
The impact of specialized software on concept generation
Similarity-based product family design for aero-engine components
Design Aspects of Importance in a Sustainability Transition
Datasets in design research: needs and challenges and the role of AI and GPT in filling the gaps
Large language models in complex system design
Sustainability Implications of Using Additive Manufacturing for Production Tool Design
Circular products: the balance between sustainability and excessive margins in design
Reconciling Platform vs. Product Optimisation by Value-Based Margins on Solutions and Parameters
Design Space Exploration and Evaluation Using Margin-Based Trade-Offs
Evaluation of Different Large Language Model Agent Frameworks for Design Engineering Tasks
Margins in design – review of related concepts and methods
An Introductory Study of the Sustainability Transition for the Aerospace Manufacturing Industry
Sustainability criteria for introducing new technologies in low-income contexts
FUNCTION DRIVEN ASSESSMENT OF MANUFACTURING RISKS IN CONCEPT GENERATION STAGES
INCORPORATING FIELD EFFECTS INTO THE DESIGN OF MODULAR PRODUCT FAMILIES
WORKING AGILE TO SPEED UP RESEARCH WITH INDUSTRY: FIVE INDEPENDENCE PRINCIPLES
Problem decomposition: the key to Agile sprints in Design Research
Cost-efficient digital twins for design space exploration: A modular platform approach
A similarity-assisted multi-fidelity approach to conceptual design space exploration
Design automation strategies for aerospace components during conceptual design phases
Morpheus: The Development and Evaluation of a Software Tool for Morphological Matrices
Forming Digital Sustainable Product Development Support
Designing Innovation - The Role of Engineering Design to Realise Sustainability Challenges
Value-Based Development Connecting Engineering and Business: A Case on Electric Space Propulsion
Designing Multi-Technological Resilient Objects in Product Platforms
The Role of Digital Infrastructure for the Industrialisation of Design for Additive Manufacturing
Design Perspectives, Theories, and Processes for Engineering Systems Design
Fuzzy model-based design for testing and qualification of additive manufacturing components
Sampling in design research: Eight key considerations
Using DSMs in functionally driven explorative design experiments – an automation approach
Optimization of Design Margins Allocation When Making Use of Additive Remanufacturing
Exploring the Potential of Digital Twin-Driven Design of Aero-Engine Structures
Scalable Set-Based Design Optimization and Remanufacturing for Meeting Changing Requirements
Function model-based generation of CAD model variants
Design for test and qualification through activity-based modelling in product architecture design
Optimal allocation of design margins in additive remanufacturing
Multi-domain design assessment for aerospace components including weld accessibility
Data analysis as the basis for improved design for additive manufacturing (DFAM)
Scalable set-based design optimization and remanufacturing for meeting changing requirements
Analysing increase of functionality and complexity in integrated product architectures
Interactive model-based decision-making tools in early product platform design
Design margins in industrial practice
Supporting designers: moving from method menagerie to method ecosystem
Automatic geometry alteration when designing for metal additive manufacturing
Identification of Technology Integration Challenges at Two Global Automotive OEMs
Design margins: a hidden issue in industry
Enhanced function-means modeling supporting design space exploration
Perspectives on innovation: The role of engineering design
Modelling-integrated product architectures: an aero engine component example
Impact on design when introducing additive manufacturing in space applications
Describing and evaluating functionally integrated and manufacturing restricted product architectures
Towards Adopting Digital Twins to Support Design Reuse during Platform Concept Development
Assessing the value of radical technology alternatives at system level
Lifecycle design and management of additive manufacturing technologies
Evaluating How Functional Performance in Aerospace Components Is Affected by Geometric Variation
Evoke: A value-driven concept selection method for early system design
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES FOR SPACE SUB-SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS
An optimization-based approach for supporting early product architecture decisions
On the Interplay between Platform Concept Development and Production Maintenance
Mediating constraints across design and manufacturing using platform-based manufacturing operations
Supporting design platforms by identifying flexible modules
Trends, observations and drivers for change in systems engineering design
A knowledge-based master model approach exemplified with jet engine structural design
Material criticality assessment in early phases of sustainable product development
Safety Margins and Design Margins: A Differentiation between Interconnected Concepts
Modularization in Concept Development Using Functional Modeling
Assessing Producibility of Product Platforms Using Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
Virtual Contextual Validation of technologies and methods for Product Development
Using product and manufacturing system platforms to generate producible product variants
Bridging the gap between point cloud and CAD: A method to assess form error in aero structures
Virtual Modeling for Lifecycle Performance Assessment in Aerospace Design
MATERIAL CRITICALITY METHOD-PRODUCT VULNERABILITY FROM A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
AN INTRODUCTORY APPROACH TO CONCRETIZE SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING
Visual analytics for evaluation of value impact in engineering design
TERA - An Assessment of Technology Reuse Feasibility
A collaborative engineering design research model – an aerospace manufacturer’s view
A model-based approach for sustainability and value assessment in the aerospace value chain
Model Based Decision Support for Value and Sustainability in Product Development
Exploring Influence of Static Engine Component Design Variables on System Level Performance
Designing simulation platforms for uncertainty—An example from an aerospace supplier
Understanding product-service system innovation capabilities development for manufacturing companies
Value Modelling in Aerospace Sub-System Design: Linking Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment
Assessing sustainability and value of manufacturing processes: A case in the aerospace industry
Bridging the gap between university and industry: Three mechanisms for innovation efficiency
Enabling organizational changes for development of product-service system offers
Measuring Innovation Capability – Assessing Collaborative Performance
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ROBUSTNESS EVALUATIONS OF AERO ENGINE STRUCTURES
Measuring Innovation Capability in Technology-Focused Development
Trends in Product Modelling - an Endrea Perspective
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Showing 32 research projects
Sustainable Materials Data Ecosystem
Digital System Integration exploration of product Family Technology (D-SIFT)
Explorative the potential benefit of Systems Modelling State of the art Design Tools (EXPEED)
SUStainable life cycle Thinking in the Aerospace Industry (SUSTAIN)
Circular and Data Driven Collaborative Design Framework (CADCOD)
Designing the Impact of Digital Product Passport DIPP
SPARSAM - Sustainability Parameters for Parts analyses and Selection for Additive Manufacturing
Intepretable AI from start to finish
Consortium for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System - Phase 2 covering MEDIUM POWER needs
Digital Sustainability Implementation Package (DSIP)
Consortium for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System - Phase 2 covering LOW POWER needs
DEFAINE (Design Exploration Framework based onAI for froNt-loaded Engineering)
Development of Interdisciplinary Assessment for manufacturing and deSign (DIAS)
Development of efficient DIgital product FAMily design platform to increase cost efficiency - DIFAM
Infrastructure for Digitalsation enabling industrialization of Additive manufacturing (IDAG)
VISP - Value and flexibility Impact analysis for Sustainable Production
Digital experiments -methods to evaluate alternative technolgies in early phases
RIQAM - Radical Innovation and Qualification using Additive Manufacturing
Digitalisation of the additive manufacturing production chaing to create efficiency (DINA++)
INGREPPI - Innovation through establishing Platform Based Development
Kreativ och systematisk innovationsledning med Set-Based Innovation
Consortum for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System (CHEOPS)
Digitalisering av komplett produktionsflöde - en förutsättning för additiv tillverkning (DINA)
VITUM - Virtual Turbine Module Demonstrator
Thermal Overall Integrated Conception of Aircraft (TOICA)
Design for performance – advanced powerplant architecture and integration
Optimering av livscykelrobusthet i tidiga utvecklingsfaser II
Planning and Innovation within Product Service Systems