Runhua Tan is a Professor and director in the National Engineering Research Center for Technological Innovation Method and Tool (2013- ), vice-president of Hebei University of technology (1999 -). He graduated in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Ph.D (1998). Prof. Runhua Tan is Editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Integrated Manufacturing System, Chinese Journal of Engineering Design. He is a Chair of Chinese Society of TRIZ (2005- ), Chair of Chinese Specific Society for Technological Innovation Method. His research areas are TRIZ and its development, design methodology, platform design, innovation management, etc. He won the Altshuller Medal, 2016, Altshuller Institute, USA.
Abstract:
In the past years we had many training classes of TRIZ for the engineers from industries. Many research projects, which are selected from the industries, have been carried out for the engineers. The interactive training processes show that there are many areas to be studied in order to assist engineers to identify innovative opportunities better. This study will introduce a few of them, such as disruptive and radical innovative processes, patent around design, platform evolution, extended AFD, innovative method for manufacturing process etc. The study will show some research results in this center.