Design Factory

iPDP

iPDP is a unique opportunity to work around real-life company projects in interdisciplinary and international student teams! Project takes place normally from March to June and is worth of 10+5 ects. International product development project organized together with an international university and In 2022 it is inno.space Mannheim as a part of DFGN co-operation. iPDP is especially great for students that are interested in innovating and want 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. At the start, much attention is directed to the forming of highly motivated interdisciplinary 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 builds a concrete prototype that is build in Design Factory laboratory.

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Summer studies

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PDP

Studying in PDP is based on problem-based learning (PBL) philosophy. 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 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.

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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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. The course application is open until June 2022 and the course will end at the end of July 2022.

At the moment the course contains seven workshops but there is a possibility for more to be added later. Each workshop is worth 1 credit each and the subjects are:

– 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