Dr.ir. M.S. Kleinsmann (Maaike)

Assistant Professor
Product Innovation Management

Biography

Maaike Kleinsmann is assistant professor in innovation management at Delft University of Technology. She has a master degree in Industrial Design Engineering from Delft University of Technology. Her research focuses on collaborative design in industry. She finished her PhD thesis entitled ‘Understanding Collaborative Design’ (Kleinsmann, 2006) that is published in a book. Additionally, she published several articles on collaborative design and design communication. Besides her academic work, she also advises companies on innovation management and collaborative design.

Education

2001

Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Degree: Ph.D.
Title thesis: “Understanding collaborative design”

1994

Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Specialization Innovation Management, Degree: Master of Science

1988

High school ‘Twents Carmel Lyceum’

Experience

2006-now

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
Department of Product Innovation and Management, section Management and Organization

2006-2007

Visiting Scholar at University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, Deptartment of Design Computing, Sydney, Australia.

2001-2005

Teacher at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Department of Product Innovation and Management, Section Management and Organization.

Specialisation / field of research

• Collaborative design in industry
• Collaborative innovation
• Co-creation
• Design communication

Lectures and/or coaches students

• Innovation management
• Teamwork
• Collaborative design
• Research projects
• Supervision of master graduation projects of students in industrial design engineering

Publications

Click here for an overview of my publications.