Impact of Design Research on Industrial Practice

Royal Charter in the UK representing engineering design as a profession.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann is Professor at the Chair of Product Development, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Munich (TUM), Germany. He did his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering in Hannover (1974), and Dr.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from TUM in 1979. During 1974-1980, he was a research Assistant jointly at University Hannover and TUM. During 1980-1992, he was worked (first as Assistant, later as Director) in RENK AG, Augsburg, Germany. During 1992-1995, he worked as CEO at the MAN Miller Printing Machines GmbH, Geisenheim, Germany. Since 1995, he has been a Full Professor at the Chair of Product Development, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, TUM. He has supervised over 60 PhDs and currently supervising another 35 PhD-students. During 1998 2007, he took up positions of the Dean for Study Matters, Assistant Dean and Dean of Mechanical Engineering. Between 1999 2007, he was a Member of the Supervisory Board of FH Munich (University of Applied Sciences). In 2006, he co-founded TESEON GmbH, Garching, Germany. Since 2007, he has been a Member of the Academic Senate of TUM (re-elected until 2013, acting as chairman since 2010). Since 2007, he has also been an internal member of the TUM Supervisory Board (since 2010 its vice-chairman). Professor Lindemann is a Co-Editor of the Journal Konstruktion (VDI-Springer Germany) and is on the Editorial Board of several international journals including Design Studies, Design Research and Research in Engineering Design. He authored / co-authored over ten books, edited over ten books and authored / co-authored more than 500 publications. He is an elected member of Acatech, member of the International Advisory Board of Politecnico di Torino, member of WiGeP (German scientific organization in product development/engineering design), member of the Design Society (and was its president during 2007-2010), member of the Scientific Board of international conferences, on the Steering Committee of EDC (Engineering Design Centre) University Cambridge, UK and a member of the council of charities Schäffler-FAG and Zeidler-Forschungsstiftung. His research interests include: design theory, methods, product design: innovative and creative design; design representations; creative problem solving; product design methodologies; integrated product development; industrial design; entrepreneurship; design to cost; knowledge management; co-operation and collaboration in distributed teams; lean development; structural complexity; change management; and strategic planning.