Associate Professor Boris Eisenbart

Biography

Boris Eisenbart is an Associate Professor and Research Director of the Industry 4.0 Testlab at Swinburne. Here he is also the Course Coordinator for Swinburne's prestigious Product Design Engineering Program. He is on a joint appointment between the Departments of Architecture & Industrial Design and Mechanical & Product Design Engineering. He holds a Diploma in Mechatronics Engineering with a specialisation in Engineering Design and Automation from Saarland University, Germany. Boris obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering Design and Management focusing on interdisciplinary system design from the University of Luxembourg while receiving advisory supervision at the Technical University of Denmark. Before joining Swinburne, he has been an Assistant Professor in Design Theory and Methodology in the Product Innovation Management Department at the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Prior, he has been a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Design Thinking and Strategy at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Boris believes that agile application of design methods and models is key for designers to create innovative solutions. He focuses on modelling and managing complex product development processes. A second thread of his research addresses behavioural strategies in decision making and innovation management.

• Interdisciplinary Product Development
• Design Thinking
• Design Theory and Methodology
• Function Modelling
• Engineering Design
• Innovation Management
• Decision Making/Behavioural Strategies 

• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Systematic Product Development
• Design Thinking
• Design Research Methods
• Design Methods, Process Modelling