Bio
Frido Smulders
Bio
Frido Smulders
Frido Smulders works as full professor in the field of Design, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the School of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. His present research (and teaching) focuses on the human dimension of innovation and entrepreneurship. Frido holds a PhD in ‘Innovation Sciences’ at Delft University of Technology and BSc & MSc degrees in Aerospace Engineering also from Delft. His career in business, prior to rejoining academia, spans from a concept engineer in the Offshore Industry (SBM Offshore) to a materials specialist in Aerospace Industry (Alcoa) and as management consultant in the field of innovation, technology and creativity.
Frido collaborates intensively with industry and his research is financed by large industry grants and the European Union as well as from grants from Dutch national organizations. Included among these collaborations are with Unilever on a project called ‘Innovating innovation by Design’ and recently with Henkel, Germany on design for holistic experience.
Three former PhD projects focused on respectively, innovative ship design (in collaboration with the Delft School of Marine Engineering and Ulstein Design & Solutions), culture sensitive design processes and the third focused on Entrepreneurship education through Design and was funded by EIT Climate Kic.
Frido has authored and co-authored 100+ articles and book chapters, as well as four books.
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Research vs Practice
Research relevant to Practice
Research vs Practice
Research relevant to Practice
Teach beyond books
Teach beyond books Teaching is approaching a paradigm shift. It is remarkable how much we really know how people learn and what they learn while they embedded in learning processes. Of course, professors and teachers can check what students have learned from what they have taught. But, what else did they learn? What in their learning is still missing? Why does it take so long time to become professionals in the line of work they are engaged in after formal education? And even shift from one profession to another without any formal education? Can we educate at the academic level without a formal program, without teaching anything? What is that they then should learn beyond the books to become academically educated? The fast moving world requires academically educated actors to know how to stay tuned with these developments, or even cause these fast developments. Challenging questions that are very closely related to innovation ad entrepreneurship.
Teach beyond books
Teach beyond books Teaching is approaching a paradigm shift. It is remarkable how much we really know how people learn and what they learn while they embedded in learning processes. Of course, professors and teachers can check what students have learned from what they have taught. But, what else did they learn? What in their learning is still missing? Why does it take so long time to become professionals in the line of work they are engaged in after formal education? And even shift from one profession to another without any formal education? Can we educate at the academic level without a formal program, without teaching anything? What is that they then should learn beyond the books to become academically educated? The fast moving world requires academically educated actors to know how to stay tuned with these developments, or even cause these fast developments. Challenging questions that are very closely related to innovation ad entrepreneurship.