Dmitry KUCHARAVY

Dmitry KUCHARAVY is a research engineer at INSA Strasbourg – Graduate School of Science and Technology, France since 2001. He brings over 18 years of practical and research experience in Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (applied Russian acronym – TRIZ) as engineer, researcher, consultant, and teacher. Currently he combines practical work with being a research engineer at INSA Strasbourg. His research interests are in Technology Forecasting of systems evolution, Theory of Advanced Thinking (OTSM-TRIZ), and Problem solving knowledge management.

1987-1988: the first acquaintance with TRIZ as mechanical design engineer at the Minsk Plant of Computer Technologies;
took 160-hour TRIZ course in “The School of TRIZ (Minsk)” - responsible instructor: N.Khomenko;

1989-1993: research engineer in Inventive Machine Laboratory (IMLab*, Minsk, Belarus);
* IMLab is predecessor of Invention Machine.

1994-1998: freelance TRIZ-consultant in several projects, entrepreneur;

1997-1998: invited professor for teaching Structured Analysis Design Technique (SADT), IDEF0, and TRIZ at the Belorussian State University, at the Belorussian State University of Computer Science and Radio Electronics and at the Minsk Institute of Modern Knowledge;

1998-2001: professional TRIZ-consultant & instructor at LG-Production Research Center (LG-PRC, Pyeongtaek, S.Korea);
took part in a several projects for LG-Production and Research Center, LG-Electronics Inc. (Display Plant), LG-Learning Center, LG Chem, LG Cable & Machinery, LG Cable, LG Information&Communication, LG-OTIS Industrial Systems, LG.Philips LCD.

1997-2004: co-editor of website www.trizminsk.org – first open library of TRIZ-publications in Russian (more than 560 titles, including 3 books, chapters from 5 books, manuscripts, papers and research reports);

2001 - : research engineer, instructor, adviser and consultant at LICIA \ LGECO, INSA Strasbourg, France.

2003 - : doctoral student (Reliable Technological Forecasting methods) at the University of Louis Pasteur.