Tagged: Brighton university engineering
Future of Mobility
Goodyears Future of Mobility 2016 event for this interested in seeing visions of future transport will run tomorrow at the London Transport Mueseum
FT live
Contrary to popular opionion, UK manufacturing might have shrunk but is not dead and is in fact ranked 11th in the world contributing 11% of the UK GVA (i.e added value). The forthcoming FT live summit on Manufacturing follows the recent FT forum on Innovation and looks at the strategic value of the sector.
British Science Festival
Its just announced that the British Science Festival will be hosted in Brighton in 2017, co-ordinated by both universities.
Red Dot award
Resources
There are many, many places to look for inspiration and knowledge. Here are some of my favourite:-
Design
- Red Dot design awards
- British Industrial Design Association
- Innovate UK
- Design Week
- Yanko Design
- Design Buzz
- Core 77
- Robives
- Design News
- The Engineer
Engineering
- https://www.theengineer.co.uk/
- https://www.engc.org.uk/
- http://www.imeche.org/
- http://www.themanufacturer.com/
- https://www.eef.org.uk/
Publications
The Fundamentals of Product Design draws on my experiences as a designer, my experiences in working with students over many years, and lessons learned from working with industry and research as an academic, and emerged out of the frustration of not being able to find or recommend one course book that captured the essence and scope of design. This 2nd edition [2016] also layed out the design process in the same sequence that I established to deliver design teaching at Brighton University. This process is:-
RESEARCH – a problem until you know the basics of what is required to solve it, and have some unique insights to make it innovative.
IDEATE – Be creative in generating hundreds of possible soutions. Sketch, model and iterate those solutions until they are optimised, then be decisive and objective in just taking the best 1 (or 2) forward
DEVELOPE – Bring the idea to life using a knowledge of human factors and engineering know how to ensure the product performs to the maximum possible then manufacture that design as cheaply and as safely as it can be.
LAUNCH – ensure that your design gets the best sales it can through attention to issues such as costing, branding and protection against copying.
It may not be rocket science (although parts of it may be depending on the project) but even the simplest project can be challenging given the scope of work that may be entailed, the speed required in the face of fast moving and competitive markets, and the complexity of information and communication required. I hope the book brings some sense of that, but at the same time shows the exhilerating scope of the challenge and the joy of success when its done well.
ILASS
Well done to the Brighton team for the recent hosting of the ILASS conference this year, exploring recent research into the complex world of spray and atomisation.
Innovate UK
Innovate UK have a role in supporting innivation through the country, and host their exhibtion this year on 2/3 Novemner in Manchester. More details here.
Digital Brighton
A recent report by Tech City UK and Nesta, shows 1.5m ‘digital tech’ jobs in the UK. Brighton is noted as a hotspot with companies such as BossAlien, Brandwatch, West Pier Studio all cited.
Work placements
Some impressive work placements for Brighton students this year, including at Thales and Welland Medical in smart premises close to each other in Crawley. More about placements here.