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Industrial challenges

Real industrial questions, approached scientifically. We separate what was evaluated from what remains to be shown.

How we document a case

Industrial context, problem and constraints, scientific lock, method, what was actually evaluated, next questions. A case may be published under the partner's name, with written authorisation, or anonymised.

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    Industrial context

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    Problem and constraints

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    Scientific lock

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    Method

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    What was actually evaluated or demonstrated

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    Next questions

01 — Healthcare · public student case

Helping patients understand cardiac amyloidosis

Published with the partner’s authorisation

Established
Problem and constraints
Cardiac amyloidosis comes from an abnormal protein infiltrating body tissues, notably the walls of the heart, which become abnormally stiff and thick. This can tire the heart and cause electrical and valve problems. The task: a patient-education tool that makes this mechanism understandable to patients.
Method
Four pairs of third-year plastics-engineering apprentices (FIP PL3) worked through the second semester of 2024: understanding the problem, formulating it, then solving it with the inventive design process taught in the course (TRIZ), using the Finder interface created by the AIARD Chair.
What was actually evaluated or demonstrated
Four patient-education tools presented at the defence on 23 May 2024. The jury chose a winning pair; the prize was awarded on 9 October 2024 with Dr Dagrenat, Romuald Boné (Director of INSA Strasbourg), Denis Cavallucci and Hicham Chibane.

● The Invention Graph — Shortening injection-moulding cycles

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Fig. 01 [Methodological illustration] Shortening injection-moulding cycles. Each piece of knowledge rests on real patents and articles (document icons): hover over it, or step to 04, to see them. The directions shown are documented in the engineering literature; they illustrate the reasoning, they are not AIARD results.

Concours Conception Inventive

Every year since 2015, a company sets a real problem to INSA Strasbourg students: EDF, Chanel, Arburg, Sartorius, Essity, Faurecia, Plastic Omnium and more.

Concours Conception Inventive

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