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Maria Gustin Bergström is an Adjunct Assistant Lecturer in the Division of Machine Design at Linköping University, where she has been contributing since 2015. Her teaching focuses on product development, creativity, and product design, primarily at the master's level. She emphasizes innovative approaches and equips her students with the tools to become creative and innovative product developers and designers. Maria also supervises bachelor and master thesis works, guiding students through their projects. Alongside her academic role, she has held various positions in the industry, including Senior Product Designer in Wound Care R&D at Mölnlycke Health Care AB and Global Technical Innovation Manager at SCA Hygiene Products AB. With a Master of Science degree in Industrial Design Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology obtained in 2005, Maria has a solid foundation in product design. She has more than 15 patent applications and design protections related to incontinence products and has received multiple awards for her innovations, including the SCA Award for Innovator of the Year in 2008.
Linköping University • Linköping, Sweden
Teaching product development, creativity, and design at the master's level.
Mölnlycke Health Care AB • Göteborg, Sweden
Worked in Wound Care Research and Development.
SCA Hygiene Products AB • Göteborg, Sweden
Led global innovations in the feminine hygiene category.
SCA Hygiene Products AB • Göteborg, Sweden
Involved in early development of product concepts.
SCA Hygiene Products AB • Göteborg, Sweden
Responsible for R&D in Incontinence Care products.
Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Science and Engineering (Institute of Technology) for international Master's programs.