PEDAGOGY
Engineering got me interested in design. This soon led to curiosity with creativity and then how we learn. I was fortunate to win some millions to set up InQbate, a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Sussex and Brighton. I now utilise an interplay between diverse paradigms in education from behaviours and humanism, to cognitivism and constructivism.
PEDAGOGIC STUDIES
2008 - 2018
A combination of design- and scientific- led processes can be a successful approach towards building innovative projects. (2018)
Developing a taxonomy for freehand sketching in design. (2018)
Demanding it all from the novice mechanical engineer through design and manufacture. (2014)
Linking design, analysis, manufacture and test in the engineering student experience. (2010)
Publications include
BSC IN PRODUCT DESIGN
2001
University of Sussex
Degree concept development, planning & launch.
CREATIVE STYLING
2002
Exploring Creativity from the Start. Proc. 24th SEED Annual Design Conference and 8th National Conference on Product Design Education.
Concept car tape drawings
BROCHURE DESIGN
1996
BEng and MEng
INQBATE
2003 - 2008
Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Creativity.
Its principal activities are to enhance the teaching of creativity in a range of disciplines, such as Product Design, Engineering and Informatics and to encourage and support creativity in teaching across the curriculum.
Director
ARRIVAL AT IMPERIAL
2008
Professorial Lead in Engineering Design.
CORDLESS HAND TOOL
Cordless hand-tool designed for the Mechanical Engineering MEng.
Imperial College London
2008
WINCHES & PUMPS
Winch and pump designed, manufactured and tested for the Mechanical Engineering MEng.
Imperial College London
GIZMO
Combining the approaches of Physical Computing and Mechatronics, with particular emphasis on mechanisms, the unit provides learning in the design and build of simple feedback control systems and tangible interactive devices.
2008
SPORTS INNOVATION CHALLENGE
Rio Tinto Partnership
2011
The cross-faculty programme provides students with real world engineering problems to make a tangible contribution to Paralympic sport and healthy lifestyles for people with disabilities.
BRUISE
An IDE project, BRUISE is an injury detection suit for disabled athletes with loss of sensation, enabling them to see injuries right when they happen.
2014
An IDE project, ENDURA is a flexible Prosthetic Cup, it allows for muscle expansion during training and is made out of breathable materials to prevent sweat build up.
SPORTS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY
The cross-faculty programme provides students with real world engineering problems to make a tangible contribution to Paralympic sport and healthy lifestyles for people with disabilities.
