Industrial Designer // PhD Researcher @ The University of Strathclyde

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

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I'm a Product Designer (Industrial Designer) currently working towards a PhD in Product Design Management in the Department of Design Manufacture and Engineering Management (DMEM) at the University of Strathclyde.

My research aims to save Product Design / Industrial Design agencies time & money by building tools to quickly and accurately estimate the time needed to complete design projects from just the project brief. This is done through modelling designers' tacit knowledge and perceptions of design projects and developing a data-less resource forecasting method for design projects.
Education
- MSc Product Engineering Design
  
  University of Strathcylde
  
  2013 - 2014
  
  Dissertation: Study into the effects of fluctuating artificial airflow, produced by fan-based products, on cooling individuals. Used the following: ▪ Quantitative and qualitative technical research into airflow production, control and phenomena. ▪ Producing computer models for simulation and design verification through CFD and FEA. ▪ Prototype design using laser cutting, CNC machining, CAD, vacuum forming and model making techniques for testing. Product Modelling & Visualisation: Research and design using FEA & CFD; and 3D rendering. Client-Based Project: Part of a dynamic team of engineers tasked with designing, building and testing (physical & modelling) a dry-land wakeboarding simulator for commercial use for COS (Scotland) Ltd. CAED Systems: Research and development of hardware / software deployment strategies for business. Design Methods: Research of design methodologies covering: FMEA, DFMA, LCM, etc. Design Management: Developed sound knowledge of industry management techniques e.g. PLM and Concurrent Engineering.
- BA (Hons) International Product Design
  
  Glasgow Caledonian University
  
  2011 - 2013
  
  Dissertation: In-depth study focused on contemporary product design philosophies, comparatively evaluated against Rams’s Ten Principles for Good Design. Modules were project based (individual and group) covering domestic and industrial design, user-centred design, aesthetics, contextual awareness and ergonomics. Focus was given to training in manufacturing principles, project management, hybrid CAD modelling techniques and design research.
Experience
- PhD Researcher in Design Management
  
  University of Strathclyde
  
  Glasgow, United Kingdom
  
  Feb 2016 - Present (6 years 3 months)
  
  Design Management research project within the Department of Design Manufacture and Engineering Management at the University of Strathclyde.
  
  Research focus on methods to model designers' tacit knowledge and perceptions of design projects and developing a data-less resource forecasting method for design projects.
Awards

Cyclehack 2016 - Best Concept

Part of a two-man team to improve the social aspect of commuting by bicycle through the crucible of bike racing. "SPRINTRS" is a campaign to turn the bike boxes at traffic lights into a starting grid where cyclists use the traffic lights as the starting gun for a sprint between the lights. (Rules of the road still apply). Developed at the weekend hack-a-thon Cyclehack, in Glasgow 2016.

https://vimeo.com/172375515

Cyclehack 2015 - Best Physical Prototype

Leading a team to produce the 'Personal (Cycling) Space', a proximity sensor equipped rear light to warn overtaking road users when they are too close to the cyclist. Developed for inner city cycling at the weekend hack-a-thon Cyclehack, in Glasgow 2015.

https://vimeo.com/131350008

Cyclehack 2014 - Best Prototype Award

As part of a team that produced the 'Urban Survival Package' for inner city navigation and survival at the weekend hack-a-thon Cyclehack, in Glasgow 2014.

https://vimeo.com/98876527

Glasgow Caledonian University's Product Design Best Overall Student Final Year Prize
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Dryland Wakeboard

Dryland Wakeboard from F H

Dryland Wakeboard

There are a number of issues associated with abject beginners learning to wakeboard:

+ You fall... lots
+ Your muscles will get sore... lots
+ You will get wet... even in a dry suit
+ You will get frustrated

These factors are multiplied when you are learning in a Scottish loch, where water temperatures rarely exceed 5 degrees (centigrade by the way). Needless to say, it gets rather chilly, causing your hands to go numb and you have to regularly dip your hands into a bucket of barely-warm water in order to get some feeling back into them.

Working with events company COS (Scotland) Ltd, the project brief was to produce a simulator for wakeboarding that can be used indoors, allowing for the basics of wakebaording to be mastered, before setting foot into the water.

Dryland Wakeboard

There are a number of issues associated with abject beginners learning to wakeboard:

+ You fall... lots
+ Your muscles will get sore... lots
+ You will get wet... even in a dry suit
+ You will get frustrated

These factors are multiplied when you are learning in a Scottish loch, where water temperatures rarely exceed 5 degrees (centigrade by the way). Needless to say, it gets rather chilly, causing your hands to go numb and you have to regularly dip your hands into a bucket of barely-warm water in order to get some feeling back into them.

Working with events company COS (Scotland) Ltd, the project brief was to produce a simulator for wakeboarding that can be used indoors, allowing for the basics of wakebaording to be mastered, before setting foot into the water.

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