International University Networks for Innovation in Industry:

TU Delft example projects

USJ Workshop , 16 October 2009

Dr. Marcel Crul

Design for Sustainability programIndustrial Design EngineeringDelft University of Technology

• Introduction Delft & TU Delft• Cooperation with industry

in industrial design projects

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The Netherlands

Delft

Universities in the Netherlands

Groningen

TU Twente

Nijmegen

Wageningen

Utrecht

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

Leiden

TilburgTU Eindhoven

Maastricht

TU DELFT

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The faculty of Industrial Design Engineering

• Founded in 1969• Largest university-based

product design course worldwide• 1650 students • 3200 alumni• 200 scientific staff• 20 professors in various disciplines• 3 departments• 1 BSc program• 3 MSc programs

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Valorisation

Delft UT Main tasks, equally important

-Education

-Research

-Valorisation

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Innovative knowlegde valorisation

Preferred supplier of knowledge •Valorisation Centres – inspiring market places where knowledge, business and government structurally come together – central centre and Faculty centres.

•Economic and social and societal valorisation•Sustainability is central issue for all activities•Increase external funding 25% next 5 years•Generate income from Intellectual Property rights•Techno-starters support via YES!Delft (Incubator) -Delft Center of Entrepreneurship –Technopolis Innovation Park• 3 TU’s in NL work closer together• Life long learning•Preferred supplier of knowledge and graduatesto (multinational) companies, incl. high-tech SMEs

Solar boats Czeer

Flexible and Spray PV

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Involving young people in Sustainability: Sustainable Dancefloor

Electric MobilityFirst certified car:Th!nk City

TU: c’mm’n openSource design

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Electric bikes

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Fast Charging stations

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Energy management systems

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TU Delft Superbus

Examples of Sustainable DesignOutside EU

China:

Healthcare Design Tools

India:

Healthcare Water, Energy Disability Housing ICT, Education Rural women Design Tools

Latin America:

Context Solar lighting Healthcare ICT

Phillippines:

Local resources, Energy

Ghana:

Water, Agro-food

Cambodia:

Solar lightingCentral America:

Packaging, food, Energy, furniture Uganda:

ICT, microfinance

Tanzania:

Agro-food metal

EU:

solar energy electric mobility telemedicine Vietnam:

CP4BP

Cassave processing, TanzaniaIn coop with UDSM

Water purifier India (Philips)

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Ragbag (NL/India): Plastic waste

Affordable light for rural Cambodia

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New design for PV LED Lamp

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New salt products in Chile

conclusions

• Many opportunities for cooperation with SMEs on new product development and new service development

• Win-win situation:– Innovation for industry– New and relevant research topics for university

• Both research projects and master projects are possible and successful