Thoughts from Abroad

Johanna Wallin at Stanford, April-June 2010

PIEp industrial PhD student Johanna Wallin is spending the Spring in Stanford! From April to June, she will be networking, learning and developing her research project on innovation capability at Volvo Aero. Her monthly letters home will be published here!
Johanna @ Stanford April 2010

Diana Malvius at MIT Aero/Astro Department, Oct 2009 - July 2010

Integrated Product Development PhD student Diana Malvius is spending 10 months as a visiting researcher at the world renowned MIT Aero-Astro Department. Despite a hectic schedule, Diana is periodically sending us her observations of MIT, Harvard and life on the east coast!
Diana @ MIT - October 2009
Diana @ MIT - November 2009
Diana @ MIT - December 2009
Diana @ MIT - January-February 2010
Diana @ MIT - March-April 2010

Ingrid Kihlander at Stanford, Sept 2009 - Feb 2010

PIEp PhD student Ingrid Kihlander (a Volvo Cars industrial research student), spent 6 months on the West Coast at the Stanford Centre for Design Research. Fully immersed in the research culture and silicon valley atmosphere, she took time out to keep us up to date!
Ingrid @ CDR - September 2009
Ingrid @ CDR - October 2009
Ingrid @ CDR - November 2009
Ingrid @ CDR - December 2009
Ingrid @ CDR - January 2010

Katarina Lund at Sister Kenny Research Institute, Oct 2008 - March 2009

PIEp Masters student, Katarina Lund, did her Master Thesis project (exjobb) at the Sister Kenny Research Institute in Minneapolis, US. Read about her time there, and the "Innovation Handbook" here!

Namibia Masters Students Blog!, Summer 2009

In the summer of 2009 6 KTH Masters Students left the security of KTH to go out into the big wide world! For two months, they carried out field work in Namibia as part of their master thesis projects. The work is in collaboration with the University of Namibia, the Swedish Export Council, PIEp and Sida. Read their blog (in Swedish): Namibia Bloggen!

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