Lateral thinking and The Problem Formulator

05/03/1998 | Editor

Tore H. Wiik MSc, Nordak Innovatikk as wiik@online.no

Lateral thinking is a thinking concept that was introduced by Edward De Bono more than 30 years. It is a supplement to the traditional analytical sequential thinking. Both are needed, and … Read More

Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving in Engineering EGN5040

14/02/1998 | Editor

Professor D. Raviv, Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33434 USA ravivd@acc.fau.edu

1. Description Common problem solving methods will be briefly discussed, followed by an introduction to TRIZ (Russian acronyms for Systematic Inventive Thinking). Introduction to … Read More

No- Compromise Design Solutions to the Air Bag Fatalities Problem

16/04/1997 | Editor

PROBLEM-ANALYSIS WITH TRIZ USING INVENTION SOFTWARE by James Kowalick, Ph.D., P.E. Renaissance Leadership Institute

Tel: (916) 692-1944; Fax: -1946; E-mail: headguru@oro.net

The following problem focuses on a critical situation plaguing the automobile industry … Read More

Florida Atlantic University: Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving in Engineering EGN5040

14/03/1997 | Editor

Professor D. Raviv, Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33434 USA ravivd@acc.fau.edu

1. Description Common problem solving methods will be briefly discussed, followed by an introduction to TRIZ (Russian acronyms for Systematic Inventive Thinking). Introduction … Read More

USE OF THE THEORY OF INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING (TRIZ) IN DESIGN CURRICULUM

12/03/1997 | Editor

published in Innovations in Engineering Education, 1996 ABET Annual Meeting Proceedings, pp.161-164.

Eugene I. Rivin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 Victor R. Fey, The TRIZ Group, Southfield, MI 48076 TRIZGR@aol.com Abstract

The paper describes use … Read More