Value Engineering Plus
暫譯: 價值工程加值版

這本書謹以謙遜的態度，嘗試闡述和利用價值工程，作為一種獨立的設計與生產整合方案，能顯著節省材料和人力。這場旨在保護自然資源、減少浪費並朝向可持續生活的全新工業革命，與作者重新發現（並稍作改造）的價值工程完美契合。書中介紹了由著名的通用電氣（GE）設計工程師勞倫斯·邁爾斯（Lawrence Miles）所發展的卓越系統，該系統被稱為價值工程或價值方法論。這是一種以功能成本為權重的現實基礎方法。書中討論了以下幾個方面的增強：a) 使用其他技術來提升創意思維，而非過度炒作的腦力激盪；b) 在課程中從中學到碩士學位階段納入實作發明教育；c) 最後，對於擁有知識產權（專利/實用新型）在任何實體過程或產品創造中的重要性進行敏感化。

Dr. Saurabh Kwatra is founder and Tech Director of Trimmed Innovations. Trimmed Innovations is also a TIB Partner, Tokyo Innovation Base, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. He was a Teacher, Educational Studies Program (ESP), MIT in 2023 Summer, for which he received official appreciation. His first book on high level inventive design was published by Springer in 2012. Saurabh has five patents (including pending) on novel modifications applied to off-grid, standard, wind generators (horizontal wind turbines) and three working papers on healthcare products (mask, shaving razor) published at Innovation Science Guide, Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH), Harvard University. From 2021 onward, he has been Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Ambassador, also having served a term 2021 - 2024 on its Network Council, with now moving onto their Alumni Group while continuously supporting their noble cause. He was a Visiting Faculty, IIT Bombay; Guest Faculty, IIT Delhi, during 2012 - 2014, teaching design thinking and methodologies applied to new product development. In 2020-21, he was a reviewer (paid) for two consecutive cycles of NASA Post Doctoral Program (NPP). He has an Advanced Certificate in Industrial Design from IIT Delhi and Hero Motors (topper), Level 4 Master's in Innovative Design Technology, MA TRIZ (Ukraine) and a DSc in Innovation Management. Dr. Vijeta Jha is a theoretical physicist turned Intellectual Property expert, combining deep scientific insight with hands-on legal and technical expertise. She holds a Doctorate in Applied Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), where her research explored advanced materials and their technological applications. She has been recognized with multiple international accolades for her contributions to scientific research, science and innovation diplomacy, and the development of impactful intellectual property frameworks. Her accomplishments have also earned her a position as a Global Panelist for the MIT Technology Review, where she contributes to dialogue on frontier technologies and their wider societal and industrial implications. As the Founder & CEO of V Juridique, she has guided and secured hundreds of breakthrough technologies and continues to inspire innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs to build future-ready, globally competitive IP portfolios. A global voice in emerging technologies, she continues to champion the power of intellectual property to transform ideas into impact, and innovators into industry leaders.

Saurabh Kwatra 博士是 Trimmed Innovations 的創辦人及技術總監。Trimmed Innovations 也是東京創新基地（Tokyo Innovation Base）及東京市政府的 TIB 夥伴。他在 2023 年夏季擔任麻省理工學院（MIT）教育研究計畫（Educational Studies Program, ESP）的教師，並因此獲得官方表彰。他的第一本關於高階創新設計的書籍於 2012 年由 Springer 出版。Saurabh 擁有五項專利（包括待審核的專利），這些專利涉及應用於離網標準風力發電機（水平風力渦輪機）的新型改良，並在哈佛大學創新科學實驗室（Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, LISH）發表了三篇關於醫療產品（口罩、剃鬚刀）的工作論文。自 2021 年起，他成為英國女王工程獎（Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering）的大使，並在 2021 至 2024 年期間擔任其網絡委員會成員，現在轉至其校友小組，持續支持其崇高事業。他曾於 2012 至 2014 年期間擔任印度理工學院孟買分校（IIT Bombay）的訪問教員及印度理工學院德里分校（IIT Delhi）的客座教員，教授應用於新產品開發的設計思維及方法論。在 2020 至 2021 年，他擔任 NASA 博士後計畫（NPP）兩個連續周期的審稿人（有償）。他擁有印度理工學院德里分校的工業設計高級證書及 Hero Motors 的優異成績，並獲得創新設計技術的碩士學位（Level 4 Master's in Innovative Design Technology）、MA TRIZ（烏克蘭）及創新管理的科學博士學位（DSc）。

Vijeta Jha 博士是一位理論物理學家轉型為知識產權專家，結合深厚的科學洞察力與實務法律及技術專業知識。她擁有印度理工學院（IIT）的應用物理博士學位，其研究探索了先進材料及其技術應用。她因對科學研究、科學與創新外交以及影響力知識產權框架的發展所做的貢獻而獲得多項國際獎項。她的成就也使她成為麻省理工學院技術評論（MIT Technology Review）的全球專家，為前沿技術及其對社會和產業的廣泛影響進行對話。作為 V Juridique 的創辦人兼首席執行官，她指導並保障了數百項突破性技術，並持續激勵創新者、研究人員及企業家建立未來準備的全球競爭性知識產權組合。作為新興技術的全球聲音，她持續倡導知識產權的力量，將創意轉化為影響，並將創新者培養成行業領袖。