Christian Johansson Askling is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden. His research is organized within the Product Development Research Lab , focusing on knowledge-based methods for engineering design, particularly in high-uncertainty aerospace product development contexts. Program manager for BTH's MSc in Mechanical Engineering and BSc in Mechanical Engineering programs Project manager for advanced-level MSc program renewal at BTH Academic coach for BTH/Stanford's ME310 global innovation project funded by Volvo Construction Equipment His research spans Product-Service Systems , Design Thinking , and Knowledge Maturity Assessment in aerospace product development. He supervises 5 active doctoral students and has previously supervised 4 PhD and 8 licentiate theses. Research funded through EU projects VIVACE (2004-2007), CRESCENDO (2009-2012), and Swedish initiatives like Fuel Efficient Transmission Technology (2010-2012). Recent publications focus on AI-driven predictive maintenance, virtual shadow manufacturing systems, and knowledge support for sustainable design decisions. He contributes to BTH's KKS research profile Model Driven Development and Decision Support (MD3S) , with 49 peer-reviewed publications in total.







