July 30, 2019

From 23-25 July the first International Summer School in Axiomatic Design with focus on complex systems in industry 4.0 took place at the renowned Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts, USA. Around 60 students and researchers from 4 continents participated to lectures and exercises on Industry 4.0 and Axiomatic Design on site and via live broadcast and E-Learning technologies. Participants from the USA, Italy, Austria, Colombia, Mexico and Australia learned in eight hours of frontal teaching and twelve hours of case study work how the Axiomatic Design method can be used to design complex systems and processes for Industry 4.0. The Summer School was coordinated by Dr. Erwin Rauch from the Free University of Bolzano in Italy and Prof. Christopher Brown, renown expert in Axiomatic Design and Full Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in USA. They were supported by local tutors who accompanied the participants in the case study elaboration.