Ola Isaksson
Full Professor at
Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development
Ola Isaksson has a MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Luleå university of technology (1993) , a PhD in Computer Aided Design (1999), and an Associate Professorship (Docent) in Functional Product Develpopment (2010) from the same university. Since September 2015 Ola is a Full Professor in Systems Engineering and Engineering Design at Chalmers university of technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Ola has also a senior specialist position at GKN Aerospace, Trollhättan, Sweden. As a researcher, Ola's interest focuses on competitive methods and tools for engineering and technology intensive applications in the mainly in the aircraft engine business. He leads a Cluster in Value Driven Development where research addresses Product Service Systems, Value Driven Design, Knowledge Enabled Engineering and more. Research projects are performed together with research partners nationally and internationally.
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Showing 59 publications
2019
Modelling-integrated product architectures: an aero engine component example
Visakha Raja, Ola Isaksson
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Vol. 134, p. 847-858
Paper in proceedings
2019
Design margins: a hidden issue in industry
Claudia Eckert, Ola Isaksson, Chris Earl
DESIGN SCIENCE. Vol. 5
Journal article
2019
A simulation-assisted complexity metric for design optimization of integrated architecture aero-engine structures
Visakha Raja, Michael Kokkolaras, Ola Isaksson
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. Vol. 60 (1), p. 287-300
Journal article
2019
Industry Trends to 2040
Claudia Eckert, Ola Isaksson, Sophie Hallstedt et al
Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED. Vol. 1 (1), p. 2121-2128
Paper in proceedings
2019
Modular product design for additive manufacturing of satellite components: maximising product value using genetic algorithms
Olivia Borgue, Massimo Panarotto, Ola Isaksson
Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications. Vol. in press
Journal article
2019
Drivers and Guidelines in Design for Qualification Using Additive Manufacturing in Space Applications
Christo Dordlofva, Olivia Borgue, Massimo Panarotto et al
Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED. Vol. 22
Paper in proceedings
2019
Constraint Replacement-Based Design for Additive Manufacturing of Satellite Components: Ensuring Design Manufacturability through Tailored Test Artefacts
Olivia Borgue, Jakob Müller, Alexander Leicht et al
Aerospace. Vol. 6 (11)
Journal article
2019
Conceptual Mean-line Design of a Low Pressure Turbine for a Geared Turbofan with Rear Structure Interaction
Xin Zhao, Visakha Raja, Sebastian Samuelsson et al
Paper in proceedings
2019
Enhanced function-means modeling supporting design space exploration
Jakob Müller, Ola Isaksson, Jonas Landahl et al
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM
Journal article
2018
Lifecycle design and management of additive manufacturing technologies
Jakob Müller, Massimo Panarotto, Johan Malmqvist et al
Procedia Manufacturing
Paper in proceedings
2018
Integrating additive manufacturing and repair strategies of aeroengine components in the computational multidisciplinary engineering design process
Khalil Al Handawi, Lydia Lawand, Petter Andersson et al
Proceedings of NordDesign: Design in the Era of Digitalization, NordDesign 2018
Paper in proceedings
2018
Assessing the value of radical technology alternatives at system level
Massimo Panarotto, Ola Isaksson, Leif Asp
Proceedings of International Design Conference. Vol. 2, p. 633-642
Paper in proceedings
2018
Impact on design when introducing additive manufacturing in space applications
Olivia Borgue, Massimo Panarotto, Ola Isaksson
Paper in proceedings
2018
Evaluating How Functional Performance in Aerospace Components Is Affected by Geometric Variation
Anders Forslund, Julia Madrid, Rikard Söderberg et al
SAE International Journal of Aerospace. Vol. 11 (1)
Journal article
2018
Describing and evaluating functionally integrated and manufacturing restricted product architectures
Visakha Raja, Hans L Johannesson, Ola Isaksson
Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering. Vol. 29 (3), p. 367-391
Journal article
2018
Towards Adopting Digital Twins to Support Design Reuse during Platform Concept Development
Jonas Landahl, Massimo Panarotto, Hans L Johannesson et al
Proceedings of NordDesign: Design in the Era of Digitalization, NordDesign 2018
Paper in proceedings
2018
Digitalisation, sustainability and servitisation: Consequences on product development capabilities in manufacturing firms
Ola Isaksson, Sophie I. Hallstedt, Anna Öhrwall-Rönnbäck
Paper in proceedings
2018
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES FOR SPACE SUB-SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS
Anna Öhrwall-Rönnbäck, Ola Isaksson
. Vol. DESIGN INNOVATION, p. 1937-1944
Paper in proceedings
2018
Function modelling and constraints replacement to support design for additive manufacturing of satellite components
Olivia Borgue, Jakob Müller, Massimo Panarotto et al
Proceedings of NordDesign: Design in the Era of Digitalization, NordDesign 2018
Paper in proceedings
2018
Function modelling and constraints replacement for additive manufacturing in satellite component design
Olivia Borgue, Jakob Müller, Massimo Panarotto et al
Proceedings of NordDesign: Design in the Era of Digitalization, NordDesign 2018
Paper in proceedings
2017
An optimization-based approach for supporting early product architecture decisions
Visakha Raja, Ola Isaksson, Michael Kokkolaras
21st International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2017, Vancouver, Canada, 21-25 August 2017. Vol. 4 (DS87-4), p. 377-384
Paper in proceedings
2017
Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Alternative Manufacturing Methods on Aeroengine Component Lifing Decisions
Benjamin Thomsen, Michael Kokkolaras, Tomas Månsson et al
Journal of Mechanical Design - Transactions of the ASME. Vol. 139 (2)
Journal article
2017
On the Interplay between Platform Concept Development and Production Maintenance
Jon Bokrantz, Jonas Landahl, Christoffer E Levandowski et al
Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17). Vol. Vol. 3: Product, Services and Systems Design
Paper in proceedings
2017
A knowledge-based master model approach exemplified with jet engine structural design
Marcus Sandberg, Ilya Tyapin, Michael Kokkolaras et al
Computers in Industry. Vol. 85, p. 31-38
Journal article
2017
Supporting design platforms by identifying flexible modules
Dag Raudberget, Christoffer E Levandowski, Samuel André et al
21st International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2017, Vancouver, Canada, 21-25 August 2017. Vol. 3 (DS87-3), p. 191-200
Paper in proceedings
2017
Trends, observations and drivers for change in systems engineering design
Ola Isaksson, Ívar Örn Arnarsson, Dag Henrik Bergsjö et al
DS 87-3 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 17) Vol 3: Product, Services and Systems Design, Vancouver, Canada, 21-25.08.2017. Vol. 3, p. 201-210
Paper in proceedings
2017
Mediating constraints across design and manufacturing using platform-based manufacturing operations
Jonas Landahl, Julia Madrid, Christoffer E Levandowski et al
21st International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2017, Vancouver, Canada, 21-25 August 2017. Vol. 6 (DS87-6), p. 179-188
Paper in proceedings
2017
Material criticality assessment in early phases of sustainable product development
S.I. Hallstedt, Ola Isaksson
Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 161, p. 40-52
Journal article
2017
Safety Margins and Design Margins: A Differentiation between Interconnected Concepts
C. M. Eckert, Ola Isaksson
Procedia CIRP. Vol. 60, p. 267-272
Paper in proceedings
2016
Virtual Contextual Validation of technologies and methods for Product Development
Ola Isaksson, Alessandro Bertoni, Christoffer E Levandowski et al
14th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2016, Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 16-19 May 2016. Vol. DS 84, p. 669-678
Paper in proceedings
2016
Using product and manufacturing system platforms to generate producible product variants
Jonas Landahl, Christoffer E Levandowski, Hans L Johannesson et al
Procedia CIRP. Vol. 44, p. 61-66
Paper in proceedings
2016
AN INTRODUCTORY APPROACH TO CONCRETIZE SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING
Patricia Lagun Mesquita, Sophie I. Hallstedt, Göran I. Broman et al
Proceedings of TMCE 2016, May 9-13, 2016, Aix-en-Provence, France, edited by I. Horváth, J.-P. Pernot, Z. Rusák., p. 779-792
Paper in proceedings
2016
Modularization in Concept Development Using Functional Modeling
Christoffer E Levandowski, Jakob Müller, Ola Isaksson
23rd ISPE Inc. International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering. Vol. 4, p. 117-126
Paper in proceedings
2016
Virtual Modeling for Lifecycle Performance Assessment in Aerospace Design
Alessandro Bertoni, Christoffer E Levandowski, Ola Isaksson et al
Procedia CIRP. Vol. 47, p. 335-340
Paper in proceedings
2016
MATERIAL CRITICALITY METHOD-PRODUCT VULNERABILITY FROM A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
S.I. Hallstedt, Ola Isaksson, Johanna Wallin et al
DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference, p. 221-230
Paper in proceedings
2016
Evoke: A value-driven concept selection method for early system design
M. Bertoni, A. Bertoni, Ola Isaksson
Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering (21 December 2016), p. 1-32
Journal article
2016
Assessing Producibility of Product Platforms Using Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
Jonas Landahl, Christoffer E Levandowski, Hans L Johannesson et al
Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering. 23rd ISPE Inc. International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, TE 2016; Federal University of Technology - ParanaCuritiba; Brazil; 3-7 October 2016. Vol. 4, p. 35-44
Paper in proceedings
2016
Bridging the gap between point cloud and CAD: A method to assess form error in aero structures
Anders Forslund, Julia Madrid, Rikard Söderberg et al
18th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference, 2016; San Diego; United States; 4 January 2016 through 8 January 2016
Paper in proceedings
2016
Visual analytics for evaluation of value impact in engineering design
Timos Kipouros, Ola Isaksson
ECCOMAS Congress 2016 VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering,M. Papadrakakis, V. Papadopoulos, G. Stefanou, V. Plevris (eds.)Crete Island, Greece, 5–10 June 2016. Vol. Vol. 3, p. 6461-6470
Paper in proceedings
2015
Value Modelling in Aerospace Sub-System Design: Linking Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment
Alessandro Bertoni, Henrik Amnell, Ola Isaksson
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15), Milan, Italy, 27.-30.07.2015. Vol. Vol 2: Design Theory, p. 421-430
Paper in proceedings
2015
Designing simulation platforms for uncertainty—An example from an aerospace supplier
Anders Forslund, Christoffer E Levandowski, Rikard Söderberg et al
17th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference, p. 9-
Paper in proceedings
2015
Understanding product-service system innovation capabilities development for manufacturing companies
Johanna Wallin, Vinit Parida, Ola Isaksson
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. Vol. 26 (5), p. 763-787
Journal article
2015
A collaborative engineering design research model – an aerospace manufacturer’s view
Ola Isaksson
Impact of Design Research on Industrial Practice, Chakrabarti, Amaresh, Lindemann, Udo (Eds.)
Book chapter
2015
Model Based Decision Support for Value and Sustainability in Product Development
Ola Isaksson, Marco Bertoni, Sophie I. Hallstedt et al
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15), Milan, Italy, 27.-30.07.2015. Vol. VOL 1: DESIGN FOR LIFE
Paper in proceedings
2015
Component Lifing Decisions and Maintenance Strategies in the Context of Aeroengine Product-Service Systems Design
Benjamin Thomsen, Michael Kokkolaras, Tomas Månsson et al
Paper No DETC2015-46967, In Proceedings from ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 2–5, 2015. Vol. Volume 2B: 41st Design Automation Conference, p. pp. V02BT03A045-
Paper in proceedings
2015
Assessing sustainability and value of manufacturing processes: A case in the aerospace industry
S.I. Hallstedt, M. Bertoni, Ola Isaksson
Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 108, Part A, p. 169-182
Journal article
2015
TERA - An Assessment of Technology Reuse Feasibility
Daniel Corin Stig, Ola Isaksson, Ulf Högman et al
Procedia Computer Science. Vol. 44 (C), p. 507-516
Paper in proceedings
2015
Exploring Influence of Static Engine Component Design Variables on System Level Performance
Visakha Raja, Sebastian Samuelsson, Ola Isaksson et al
22nd International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines, ISABE2015
Conference contribution
2015
A model-based approach for sustainability and value assessment in the aerospace value chain
Marco Bertoni, Sophie Hallstedt, Ola Isaksson
Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Vol. 7 (6), p. 1-19
Journal article
2015
Modelling and assessing platform architectures in pre-embodiment phases through set-based evaluation and change propagation
Dag Raudberget, Christoffer E Levandowski, Ola Isaksson et al
Journal of Aerospace Operations. Vol. 3, p. 203-221
Journal article
2015
Generic Functional Decomposition of an Integrated Jet Engine Mechanical Sub System Using a Configurable Component Approach
Visakha Raja, Ola Isaksson
22nd ISPE Inc. International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CE 2015, TU Delft, Netherlands, 20-23 July 2015. Vol. 2, p. 337-346
Paper in proceedings
2014
Bridging the gap between university and industry: Three mechanisms for innovation efficiency
Johanna Wallin, Ola Isaksson, Andreas Larsson et al
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. Vol. 11 (1)
Journal article
2014
Optimisation of products versus optimisation of product platforms: An engineering change margin perspective
Ola Isaksson, P. Lindroth, C. M. Eckert
13th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 19-22 May 2014. Vol. 2014-January, p. 1947-1956
Paper in proceedings
2013
Enabling organizational changes for development of product-service system offers
Johanna Wallin, Koteshwar Chirumalla, Ola Isaksson
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED13)
Paper in proceedings
2013
A framework for producibility and design for manufacturing requirements in a system engineering context
Johan Vallhagen, Ola Isaksson, Rikard Söderberg et al
Procedia CIRP. Vol. 11, p. 145-150
Paper in proceedings
2011
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ROBUSTNESS EVALUATIONS OF AERO ENGINE STRUCTURES
Anders Forslund, Rikard Söderberg, Ola Isaksson et al
XX International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines 2011 (ISABE 2011), Proceedings of a meeting held 12-16 September 2011, Gothenburg, Sweden
Paper in proceedings
2011
Measuring Innovation Capability – Assessing Collaborative Performance
Johanna Wallin, Andreas Larsson, Ola Isaksson et al
Proceedings of the 3rd CIRP International Conference on Industrial Product Service Systems, Braunschweig, Germany
Paper in proceedings
2010
Measuring Innovation Capability in Technology-Focused Development
Johanna Wallin, Ola Isaksson, Andreas Larsson et al
proceedings of the 17th International Product Development Management Conference, Murcia, Spain, June 13-15
Paper in proceedings
2000
Trends in Product Modelling - an Endrea Perspective
Ola Isaksson, Johan Malmqvist, et al
Proceedings Produktmodeller-2000, p. 65-88
Paper in proceedings
Showing 15 research projects
2018–2022
VISP - Value and flexibility Impact analysis for Sustainable Production
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Iñigo Alonso Fernandez
Product Development
Massimo Panarotto
Product Development
FFI - Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation
VINNOVA
2017–2022
Digital platform twin - DPT
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Jonas Landahl
Product Development
VINNOVA
2017–2020
Digital experiments -methods to evaluate alternative technolgies in early phases
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Jakob Müller
Product Development
VINNOVA
2017–2019
Design for Performance
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Visakha Raja
Unknown organization
Hans L Johannesson
Product Development
Michael Kokkolaras
Product Development
VINNOVA
2017–2018
RIQAM - Radical Innovation and Qualification using Additive Manufacturing
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Olivia Borgue
Product Development
Swedish National Space Board
2017–2018
Digitalisation of the additive manufacturing production chaing to create efficiency (DINA++)
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Massimo Panarotto
Product Development
Jakob Müller
Product Development
VINNOVA
2016–2018
INGREPPI - Innovation through establishing Platform Based Development
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Dag Raudberget
Product Development
Amer Catic
Product Development
Dag Henrik Bergsjö
Product Development
VINNOVA
2016–2017
Kreativ och systematisk innovationsledning med Set-Based Innovation
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
VINNOVA
2016–2020
Consortum for Hall Effect Orbital Propulsion System (CHEOPS)
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Massimo Panarotto
Product Development
Olivia Borgue
Product Development
European Commission (FP7)
2016–2017
Digitalisering av komplett produktionsflöde - en förutsättning för additiv tillverkning (DINA)
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
VINNOVA
2014–2017
VITUM - Virtual Turbine Module Demonstrator
Christoffer E Levandowski
Product Development
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Jakob Müller
Product Development
VINNOVA
2013–2016
Thermal Overall Integrated Conception of Aircraft (TOICA)
Hans L Johannesson
Product Development
Rikard Söderberg
Product and Production Development
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Anders Forslund
Product Development
Tomas Grönstedt
Fluid Dynamics
Christoffer E Levandowski
Product Development
Dag Raudberget
Product Development
Jonas Landahl
Product Development
Olivier Petit
Fluid Dynamics
European Commission (FP7)
2013–2017
Design for performance – advanced powerplant architecture and integration
Tomas Grönstedt
Fluid Dynamics
Rikard Söderberg
Product and Production Development
Visakha Raja
Product Development
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Hans L Johannesson
Product Development
VINNOVA
2013–2016
Optimering av livscykelrobusthet i tidiga utvecklingsfaser II
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Rikard Söderberg
Product and Production Development
Jonas Landahl
Product Development
Anders Forslund
Product Development
Johan Lööf
Product Development
VINNOVA
2013–2014
Planning and Innovation within Product Service Systems
Ola Isaksson
Product Development
Johanna Wallin
Unknown organization
Hans L Johannesson
Product Development
VINNOVA
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