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Since the 2004 Edition of the TRIZ Future Conference we have been working to create a reference database that includes information on all of the educational instututions involved in the research, application and dissemination of TRIZ. It required more time than I expected as we exchanged hundreds of emails, performed endless Internet searches and synthesized pages upon pages of data in different formats.
The good news? I am pleased to note that TRIZ knowledge is evolving much faster than our ability to map it. The following table is only a small sample of the offerings from more than 130 institutions across the world. The European TRIZ Association is going to launch a wiki-page so that anyone will be able to make changes and additions to the database in the future.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the development of this database.
Excerpt of ETRIA's Educational Database | ||||
Country | University | TRIZ Research Activity | TRIZ Application Activity | TRIZ Education |
Austria | Montauniversitat Leoben | No | Yes | Yes |
Brazil | Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná | Yes | Yes (Mechanical Engineering) | Yes |
China | Hebei University of Technology | Yes | No | Yes |
Germany | University of Kassel Maschinenbau, Leitbau | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Italy | University of Florence | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Romania | University of Craiova | No | Yes | Yes |
Singapore | Singapore Polytechnic | Yes | Yes | Yes |
South Korea | Korea Polytechnic University | Yes | Yes (Mechanical Design) | Yes |
Taiwan | National Formosa University | Yes | Yes | Yes |
U.S.A. | Pennsylvania State University | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gaetano Cascini has a PhD in machine design and is a certified 4th level TRIZ specialist by MA TRIZ. He is an Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Faculty of Industrial Engineering; President of ETRIA (European TRIZ Association); Vice-chair of the "Computer-Aided Innovation" workgroup of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing). Mr. Cascina is also the author of more than 70 papers presented at international conferences (or published in authoritative journals) and of eight patents. Contact Gaetano Cascini at gaetano.cascini (at) polimi.it.