GeoVerse Lab
โ† Innovation & International Collaboration Division

Innovation Hub & Open R&D Center

Fosters breakthrough innovations in geoscience technologies through interdisciplinary collaboration and rapid prototyping, running design-thinking workshops, ideation sprints, and proof-of-concept development in dedicated makerspace facilities.

Technology Transfer & Commercialization CenterInnovation Hub & Open R&D CenterStartup Incubation & Entrepreneurship CenterInternational Partnership & Cooperation CenterHorizon Scanning & Tech Intelligence Center
Research Fields 16
Design Thinking & Human-Centered Design
โœ๏ธ Design Thinking & Human-Centered Design
Design thinking is a structured innovation methodology that develops products and servicesโ€ฆ
Brainstorming & Structured Ideation
๐Ÿ’ก Brainstorming & Structured Ideation
Brainstorming, introduced by advertising executive Alex Osborn in Applied Imagination (195โ€ฆ
Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)
๐Ÿ”ง Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)
TRIZ โ€” the Russian acronym for the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving โ€” is a systematic iโ€ฆ
Creativity & Divergent Thinking Psychology
๐Ÿง  Creativity & Divergent Thinking Psychology
The psychology of creativity studies the mental abilities, dispositions, and environments โ€ฆ
Lean Production & Lean Innovation Origins
๐Ÿญ Lean Production & Lean Innovation Origins
Lean production is the manufacturing and product-development philosophy developed at Toyotโ€ฆ
Skunk Works & Rapid Prototyping Culture
โœˆ๏ธ Skunk Works & Rapid Prototyping Culture
The Skunk Works model, named after the Lockheed Advanced Development Projects unit that Clโ€ฆ
Industrial Research Laboratory Model
๐Ÿงช Industrial Research Laboratory Model
The industrial research laboratory is the institutional innovation of organising research โ€ฆ
Innovation Diffusion & Adoption Forecasting
๐Ÿ“‰ Innovation Diffusion & Adoption Forecasting
Adoption forecasting uses parametric diffusion models to project how many customers will aโ€ฆ
Maker Culture, DIY Fabrication & Design Science
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Maker Culture, DIY Fabrication & Design Science
Design science, as founded by R. Buckminster Fuller, is the proposition that humanity's prโ€ฆ
User-Centered Design & Human Factors Engineering
๐Ÿช‘ User-Centered Design & Human Factors Engineering
Human factors engineering is the discipline of designing machines, products, and environmeโ€ฆ
Systems Engineering for Complex Innovation
โš™๏ธ Systems Engineering for Complex Innovation
Systems engineering is the interdisciplinary methodology for developing complex systems โ€” โ€ฆ
Quality Function Deployment & Voice of Customer
๐Ÿ  Quality Function Deployment & Voice of Customer
Quality function deployment (QFD), developed in Japan from 1966 by Yoji Akao with Shigeru โ€ฆ
Total Quality Management & Kaizen/Continuous Improvement
๐Ÿ” Total Quality Management & Kaizen/Continuous Improvement
Total quality management is the doctrine that quality is produced by the whole organisatioโ€ฆ
Value Analysis / Value Engineering
๐Ÿ’ฐ Value Analysis / Value Engineering
Value analysis, created by Lawrence D. Miles at General Electric in the 1940s (formalised โ€ฆ
Operations Research & the Systems Approach to Innovation
๐Ÿงฎ Operations Research & the Systems Approach to Innovation
Operations research (OR) is the discipline of applying mathematical models โ€” optimisation,โ€ฆ
Organizational Learning & Reflective Practice
๐Ÿชž Organizational Learning & Reflective Practice
Organizational learning theory studies how organisations, and the professionals inside theโ€ฆ