Design Factory

iPDP

International Product Development Project (iPDP) is an unique opportunity to work around real-life company projects in interdisciplinary and international student teams! In 2023 the project takes place from February to June and is worth of 10 credits. HAMK’s students from any fields are welcome to join and no previous experience from product development or Design Thinking is needed. International Product Development Project (iPDP) is organized together with an international university partner inno.space Mannheim as a part of Design Factory Global Network (DFGN) co-operation. iPDP is especially great for students that are interested in innovating and who wants to co-create with students from different fields. The project’s aim is to recognize the product or service development possibilities and to find innovative insights for development.

Most of the problems are given and sponsored by manufacturing companies, who are searching for innovative cooperation with the next generation of product developers. In 2023 iPDP the projects are related to sports app, glass manufacturing, drones and hospitals. At the start, much attention is directed to the forming of highly motivated multidisciplinary teams. A project typically includes phases of planning, searching for information, creation of concepts, decision making, and detailed computer-aided development. The product phases of manufacture, assembly, and testing are strongly related to the most valuable learning experiences. In the end, the student team make a concrete prototype that is build in Design Factory laboratory and presented to client in the Final Gala.

Schedule for the iPDP 2023:

Weeks 8-9: Mini-MOOCS individually and remotely

9.3.2023-15.3.2023 Bootcamp in Mannheim Design Factory inno.space

Weeks 12-17: weekly lectures + meetings with your group, teachers and mentors

Week 18: May 5th 2023, Halfway Gala (remote)

Weeks 19-23: weekly lectures + meetings with your group, teachers and mentors

14.6-19.6.2023 inno.space Mannheim students in Finland,

Week 20: June 19th 2023, inno.space Mannheim students in Finland and Final Gala

iPdP spring 2023 info can be found here!

Watch Roosa’s alumni video from PDP 2020!

Data Analytics Project

In Data Analytics course students learn the basics of data analytics and the possibilities of using data-analytics in work-life. Through case tasks, students can apply data analytics in developing applications. Teams are a combination of students from Bioeconomy Engineering, Business Information Technology, Computer Applications, and International Business that have skills and knowledge needed to develop data analytics solutions for companies.

Data Analytics Project is an 8 weeks-long sprint, where a data analytics solution is developed to the topics presented by project sponsor. A project sponsor is a company that describes the topic and problem and supply the student team with relevant data. The students learn the basics of data mining and the use of Excel and Power-BI in data-analytics. After completing the project, the students have a thorough understanding of the possibilities of data analytics.

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PDP

PDP (Product Development Project) is a multidisciplinary course where students solve real-life company problems. Most of the problems are given and sponsored by manufacturing companies, who are searching for innovative cooperation with the next generation of product developers. At the start, much attention is directed to the forming of a highly motivated interdisciplinary team.

A project typically includes phases of planning, searching for information, creation of concepts, decision making, and detailed computer-aided development. The product phases of manufacture, assembly, and testing are strongly related to the most valuable learning experiences. In PDP students have an opportunity to learn more in specific areas while working as a safety officer, business shark, team manager, or economy manager.

Summer studies

15 cu

Workshop courses

HAMK Design Factory organizes different workshops for students from different fields. There are seven different workshops where students can choose the ones they like. The workshops are open for everyone and almost all the workshops are fully e-courses. Workshops are open from August to June.

At the moment the course contains seven workshops but there is a possibility for more to be added later. There are courses for:

– 3D modeling

– 3D printing

– Graphic Design

– Information Design

– Laser working

– UI Design

– Website Design

If you need more information and help with how to apply, please contact: Markku Mikkonen, 0504763039, markku.mikkonen@hamk.fi