The fifth edition of the engineering Ph.D. summer school on ‘Integrated Product Development’ (IPD) was recently held in Malta. 

The summer school is annually hosted in Malta by Prof. Jonathan C. Borg from the Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Malta and consists of a number of sessions involving both academics as well as speakers from industry.

The IPD Summer School, endorsed by The Design Society, attracts researchers interested in understanding and researching the inter-relationships between design, manufacturing and business issues, besides complex aspects involved in the life-cycle of products and services.

This year’s IPD summer school saw a number of participants coming from Argentina, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Sweden.