Course Description

Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) toolkit for invention and systematic creativity.

  • How to invent and improve a system?  
  • How to make it systematically? 
  • Which tools can be used for that?

Creativity Lab

The course is created by the Systems Engineering Laboratory in Lappeenranta University of Technology. The main content teacher and instructor is Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Leonid Chechurin. The course designer is Doctoral student Iuliia ShnaiSpecial course contributors are: Post-Doctoral researcher with specialization in Business analytic  Mariia Kozlova Patent team: Doctoral students Juhani Talvela and Samira Ranaei

Course curriculum

  • 1

    1- Course info

    • ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Intro video about platform use

    • 1.1 Course design

    • 1.2 !Highly important introduction to the course!

    • Course content

    • Join Facebook group*

    • 1.5 Introduce yourself *

    • 1.6 Group work tasks explanation *

    • FAQ
  • 2

    2- Creativity, Innovation and Invention, Thinking inertia

    • 2.1.Brain teaser *

    • 2.2 Watch "What is inventing and how it differs from optimization?"

    • 2.3 Optimization and invention? **

    • 2.4 How to improve online lecture by inventing? **

    • 2.5. Watch and discuss"Why it is hard to generate new ideas?" **

    • 2.6. Do you have thinking inertia? Book and warm brain teaser **

    • !!!BONUS TRACK!!! 24h only

    • FAQ
  • 3

    3-Patents, Patents search, Intellectual property

    • 3.1 Patent intro and exercise **

    • 3.2 Patents of famous people **

    • Project work Patent for your system ***

    • FAQ
  • 4

    4. Function definition

    • 4.1 Intro to FM

    • 4.2 Function Definition formulation examples

    • 4.3 Discuss "Function Microphone" **

    • 4.4 Discuss "Function of drill" **

    • 4.5 Define function within TRIZ **

    • Quiz "Function Modelling"

    • Project work Functions of your system ***

    • FAQ
  • 5

    5 Function oriented search (FOS)

    • 5.1 Function Oriented Search INTRO

    • 5.2 FOS "Cleaning of circuits" EXAMPLE

    • 5.3 FOS "bubbles elimination" EXAMPLE

    • 5.4 FOS "locker" EXAMPLE

    • 5.5 FOS Case Study **

    • Project work FOS for your system ***

    • FAQ
  • 6

    6- Biomimetics intro

    • 6.1 Video Biomimetic tour *

    • BONUS TRACK 24 h **

    • Project work Biomimetics for your system***

    • FAQ
  • 7

    Midterm report

    • Attach your midterm report ***

    • Peer review of midterm reports**

    • FAQ
  • 8

    7- Ideal Final Result

    • 7.1 Preparation Video

    • 7.2 Text summary

    • 7.3 Links of IFR

    • 7.4 Ideality real cases . Spacecraft rocket , Leonardo da Vinci, Rotation rate

    • 7.5 Quiz 1. Test **

    • 7.6 Quiz 2 and discussion **

    • 7.7 Discussion IFR formulation**

    • Ideality examples

    • Lao Tzu book

    • Project work for IFR ***

    • FAQ
  • 9

    8- Contradiction

    • 8.1 Watch preparation Video

    • 8.2 Check the slides

    • 8.3 Examples

    • 8.4 Quiz**

    • 8.5 Formulate contradictions for umbrella **

    • 8.6 Formulate contradiction for needle **

    • FAQ
  • 10

    9 - TESE

    • 9.1 Watch preparation Video

    • 9.2 Summary

    • 9.3 Examples

    • 9.4 Define the Trend for phone**

    • 9.5 Define the Trend for website **

    • 9.6 Define all the Trends **

    • 9.7 Name one example for each TREND **

    • FAQ
  • 11

    Final project work

    • Final project***

    • Real problems from companies

    • Example of report

    • FAQ
  • 12

    Conclusion

    • Comments about the course

    • Brain Teaser from you for your peers

    • Final survey